i walk now 40mins everyday should i still mark this as exerc

LauriesTrying2BeFit

ok so since i started using this site i have started to walk everyday of the week for at least 40mins a day to take my son to school and back, i was wondering if i should still mark as exercise because i now do it daily?

thanks

angeldelight13

i was thinking about this the other day and im not too sure what to do about it lol. When my other half goes back to work, il be walking 3 miles every school day, going down to 2 miles in september. So in term time im more than sedentry. But in the holidays, my activity levels will go down a degree. i think if i was doing it every day, say for work, id not log it and change everything to lightly or moderately active, but this chopping and changing confuses me lol

Nicola0000

Yes I would log it, as its not as though you have changed your daily lifestyle eg from sedentary to lightly active. As long as you keep your activity level the same, then log it.

WhitneyAnnabelle

I don't see why you wouldn't count it as exercise. If I walk 40 minutes, I log it. You're burning more calories than just sitting for 40 minutes. If this is a stupid response, then just ignore it. Haha.

PeeTeePee

Every day I walk 2 miles to work and 2 miles home again. I'm logging this as exercise (30 mins at 4mph) and I eat my exercise calories. I'm still losing weight, so I think it's OK to log regular walking as exercise.

paf57

Not stupid at all! I'd log it, too. It's definitely exercise in my book, especially if you step up the pace a bit now and then.

Patovader

I agree with PeeTeePee and I do the same, especially if you have your activity level set to sedentary.

poulingail

I agree with those who speak to the calculations via your exercise level.

Smuterella

Exactly - you have a choice

1) keep your lifestyle level (sedentary, lightly active etc) at the same level and log the exercise or

2) up your lifestyle level by one.

Personally i would go by option 1 as I think it is more accurate.

Martucha123

you can do 2 things

set up your profile as sedentary and log walk
or
set it up as active (light active or something like that), in this case mfp will add about 150kcal on top of your daily goal for sedentary

LauriesTrying2BeFit

my profile is already set to active it was at very active but i lowered it to the one below??

Smuterella

Hey - what do you do the rest of the day - aside from the walking? do you work in a job where you are on your feet all day?

em9371

ifs it a change to your daily activity, you could do it two ways:

1 - leave your activity setting as it is and log as additional exercise
2 - increase your activity level to the next setting and dont log as exercise

either way you will be fitter and get a few monre cals to eat