Logging daily activities?

jdim1093

Do you guys log abnormal daily activities as exercise?

My GF and I just started MFP. We've both dropped a couple of pounds and have had our fair share of cheat days. We both have desk jobs though I tend to take frequent walks at work because I cannot sit still for more than two hours without "making the rounds."

We live in a 3-story house. On some weekends we do chores that require 5-10 trips from basement to third floor. Some days we run errands that require lots of walking. We don't want to change our profile to a more active job, but "going upstairs to get clean sheets" isn't in the exercise database.

We also tend to cheat more on weekends--going to the breakfast buffet, going out for dinner/movie. So, I'd like to be able to not feel bad about eating a few more calories since I'm sure my chores/honey-do's are burning most of them off.

Thanks in advance for the good advice!

kit_katty

Hmm, stairs would be hard to log. But going for walks, just keep track of how long you walk for in a day, say 3 5 minutes walks, then log 15 min at whatever pace you think is appropriate. If you're loosing then I wouldn't worry about it too much, but if you start stalling, then I'd be better at cheat days and logging activity. Just my two cents!

jdim1093

I thought about getting a Heart Rate Monitor and using it all day to see the range of calories I burn from sedentary to active days. Am I being OCD?

I want to lose and I want to do it in a healthy way. I guess I'm just scared of losing too fast....is that possible?

Chagama

Personally, I don't log things like that. I figure either A) it's already calculated in my daily calories, maybe not every day but over the week, or I'm better off underestimating exercise and overestimating eating.

melrose09

I used to log that stuff, but I only log it now if I actually break a sweat. There is a Housework entry in the cardio. Like days that I scrub the floors I'll log because it's seriously as much of a workout as my shorter gym days.