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What exercise to log?

leojsivad
Posts: 124 Member
So, I am a teacher, so I am on my feet most of the day walking around the room.
Do I log that as exercise, or only activities in which I am actively "exercising", ie. doing Turbofire or P90x.
I see some people log calorie burns of 1,000 calories from walking or other things that seem just part of my day.
Do I log that as exercise, or only activities in which I am actively "exercising", ie. doing Turbofire or P90x.
I see some people log calorie burns of 1,000 calories from walking or other things that seem just part of my day.
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Actually, that goes into your settings. Go to Settings and change from Sedentary to lightly active. This means that you are in your feet most of the day and will note the kind of lifestyle you have.
To clarify, the walking that most people log as exercise is when they specifically start a workout and walk with no other agenda than to exercise, not when they are walking around a classroom.0 -
When you first signed up you pick if you are sedentary, lightly active, etc. So becuase you are on your feet all day you probably picked a higher activity level which means you would not log the standing/walking you typically do in a day since that would essentially count the calories burned twice.0
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Ahh, I see, thank you for the clarification.0
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