"If it's less than 30 minutes, don't log it."

MizzDoc

All I can say is that why do people on this site look into other peoples' food and exercise diaries? What is the point of that.It seems kind of nosy to me. Anybody that does this snooping has no right to be pissed about what they find. It has little to no bearing on the person doing the snooping. I don't think that if I eat over or under my calories each day it is going to hurt anyone but ME nor is it hurting anyone but ME if I log 2 min. of exercise or 200. Did that person get their heart rate up for me, sweat for me, did their hurt help pump my blood? I think not. So in summary, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!

AMEN TO THAT!!!

jayliospecky

Ha! I guess my 28 minute, 2.5 mile run this morning isn't worth logging. Even though my HRM says I burned 335 calories, it was under 30 minutes, so not worth logging. :noway:

Frig! I worked out for 29 minutes! I wish someone had told me this sooner.

jessicae1aine

Pffffffffft! I walk to and from work every day - 20 minutes total, but it's still calories I'm burning, so of course I'm counting it. Does she also believe that you shouldn't count that one chocolate bar, because it's less than 3?

misskerouac

Jillian Michaels 30DS is less than 30min and you bet your *kitten* I log it when I do it

LApurple

300 calories burned is pretty significant. Don't listen to negativity! Keep up the good work!

cakeums

That's one of the stupidest things I've heard on here yet, lol. If they went out and ran 4 miles at 6 minutes a mile, they'd only be going for 24 minutes...but then they wouldn't log it as exercise? Pfffft. I call bulls*** on them!

Unfriend them. Help keep your blood pressure nice and low!

jenmarie2012

I believe if you lost the calories then log it b/c it only helps with your daily calorie intake. You bet i'm going to log cleaning b/c when i'm cleaning its usually heaving duty cleaning i'm doing and if i feel exhausted after that means i burned some calories!!

billthekill

When I'm felling down, I just add exercise that I didn't even do. It's a great way to make me feel better about myself.

I am not about to let a MFP Nazi tell me what I can and can't log.

frugalmomsrock

Just for poops and giggles, let me tell you how I wasted an entire hour on useless exercise...


I did 30 minutes on the elliptical doing HIIT. I only burned 293 calories, so it doesn't count.

I did a 15 minute kettlebell workout that was intense enough to make me sweat beads by 10 minutes in. I burned 124 calories, so it doesn't count (it was only 15 minutes anyway...)

I jumped on my stationary bike for 15 minutes and knocked out 4.5 miles and burned 140 calories. But it doesn't count.

LE SIGH. I guess no exercise counts for me since I can't get to that 10 calories a minute--despite my HR jumping around from 153 to 175 BPM during HIIT.

Buddhasmiracle

On a side note, I do get a little annoyed by people who only log things like cleaning... daily. But I just shake my head and keep moving. To each their own.

I once saw someone log driving once. She was going long distance and logged burning tons of calories driving. Maybe in Fred Flintstone's car, but not in mine!

Hey now wait a minute ...I burned over 1,000 calories on Sunday cleaning my butt off! Packin my "REALLY" fat cloths and sweating more than when I walk so don't kid yourself...you burn some serious calories doing"Light housework" too!


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That's right. Come clean my garage out said the spider to the fly.

Orkydd

Honestly, I think it's ridiculous. Only you know your body and if it's moving it's burning. Every minute counts. I have an Android tablet and found some very useful exercise programs which have honestly been a big support (which sounds weird I know). I use Daily Ab Workout, Daily Leg Workout and Daily Arm Workout and it has been doing WONDERS for me. I'm a big girl with a long history of back problems so, for me, it was important to find an exercise that would help me get fit but not strain or pull a muscle and continue the vicious cycle. Find that middle ground and you will be fine. Don't let others tell you how to work out. Your body will let you know how much you can take. :-D Hope this helped. Good luck!

Crowhorse

I don't care what anyone else says. They can yammer on all they want.

douna71

On certain days, we don't have 30 minutes and 15-25 minutes is better than 0 minutes of nothing!!!!!

kateroot

I haven't read this whole thread, but I'd much rather do 20-30 minutes of HIIT cardio, burn a boatload of calories, and get on with my day, than schlep around on the elliptical for an hour. There are plenty of times I do cardio for hours at a time (I run marathons & half-marathons), but quick, high-intensity cardio will always be my favorite.. and it absolutely 100% counts as exercise.

ETA: There are plenty of people who CAN'T burn 10 calories a minute. Mostly, they're the people who are in great physical shape. The more in shape you are, the less calories you'll burn per minute doing anything. So incredibly fit people are never doing "real" exercise because it's hard for them to reach that arbitrary 10 calories a minute mark?

Whoever said this is nuts.

NKF92879

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! If that's the case, then I should not be logging 30 Day Shred!

summergirl73

if i burn it i log it regardless of the amount of time i took or how many cals it all counts

obsidianwings

I haven't read this whole thread, but I'd much rather do 20-30 minutes of HIIT cardio, burn a boatload of calories, and get on with my day, than schlep around on the elliptical for an hour. There are plenty of times I do cardio for hours at a time (I run marathons & half-marathons), but quick, high-intensity cardio will always be my favorite.. and it absolutely 100% counts as exercise.

Just did 20 mins of turbofire HIIT, and I can confirm it definately counts. I logged it as high impact aerobics, and burned about 100 cals (according to MFP, don't have a HRM), so to hit that "all important" 300 cal threshold I would have to do that for an hour. NO FREAKING WAY! Haha. I will be doing some more exercise later, but that 20 minutes for now, definately counts.

obsidianwings

Maybe they are just saying that they don't log some exercises so they don't feel bad when people look at their diary on days when they have done nothing?! LOL

amoffatt

If every calorie put in one's mouth counts, then every calorie burned counts.:bigsmile:

JSheehy1965

never heard of anything so weird. In fact I was just reading the other day that sometimes, the 10 minutes here and there can do more good than one 30-40 minute work out. As long as you're active, log it. Sounds like we have a log nazi!! lol.

mzhokie

That's why I like my fitbit.... it counts everything for the day.

mamagooskie

Log what you want......personally when I workout I don't do less than 30 minutes usually......so it's a non issue but whatever.

bluestocking06

First, I don't tell anyone else how to do thier tracker, everyone is here to do their own thing, but I bike to school and work and I don't track that, but it's because I have a pretty slow metabolism, and I want to give myself a little extra wiggle room in my calories for the day.

shreddin_mama

if your worked up a sweat then log it

dol826

When I'm feeling down, I just add exercise that I didn't even do. It's a great way to make me feel better about myself.

This I love!

I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. I will be ready for a marathon in no time! LMAO!

HonkyTonks

Calories burned is going to be an estimate, always. Even with a HRM, it is still an estimate.
So if you're going to log small things, be aware that you MAY be hindering your weight loss by overestimating your calories out (resulting in a smaller deficit). Remember, it doesn't matter what MFP says, your body doesn't go by the deficit on MFP!

HeartME511healthy

That's intresting because whether you log it or not it is still burned calories. Movement of any kind even cleaning, it is a chore and depending on what kind of cleaning it is it could burn up to 300 cal if you doing an intense clean and bending movement.. If you are using a tracking device it would count it, like the one i use, at times it will calculate the burned calories, steps taken and others but it may not count stairs climb which also makes a difference but I have learned through that what counts and doesn't count. But everything counts especially differns from laying on the couch all day.....a burn is a burn not matter how much time it is....

sz8soon

I have recently come across an MFP who complains heavily about people who log less than 30 minutes of exercise as exercise. *In her opinion*, you only log it if you've burned 10 cals/minute for at least 30 minutes...So nothing less than 300, nothing less than 30 minutes...I thought this was a bit crazy, but does anyone else feel like this?

In her opinion.....that's all it is- her opinion. Do what is right for you and don't worry about what someone else thinks! If I sprinted, walked, ran, skipped or danced my a@@ off for 10 minutes you bet I'm counting that as work out! I run a 10 minute mile- can you argue that me running a mile is not exercise?

Burning calories is burning calories!

belgerian

Id say its up to the individual. l I walk Alot at work im talking like 4-5 miles worth on some days. I do not log any of that I figure its xtra incase i miscalulate on some portion sizes or forget to log something or have some innaccurate information. For me it all comes out even at the end of the day or week.

MrsAlcalde

I disagree, I log all my workouts because it adds up. Today I walked the mall for 40 mins on my lunch break. After lunch I logged 10 minutes of stair climbing...it's all exercise and it all counts towards your daily calorie burn.