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

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  • aparker36
    aparker36 Posts: 30 Member
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    I swim two mornings a week...kicks my butt but it's only 1/2 hour....but I squeeze in about 2/3 of a mile. You better bet I'm logging that!
  • ashleylucas21wechanged
    ashleylucas21wechanged Posts: 42
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    Hey, a 20 minute workout is better than no workout.
    Also, expecting 100cal/10 minutes is unreasonable for some people. Since I'm so small, Im lucky if I hit 250 in 30 minutes.

    Agreed. I can burn 10 a minute, dragging my feet on an elyptical. I'd consider myself fit, but I'm 5'10. It depends on the person's weight.
  • Claire594
    Claire594 Posts: 357 Member
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    All I can get in some days is the 30 day shred...and you better believe if I let Jillian kick my butt for 20 minutes (and roughly 200 calories) that I am going to log it!! :happy:

    Here here LOL
  • daphnegetnfit
    daphnegetnfit Posts: 175
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    This is YOUR journey, you make the rules. Sometime I only have time for a quick yoga session, but if I'm using it for exercise, I count it! Every minute counts even if it's only 10!

    Agreed!
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
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    Id have to tell her to mind her own buisness
  • jenlb99
    jenlb99 Posts: 213 Member
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    Well, that's her opinion and in her world, she's right. No amount of arguing with her will change her mindset.

    In the real world, exercise is exercise, and every bit counts.

    Personally, I tend to "under log" my exercise, just to make sure I don't over eat mine. In 30 minutes of my workout, I burn well over 500 calories, and you bet your butt I log those! lol
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
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    I believe in quality not quantity. Log whatever you feel is worth logging!
  • gleechick609
    gleechick609 Posts: 551
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    Your friend sounds like an idiot
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
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    I don't log anything less than 6 hours of cardio.
  • jkleon86
    jkleon86 Posts: 245 Member
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  • krzy4vt
    krzy4vt Posts: 1
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    I am physically able to do short walks at this point until the weight starts to come off then I can increase. That is very discouraging if it doesnt count. The way I see it is that it is more than I was doing before.
  • richiedbond
    richiedbond Posts: 58
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    I don't log anything less than 6 hours of cardio.

    HAHAHA says the person with the IronMan handle. That is awesome
  • JThomas61
    JThomas61 Posts: 892
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    That is as about as stupid as it gets, I run 5ks on a regular basis none of them has lasted more than 27 minutes and I burn 250-400 calories doing it.
  • jkleon86
    jkleon86 Posts: 245 Member
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    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!

    I started using cleaning for exercise min's because I clean houses and that was all apart of my sorta active live that I signed on under so I wasn't really counting so I quit unless I do a rental and it takes all day I will use a couple hours of that.
  • Miss_Chievous_wechange
    Miss_Chievous_wechange Posts: 1,230 Member
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    That's stupid. A burn is a burn!
  • HollywoodDJ
    HollywoodDJ Posts: 296
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    This is YOUR journey, you make the rules. Sometime I only have time for a quick yoga session, but if I'm using it for exercise, I count it! Every minute counts even if it's only 10!
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    EXACTLY - It's about The JOURNEY, it's not really about the Destination~ At least for me...every minute of the day counts.
    I am tracking everything...I love too. I get excited to see what even putting in a minutes worth of sit-ups or push-ups does. It may not burn a lot of calories but I can feel it. Kinda sad to me that the "Purists" on MFP have to be that way....but...let me be a duck and let it roll! LOL

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  • virginiejaubin
    virginiejaubin Posts: 497 Member
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    All I can get in some days is the 30 day shred...and you better believe if I let Jillian kick my butt for 20 minutes (and roughly 200 calories) that I am going to log it!! :happy:

    I agree!!!!!!
  • mdj1501
    mdj1501 Posts: 392 Member
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    Who made them boss of your tracker?

    This. And they probably would not be a pal of mine.
  • snuglbunie
    snuglbunie Posts: 24
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    That's absolutely crazy. I don't burn 300 calories in 30 minutes because of the size I am. The smaller you get, the less calories you burn compared to a bigger person. All exercise counts.
  • annabellj
    annabellj Posts: 1,337 Member
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    so if I do 15 min cardio in the morning, 15 abs and body works in the afternoon, and 15 minutes of walking in the eve then I cant log my 45 minutes? I will have to remember that one. cuz I have to do that sometimes and I dont know how I lost 20 lbs then!

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