Summer activity level...

tinkermommc
tinkermommc Posts: 558 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm not sure how to log for the summer. I'm a SAHM to an autistic boy, that's fast and busy, and a very busy 5 yo girl. I, currently, have my activity level set for Lightly Active and I only log my workouts and the extras I do with the kids but not chores, etc. So summer...to keep the kids busy, we have classes, season passes to the amusement park/water park, going hiking and bike riding to our friends for a swim (1 mile pulling a kid) plus all my usual stuff and my workouts. So do I bump my activity level up for the summer and just log my workouts or do I leave it alone and attempt to log all the extras too? And how does one log amusement park time? I've been logging it as a walk, If we're there 4 hrs, I log 2 walking, slow pace, remembering I was a packmule and then got to carry a 65 lb kid out of the park.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts :-)

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  • ishallnotwant
    ishallnotwant Posts: 1,210 Member
    I'm not sure how to log for the summer. I'm a SAHM to an autistic boy, that's fast and busy, and a very busy 5 yo girl. I, currently, have my activity level set for Lightly Active and I only log my workouts and the extras I do with the kids but not chores, etc. So summer...to keep the kids busy, we have classes, season passes to the amusement park/water park, going hiking and bike riding to our friends for a swim (1 mile pulling a kid) plus all my usual stuff and my workouts. So do I bump my activity level up for the summer and just log my workouts or do I leave it alone and attempt to log all the extras too? And how does one log amusement park time? I've been logging it as a walk, If we're there 4 hrs, I log 2 walking, slow pace, remembering I was a packmule and then got to carry a 65 lb kid out of the park.

    Thanks in advance for your thoughts :-)

    I don't usually log my amusement park time...I have a Disney pass and we go quite often but I just figure it's icing on the cake. The timing is just "off" a lot of standing in line instead of walking and stuff, so I don't want to log it as walking. I'd say to log the bike riding and the swimming though.
  • tinkermommc
    tinkermommc Posts: 558 Member
    hehe! So I went in and change my activity level to see what is would do and it changed the calories to what I had customized mine to. So I won't log the kid activities I'll just consider those helping me to lose faster and just log my exercise. Thanks for your response!

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