Babywearing?
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drowsymama
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Anyone know of a calculator where you can figure out how many calories are burned by wearing your baby? I know it counts as weight-bearing exercise. I don't want to use hiking or anything like that.... I'm pretty much just continuing my day while baby is in the moby.... housework, cooking, etc.
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Bump. Wondering the same thing.0
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If it's a daily thing, the common suggestion will be to up your activity level.
How heavy is your little one?0 -
The only thing I found under cardio was "Walking, carrying infant or 15-lb load", but nothing for just wearing the baby around the house. For me I found that when I tried to give myself credit for wearing my baby, breast feeding, etc..I just ended up gaining weight. When I only calculated in "actual" exercise that was when I lost. I know all of us are different, I hope you are lucky and loose this way:)0
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Anyone know of a calculator where you can figure out how many calories are burned by wearing your baby? I know it counts as weight-bearing exercise. I don't want to use hiking or anything like that.... I'm pretty much just continuing my day while baby is in the moby.... housework, cooking, etc.0
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For me I found that when I tried to give myself credit for wearing my baby, breast feeding, etc..I just ended up gaining weight. When I only calculated in "actual" exercise that was when I lost. I know all of us are different, I hope you are lucky and loose this way:)
This! This is me exactly!!0 -
If you consistently do it, I wouldn't count it, for the same reason an overweight person doesn't track "carrying 20lbs of extra fat - x hours". Your body adjusts.
Breastfeeding, on the other hand? I wouldn't track it as extra exercise, but I would manually increase my calorie allowance to 1800 (the standard minimum).0
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