Babywearing?

drowsymama

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.

bridgetzc

Bump. Wondering the same thing.

TeachTheGirl

If it's a daily thing, the common suggestion will be to up your activity level.

How heavy is your little one?

bcumak

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:)

tadpole242

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.

Your weight in KG x 3 (the met Value for walking carrying a baby) x minutes doing the activity

jbuc07

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!!

corneredbycorn

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).