How many calories burned???

cyndijoy

I work in a factory, (sometimes, when I'm not laid off), and I was wondering about how many calories are burned in an 8 hour day. I walk a lot, I'd say at a leisurely pace, about 6 out of the 8 hours. I can't find this in the database, since it's random, so can anyone help me? Thanks!

magglett

Hi there ... if you go to the Exercise Tab ... then to Cardiovascular ... and do a search for "walking" it will give you various walking speed examples to choose from ... then enter the amount of time walked and it will tell you how many calories were burned. I hope this helps some.

myfitz4life

I would enter it under Exercise>cardiovascular>walking 2.0mph for 6 hours (which is 360 min.). I am not sure how many calories that would be b/c I don't know your weight, but thats pretty good exercise

countindowntothin

I could be wrong, but I would THINK this kind of walking should be included when it asked what lifestyle you lived, as far as sedentary, active, very active.....I would make sure that was set to very active, and then not count your walking at work at exercize....I may be wrong and others may disagree, but I would think that would be most accurate!

neenaleigh

I could be wrong, but I would THINK this kind of walking should be included when it asked what lifestyle you lived, as far as sedentary, active, very active.....I would make sure that was set to very active, and then not count your walking at work at exercize....I may be wrong and others may disagree, but I would think that would be most accurate!

yes i would say you have an active job in your profile this should work out the difference, since its not really excercise i wouldnt add it as a daily extras.

jewely82

Like the previous person said this kind of thing should be included in your lifestyle. I work retail and am constantly running around all day so I put down that my lifestyle was "active." MFP gives you a different amount for your daily calorie allowance based on how much you move around during the day without any additional exercise. If you exercise besides what is part of your daily routine then you get more calories added to what you can eat for the day.

If you need to change your day to day activity level you can do this by clicking on "settings" under the "My Home" tab. Then click on "Update diet/fitness profile." Hope this helps.

Momma2four

I could be wrong, but I would THINK this kind of walking should be included when it asked what lifestyle you lived, as far as sedentary, active, very active.....I would make sure that was set to very active, and then not count your walking at work at exercize....I may be wrong and others may disagree, but I would think that would be most accurate!

I agree with this!

cyndijoy

Thanks so much!!! :flowerforyou:

SHBoss1673

yep, don't enter work as exercise. Up your activity level. If you're walking 6 hours a day at a light pace, that would be lightly active.