Work Calories! Help!

ZumbaholicEmz
ZumbaholicEmz Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,
I never know whether to log my work calories. I am a nurse and spend 12 hours walking and rushing about! I have put my settings as sedentary and added stuff on? I know my body will get used to it but I have only just started this job and I was at university sitting down in lectures most of the time before! What shall i doooooooooo?!
Any advice would be great!
Emma x

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  • ItsMeRebekah
    ItsMeRebekah Posts: 909 Member
    i would set it to active.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    i would set it to active.

    This or at least lightly active. No nurse is sedentary.
  • KarmaxKitty
    KarmaxKitty Posts: 901 Member
    Woah. If you're rushing around for 12 hours, you are most certainly NOT sedentary. Up your activity level, at least to the next step up. I also suggest a pedometer or a heart rate monitor to measure how much you're actually doing. Continue eating well, or as well as you can. I know there are quite a few nurses on this site, and I'm hoping they will chime in for you.
  • erica14304
    erica14304 Posts: 49 Member
    I would set it for lightly active as well. You probably only work 3 days/week right? That's what I did when I worked on the floor. That way it could account for your days off.

    Yes, a nurse is never sedentary. No time to even pee most days! : )
  • ZumbaholicEmz
    ZumbaholicEmz Posts: 20 Member
    Thank you everyone for the advice! Mwah! x

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