To count or not to count that is the question....

meeper123

I have been wearing my heartrate monitor to work because my job is very active and I wanted to know how many calories I was burning. Should I report those finding on my tracker or not?

jlapey

Of course you should. You burned them, didn't you? Every little bit counts.

SueInAz

You can as long as you aren't ALSO counting the calories you would have burned if you'd been sedentary all day.

lifescircle

Isn't that accounted for when you setup your activity level... sedentary, active, very active, etc... ?

chubby_checkers

If you set yourself as sendentary, you could track them. If you set yourself as active, you'd be counting them twice.

meeper123

Ok so form what I understand I set my profile for light active so counting themagain would not be a good thing right?

rompers16

I don't count anything that I would normally do anyway, cleaning, gardening, etc...but I agree..if you set yourself for moderately active, then don't count them.

meeper123

I don't count anything that I would normally do anyway, cleaning, gardening, etc...but I agree..if you set yourself for moderately active, then don't count them.

yeah and for a 9 hr shift thats pretty much all day might still wear it but not count them so I can see what my metabolic burn is

omma_to_3

A heart rate monitor isn't meant for daily activity. It is only accurate if your HR gets into the aerobic zone (or, I think the Polar states above 90 bpm - not positive on that though). Unless you are really getting your HR up all day long, it's just not going to be accurate. You should use the MFP settings for lightly active or active (whichever is most accurate for your job) and use those numbers.

meeper123

A heart rate monitor isn't meant for daily activity. It is only accurate if your HR gets into the aerobic zone (or, I think the Polar states above 90 bpm - not positive on that though). Unless you are really getting your HR up all day long, it's just not going to be accurate. You should use the MFP settings for lightly active or active (whichever is most accurate for your job) and use those numbers.

ok

filming_ghosts

I find that the MFP settings for your daily calorie burn are underestimated (at least for me). I would calculate your BMR, and eat according to that. If you burn a lot of extra calories from your job, then maybe increase your intake according to that.