quick question

dawn66

I have read on here before that you should eat your exercise calories, but!!!!! My calories goal for the day is 1200 , I have earned 987 calories from almost 5 hours of housework and gardening. I have consumed 1339 calories today , leaving 849 remaing. I really don't think I should eat those? Right? Wrong? Thats where I get confused... Help!
Dawn

dawn66

I have read on here before that you should eat your exercise calories, but!!!!! My calories goal for the day is 1200 , I have earned 987 calories from almost 5 hours of housework and gardening. I have consumed 1339 calories today , leaving 849 remaing. I really don't think I should eat those? Right? Wrong? Thats where I get confused... Help!
Dawn

RMUNTZ2

You are probably overestimating the calories for house work and gardening.

8 hours of carpentry work is worth 1500 to 2400 calories depending on how hard you work.

House work could be over 900 calories but it seems high.

You are probably over eating based upon incorrect house work and gardening calories burned.

erin1205

You are probably overestimating the calories for house work and gardening.

8 hours of carpentry work is only 34 calories.

You are probably over eating based upon incorrect house work and gardening calories burned.

8 hours of carpentry work is only 34 calories?!?! :huh:

That can't be right! :noway:

RMUNTZ2

Ok, I am incorrect.

House work and gardening could be 800 calories.

But that still seems like a lot to add a cardio calories burned.

Do not quit, Maybe you are just slightly over estimating calories burned.

Rob

alaskagal

Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth...

When you plugged in your goals did you say you were sedentary, lightly active, or what? I figure that my being lightly active or moderately active is already taken into account in figuring out my daily calories. I only count my true cardio and weight lifting calories. In other words things that are above and beyond my every day living. Those calories I consider my exercise calories and I eat those plus my BMR

I was formerly stuck and not losing (as posted in True Confessions from a SLOW learner). I thought I was doing everything right but obviously I was off track as the scale wouldn't budge. I took the advice of a couple of folks on here and thing have improved dramatically and I'm once again losing weight to include an unexpected 2 pound weight loss this week.

I truly never thought that I would lose weight by eating more. Equally important is consistently doing some form of exercising but it's important not to overestimate your exercise calories. So if you've previously checked that you were sedentary maybe bump that up to lightly active (think in averages for the week, not just daily) and then add true exercise (which isn't to say that 5 hours of housework and gardening isn't exercise but if that's your only form and above and beyond what you do normally maybe only count half of those calories.)

Hope this helps.

Good luck!
:flowerforyou:

dawn66

not sure about the calories burned, as I just logged in what I did. I did a lot of raking and digging today, at least three hours of that, and then about three of major housecleaning. I actually did more than I actually posted on my exercise report. Anyways, I still don't know if I am suppose to be eating those extra calories.

lotusfromthemud

It's too late for yesterday, but here's the answer.

Be very honest with the work you do, and then eat at least most of the calories you earned. ( I usually leave around 1-200 out for semi-complicated reasons.) One day won't hurt, but if your calorie deficit stays too big for too long, bad things happen to your body.

This is how our great-great grandparents ate bacon at every meal, put gravy on everything and didn't have an obesity "epidemic". They worked it off! My grandmother plowed fields, kept a house without electricity and milked cows (then carried two heavy buckets back from the dairy barn to the house). That's a serious fitness regime!

If you're this active every day, make sure that on your goals, you're not set at "sedentary". (it sounds like it was an extra busy day, though).

:flowerforyou:

dawn66

Good Morning
Yesterday was a very busy and active day, thats why I recorded it as my exercise. Normally I wouldn't record housework or light gardening. Because as the weather gets warmer gardening will become part of my daily routine. I did go in a few days ago and up my activity level, but that didn't change my bmr. So today is a new day and I will just start over.
Thanks very much for all the input.
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