I've personally added "Sitting at Work" as an exercise...

larrytsuei
larrytsuei Posts: 3
in Motivation and Support
According to this chart: http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburnedwork.htm
sitting at work actually burns 89 to 140 Calories per hour (depending on personal weight)

If I sit at work for 6-8 Hours everyday, I'd be burning 756-984 calories.

Should I do this? It just feels like an excuse to add more calories to use to eat hah!
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  • Odiliawine
    Odiliawine Posts: 116 Member
    This actually makes a lot of sense. I would love to know the answer to this too. Maybe yes if you're set to sedentary currently?
  • APESteacher
    APESteacher Posts: 9
    Your daily activities are built in. You should not count this.
  • Lightbulb1088
    Lightbulb1088 Posts: 189 Member
    that would depend on if you are still losing weight, if that is your goal????
    When I stall then I start looking for why and what to change.
  • kdzi
    kdzi Posts: 78 Member
    MFP counts your BMR (the cals needed to keep your body alive), the cals needed to digest your food, plus some activity (depending on what you set it at). My BMR (had it tested in a lab) is around 1600, or 1.1 cal/minute. That's if I did nothing at all. Your 89-140 estimate for sitting includes BMR plus digestion--and isn't that much more than the 67 I burn not moving a muscle. I wouldn't add it.
  • TArnold2012
    TArnold2012 Posts: 929 Member
    Built in, you should not add them again.
  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    As others have said, these calories are built in to your activity level. I really like this calculator:
    http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

    You can play around with it to get an idea of how much you burn on any given day, based on the actual activities you did that day (sitting, running, sleeping, whatever).
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    Sitting isn't exercise. And it's already built into your activity level. Don't log it.
  • jenj1313
    jenj1313 Posts: 898 Member
    Your daily activities are built in. You should not count this.
    ^^^^^ THIS
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    apparently we burn more calories sleeping than sitting.
    maybe you should just quit your job and sleep all day?
    although i dont know if it would be worth doing that just to be able to eat the food back since you wouldnt be able to afford food anyway with no income.

    i dunno.. i'm just throwing that idea out there
  • stinkpurty
    stinkpurty Posts: 148
    Can I add "Searching all over the office building for the IT guy or one of my bosses because they are never ever in their office when they get a phone call and they don't respond to pages"?
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Your daily activities are built in. You should not count this.

    ^^^ This

    /End Thread
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    My TDEE is 2250 calories. This works out to 93.75 calories an hour while I'm sitting at work. I have a feeling that's what they're talking about. To add those calories ON TOP of your regular calories would be double-dipping.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    haha no, would be nice though. your body is always burning calories regardless of whether or not you're exercising. Plus, this is normal routine for you at sedentary lifestyle...so you shouldn't log it anyway.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    Can I add "Searching all over the office building for the IT guy or one of my bosses because they are never ever in their office when they get a phone call and they don't respond to pages"?

    if you add it, i'll log it! haha
  • cwettstain
    cwettstain Posts: 58 Member
    Can I add "Searching all over the office building for the IT guy or one of my bosses because they are never ever in their office when they get a phone call and they don't respond to pages"?

    Funniest thing I've read today!
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    Sometimes I staple things. Should I add that to the database under resistance exercises? Its a crap stapler.
  • taekwonkenpo
    taekwonkenpo Posts: 1,004
    Sometimes I staple things. Should I add that to the database under resistance exercises? Its a crap stapler.


    I actually laughed at this. Very nice. : )
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    I'm gonna count how many times I stand up and sit down from my desk today, and when I get home, I'm gonna log that many squats!

    :wink:
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    actually I think logging 'sitting at work' a good idea - if only because it would prompt me to do less of it!!! Knowing that I spent 8 hours or so just sitting and not moving (by moving I mean even just walking around the office) would be a good motivation to do more activity.
  • IronSmasher
    IronSmasher Posts: 3,908 Member
    According to this chart: http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburnedwork.htm
    sitting at work actually burns 89 to 140 Calories per hour (depending on personal weight)

    If I sit at work for 6-8 Hours everyday, I'd be burning 756-984 calories.

    Should I do this? It just feels like an excuse to add more calories to use to eat hah!

    No.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    those calories have already been counted for you by MFP so if you add them again, you would be counting them twice.

    if you are not eating back your exercise calories, it will not matter.
  • larrytsuei
    larrytsuei Posts: 3
    Aw Shucks hahahaha thought I'd run it by y'all before I gave it a shot, THANKS! :)
  • vmekash
    vmekash Posts: 422 Member
    Your daily activities are built in. You should not count this.

    ^This. Esp. if it is part of your typical day.
    If you eat those calories back, you'll be defeating your efforts.
  • AlaskaTaylor
    AlaskaTaylor Posts: 5
    Same question, different situation.

    As I'm a student, my job is part-time and not every day. Also, my job is somewhat physically taxing. I work reshelving books in a library. So I spend 2-4 hours on a day that I work doing the following:
    -pushing a 50-300lb wheeled cart (depending how many books are on it)
    -walking briskly (3mph maybe?) carrying ~5lbs of books
    -stretching/squatting, lifting/pushing large stacks of books

    Should I be logging THIS? I've started logging it, but it seems to burn more than I'd expect . . .
    I'm not counting my really basic activities through the day, like walking around campus or whatever.
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    Same question, different situation.

    As I'm a student, my job is part-time and not every day. Also, my job is somewhat physically taxing. I work reshelving books in a library. So I spend 2-4 hours on a day that I work doing the following:
    -pushing a 50-300lb wheeled cart (depending how many books are on it)
    -walking briskly (3mph maybe?) carrying ~5lbs of books
    -stretching/squatting, lifting/pushing large stacks of books

    Should I be logging THIS? I've started logging it, but it seems to burn more than I'd expect . . .
    I'm not counting my really basic activities through the day, like walking around campus or whatever.

    if you do this every day (or 5 times per week) just change your activity level from sedentary to light active. it will give you about 200 kcal extra / day.
  • AlaskaTaylor
    AlaskaTaylor Posts: 5
    Same question, different situation.

    As I'm a student, my job is part-time and not every day. Also, my job is somewhat physically taxing. I work reshelving books in a library. So I spend 2-4 hours on a day that I work doing the following:
    -pushing a 50-300lb wheeled cart (depending how many books are on it)
    -walking briskly (3mph maybe?) carrying ~5lbs of books
    -stretching/squatting, lifting/pushing large stacks of books

    Should I be logging THIS? I've started logging it, but it seems to burn more than I'd expect . . .
    I'm not counting my really basic activities through the day, like walking around campus or whatever.

    if you do this every day (or 5 times per week) just change your activity level from sedentary to light active. it will give you about 200 kcal extra / day.

    It is 3 (sometimes 4, but not often) days per week.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    According to this chart: http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburnedwork.htm
    sitting at work actually burns 89 to 140 Calories per hour (depending on personal weight)

    If I sit at work for 6-8 Hours everyday, I'd be burning 756-984 calories.

    Should I do this? It just feels like an excuse to add more calories to use to eat hah!

    I feel hard done by now lol! I'm a secondary school languages teacher and I'm on my feet all day at work, 'entertaining' teenagers as I teach them French! I don't sit down! Plus I teach in loads of different rooms as I work part time so I'm always walking round the building carrying a laptop, bag, resources etc. The site I looked on claimed 'standing teaching' burns 88 calories an hour. How can it burn the same amount as sitting on your backside?!

    I do sometimes log it, but not always.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    According to this chart: http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburnedwork.htm
    sitting at work actually burns 89 to 140 Calories per hour (depending on personal weight)

    If I sit at work for 6-8 Hours everyday, I'd be burning 756-984 calories.

    Should I do this? It just feels like an excuse to add more calories to use to eat hah!

    congratulations on half arsing it and calling what you already have to do everyday "exercise"

    cause obviously going to work every day is enough to get you to your fitness goals.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    reshelving books is a physically taxing job? :huh:
  • nikinyx6
    nikinyx6 Posts: 772 Member
    That's right up there with the calories burned to re-warm ice cold water...no, do not log sitting, or showering, or washing dishes...these are everyday things.

    If you do log them, I expect we'll see a thread called "I burn 800-1000 calories a day but I STILL gain weight!"

    :tongue:

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