How many calories do I burn at work?

btracy01
btracy01 Posts: 49
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm a cashier at Lowe's, that may not sound very strenuous, but it involves a lot of heavy lifting, and I do a lot of walking. And by walking, I mean power walking. I don't walk slow. I may weigh 192 now, but much of it is muscle, and I power walk everywhere. Just wondering if I should be adding it as exercise to mfp... just curious. Add me if you like!! :happy:

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  • pet1127
    pet1127 Posts: 572 Member
    Im a cleaner and i wear my fitbit all day every day
    It does give me extra calories if i go over a certain many steps in a day
  • ShiraDarling
    ShiraDarling Posts: 232 Member
    I wouldn't add it as a form of exercise, because you do it daily, and your body is somewhat accustomed to it (resulting in less calories burned than you think) I would however make sure that you put your activity level to "moderately active" or something like that to compensate.
  • vmekash
    vmekash Posts: 422 Member
    I only count what I call "exercise on purpose."
    That is all.
    Carry on.
  • Heyyleigh
    Heyyleigh Posts: 268 Member
    Get a HRM or a Fitbit and track yourself, never add daily activities as exercise, exercise is a deliberate activity.
  • pixiestick
    pixiestick Posts: 839 Member
    You daily activity should be calculated in when you set your lifestyle activity at the beginning (sedentary, etc). Adding those cals in will more than likely confuse your plan and thwart your efforts.

    Don't do it. Exercise is intentional.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Get a HRM or a Fitbit and track yourself, never add daily activities as exercise, exercise is a deliberate activity.

    HRM isn't meant to be worn all day and would be inaccurate. FitBit might be useful but in general whatever you do repetitively for work isn't counted as exercise.
  • btracy01
    btracy01 Posts: 49
    I only count what I call "exercise on purpose."
    That is all.
    Carry on.






    Why can't there be exercise on accident?? That would be awesome!

    Of course it may involve a zombie chasing after you... nevermind...
  • pet1127
    pet1127 Posts: 572 Member
    Get a HRM or a Fitbit and track yourself, never add daily activities as exercise, exercise is a deliberate activity.

    HRM isn't meant to be worn all day and would be inaccurate. FitBit might be useful but in general whatever you do repetitively for work isn't counted as exercise.

    I lost 46 pounds having fitbit and mfp adding or subtractin calories
    been at this since Jan 23rd 2012 :)
  • djames92
    djames92 Posts: 990 Member
    when you setup your account you select your activity level.. light,moderate, heavy. that includes your job and what you do on a daily basis

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