Daycare- lightly active

pinkgurl87

Does working at a daycare count as lightly active, or am i fooling myself thinking I can eat more.

iorahkwano

I think so, you're standing and walking around a lot. It's more activity than you would get at an office job. You can also find more ways to make your job more physical. You could play physical games with the kids (Tag, hide & seek, passing a ball around, duck duck goose, chase them around outside, Simon Says, make up a fun "aerobics" game with jumping jacks, parachute game, etc.) I made the mistake of picking up one boy & swinging him around in circles with me. Next thing I knew, he wanted me to do it the ENTIRE recess break. Then some of the heftier kids wanted a turn lol.

Rays_Wife

Honestly, if you are working 8 hours a day in a daycare I would consider that to be moderate activity! Walking all day, chasing after kids, doing physical activities, ect. Seriously, moderate activity.

emilypink573

I work at a day care and i put lightly active. I work there 4 hours and then i babysit so i dont sit too much there either.

pinkgurl87

Ok that's what i put. Sometimes I'm sitting down to play with the kids. Though other times I'm standing, chasing them, picking them up , one girl I have to carry or help walk cause she's older but not walking on her own.

nicleed

Man I chase two kids around (one school aged and one still at home with me) and that is lightly active. You are totally OK!

2hobbit1

Honestly, if you are working 8 hours a day in a daycare I would consider that to be moderate activity! Walking all day, chasing after kids, doing physical activities, ect. Seriously, moderate activity.

^^^^ this ^^^^
try wearing a fitbit or a pedometer - if you hit 10000 steps a day you are moderate!

Anastasie

Yes. I work at a daycare too and I count mine as lightly active. It really depends on how mobile the group you have. For example, the bitty babes don't move much so I wouldn't count that any more active as a desk job. The 4-5 year olds, I would say base it on the type of activities you're doing with them. However the ages where they're learning to walk (like the toddler rooms, ages 1-3 approximately) tend to be more active, and I count that lightly active. Especially since you spend so much time rounding them up and cleaning up after them (and teaching them to help with clean up, etc.).

NaomiJFoster

I teach preschool too. I'm in my classroom or on the playground for 40 hours a week. Just the number of times I sit down on the floor, stand up and walk across the room, sit down in a kid-size chair, stand up and run across the room, sit down on the floor, stand up and walk across the room.....familiar? And all the actual *playing* with the kids. It's physical. It's certainly not sedentary, lol!!

DisneyAddictRW

I have a home daycare of 12 kids. I'm always on the go! Between the kids, keeping my house clean, and everything else I get done. I usually burn 3000-3500 calories a day (within 24 hrs). I don't log anything from my daycare hours. I start at 6:40am and go till 5:15pm. I only log my workouts that are out of my regular day. I figure my body expects that every day so I don't log it. (That's just me)

I log at sedentary. I know many wouldn't agree. Some days I sit on the floor and play. Others we're up and running around.

nhughes1864

I'm a teacher, though not daycare, and I count it as light activity.