Should I log my commute?

NYCNika

On one hand, it is my routine. I have always been doing this.

On the other hand, it is 3 miles per weekday (the walking part of my commute).

0.5 miles to the train to take to work, 0.5 miles from the train to the office, 0.5 miles to buy an acceptable lunch, 0.5 miles to get back to the office after buying lunch, 0.5 miles back to the train, 0.5 miles back home.

My husband believes that I overestimate the calories I eat and underestimate calories burned. I just want to err on the side of not gaining weight than in the other direction.

NYCNika

Bump.

I tended to think "no", but my husband thinks that I overestimate what I eat and underestimate what I work out. So I am not sure.

JustJennie1

No because it's something that you do every day. Readjust your goals so that MFP compensates for that short walk.

lizziebeth1028

My commute is a total of 2 miles daily (one mile each way to and from the train station). I've been doing it for over 10 years and my body is used to A LOT of walking. When I first started on MFP almost 2 years ago a logged it. But it seemed that my overall results were not that great so I think between logging the daily walk AND my regular work outs it was an over estimation of calories burned. I don't logged it anymore. I just figured it's a handful of extra calories for those days when I go over a bit.