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How to log work hours?

lieselLalor
lieselLalor Posts: 169 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Just wondering how/if everyone logs the hours they work in for exercise.

I work at a hospital and I know that most of the time I'm burning calories from all the walking around I do. Does anyone else have a similar job and they log it, or do you just forget it and not worry about going a little over your calories?

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  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    Change your activity setting to match your day. I walk everywhere, but I do it everyday so I don't count it as exercise. I just have my activity settings set to moderately active.
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
    Change your activity setting to match your day. I walk everywhere, but I do it everyday so I don't count it as exercise. I just have my activity settings set to moderately active.
    You answered before my post. That's what I was trying to say...
    I assume most people just let that be included in their "lifestyle" or whatever when setting the goals rather than logging it as exercise. For example, I work a desk job so I'm sitting in front of a computer all day and have set my goals as a sedentary lifestyle. You could set yours at one of the higher levels.
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    Change your activity setting to match your day. I walk everywhere, but I do it everyday so I don't count it as exercise. I just have my activity settings set to moderately active.

    ^ This.
    Alternatively you could try to work out how long you walk for roughly per day (I have no idea how you'd gauge this? Maybe a pedometer would help?) and log it that way?
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    my pedometer logs my steps and calories burned from steps.
  • marcvandenberg
    marcvandenberg Posts: 190 Member
    You can set your daily activity in your profile.
    If U wanna know how much u burn during work, invest in a tracker, U can find them under the apps section.
    Like fitbit, it will sync to MFP.

    Marc

    ps I sit most of my day so i just measure my walks. (also with a free smartphone tracker)
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    you don't log work.
  • TAMayorga
    TAMayorga Posts: 341 Member
    my pedometer logs my steps and calories burned from steps.

    My pedometer app on my phone logs my steps.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    don't log it.
  • jessicae1aine
    jessicae1aine Posts: 885
    I agree, adjust your activity level.

    If something happens and I'm doing more physically strenuous work than I normally do, I tend to log it as "light cleaning" for the duration of time I was doing it, even though that's usually an underestimation of calories based on what my HRM says when I take it. I'd rather underestimate by a couple hundred than be over.
  • lieselLalor
    lieselLalor Posts: 169 Member
    That's what I was thinking. Thanks everyone.

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