Is it exercise

syedsaad
syedsaad Posts: 156 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have a desk job during the week but i work at a store on saturdays where i am on my feet for atleast 8 hours and walking around how should i add that to by exercise because if i add the 4hr walk (which what i usually do in my 8 hour shift) it adds up to be too much . i dont know i should add it or not as it is not non stop i walk then stand for a while then walk and so on. Please help

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  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    How is your actvity level set? If it's sedentary, bump it up to active for Saturday, and then back down the rest of the week.

    Or, what I would do is just take note of the calorie increase an active setting gives you over sednetary, and then move back to sedentary and just keep that in consideration on Saturday. Because, I wouldn't call it exercise....you are more active and burning more calories.
  • laurajade111
    laurajade111 Posts: 58
    If you have the money i would invest in a fitbit (or something similar). I love it and it adjusts my calorie allowance daily based on how much i walk. On a good day i burn up to 500 extra calories just with my activity!
  • syedsaad
    syedsaad Posts: 156 Member
    How is your actvity level set? If it's sedentary, bump it up to active for Saturday, and then back down the rest of the week.

    Or, what I would do is just take note of the calorie increase an active setting gives you over sednetary, and then move back to sedentary and just keep that in consideration on Saturday. Because, I wouldn't call it exercise....you are more active and burning more calories.

    Thank you very much ... i checked there is a diff of almost 400 calories between sedentary and active so i would just add 300 calories as exercise on saturdays (i prefer to under count my calories burnt)
  • syedsaad
    syedsaad Posts: 156 Member
    If you have the money i would invest in a fitbit (or something similar). I love it and it adjusts my calorie allowance daily based on how much i walk. On a good day i burn up to 500 extra calories just with my activity!

    Nope .... cant invest anything at this time .... but a gud advice ... thanks :)
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    Honestly, don't over think it. I think people get to caught up in the numbers and focus too much on that.

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