Ok folks...

Sounds like someone wants a snickers.

I agree with you. Thanks for the post.

Why do you care what everyone else is logging as exercise? I log walking my dog as exercise, I take her for walks with me, its part of my cardio. I plan it into my day. I log it, I eat those calories.

I also log mowing my grass- its a large yard and I do it with a push mower, usually after work while still wearing my steel toed boots. I log cleaning my house too if I am moving furniture, or scrubbing the floors by hand as I do it alone. For some people who are extremely obese these are work outs - who are you to judge them?

Seriously, before you post you should think... walking the dog is exercise - 2000 calories?? I have NEVER in the year being on this site EVER seen someone log a 2000 calorie burn from walking the dog. Sometimes it shows that way on my news feed but I know my friends do several things in a day - excess cardio, strength etc. It picks the biggest burn to post on the news feed though so it shows up as so and so burned XXXXX calories while doing "walking the dog 2.0mph or w/e. But if you asked them they would tell you they logged walking the dog, swimming, yard work, and strength training.

ETA: Hahah I just realized this profile looks like I am a brand new user..

I totally agree!!! Cleaning the house is not an exercise! It should be part of a normal daily routine. Exercise is something you do in ADDITION to your normal daily activity. And eating back the calories.............doesn't that defeat the purpose of exercising??

It irritates me when people count cleaning as exercise. If you're that hard core of a cleaner, I got a house for you to come burn some more calories in :-)

i know right. i'm like are these people on meth when they clean ?

i agree. but I have walked at work during lunch and used the walked the dog , but it was 2 miles so I try to underestimate the burn.

I agree. I always keep to my original calorie goal for the day no matter what "increase" I may get from exercising. You're working out to burn calories & fat, by eating the calories you burn you're just setting yourself up to fail.

Something else that irks me is when ppl count the fact that they have a job where they are on their feet all day towards "working out". If your "norm" is to be on your feet you can't count that as exercise. Your body is used to this activity & is not working any harder to burn anything. I myself work on my feet all day but I do not count it towards exercise. I understand some jobs may be more active than others but again, if it's your norm generally it is not going to help you burn anything.

Not sure if trolling or just new to this site...

I totally agree!!! Cleaning the house is not an exercise! It should be part of a normal daily routine. Exercise is something you do in ADDITION to your normal daily activity. And eating back the calories.............doesn't that defeat the purpose of exercising??

I personally only log exercise if it gets my heart rate up, consistently. But to each their own.

But eating back the calories...yes, sometimes that IS needed. I burned over 1100 calories today in exercise. If I didn't eat some back, I would net about 500. No bueno.

I agree. I always keep to my original calorie goal for the day no matter what "increase" I may get from exercising. You're working out to burn calories & fat, by eating the calories you burn you're just setting yourself up to fail.

Something else that irks me is when ppl count the fact that they have a job where they are on their feet all day towards "working out". If your "norm" is to be on your feet you can't count that as exercise. Your body is used to this activity & is not working any harder to burn anything. I myself work on my feet all day but I do not count it towards exercise. I understand some jobs may be more active than others but again, if it's your norm generally it is not going to help you burn anything.

If I remember correctly, don't you input your basic lifestyle when you set up your profile? I remember putting something like sedentary because I work in an office, but I thought there was a different setting if you are in a job where you are on your feet?

Exactly. People shouldn't need to add that as exercise because MFP does it when you set it up. So yes, you are eating back calories if you set up your activity to active or lightly active.

I agree. I always keep to my original calorie goal for the day no matter what "increase" I may get from exercising. You're working out to burn calories & fat, by eating the calories you burn you're just setting yourself up to fail.

Something else that irks me is when ppl count the fact that they have a job where they are on their feet all day towards "working out". If your "norm" is to be on your feet you can't count that as exercise. Your body is used to this activity & is not working any harder to burn anything. I myself work on my feet all day but I do not count it towards exercise. I understand some jobs may be more active than others but again, if it's your norm generally it is not going to help you burn anything.

Depends on your settings, if you are set to sedentary than you SHOULD be adding in extra if you have an active job. Although I do not know why you would be set to sedentary if you have an active job. I myself work in a metal fab shop - I lift heavy things all day every day, I do not log it but I really could if I wanted to as I am set to sedentary (I am really just too lazy to change it). As for eating back your calories, you should be. MFP is set to a deficit already so if you are set to eat 1200 calories a day but burn 600 you should eat back at least SOME of the 600 you burned so your net is close 1200 or whatever your calorie goal is at the end of the day.... if you don't you could hit a wall eventually.... it didn't make sense to me at first but it does now. I do however have friends who will work out but because they don't want to mess with their macros they log 1 calorie burned, that way they log their exercise so they can track it but it doesn't adjust your daily totals.

:drinker: Bahahaha! I second that!

I dont think the issue is counting cleaning as exercise or walking you dog. I think OP is getting at over estimation these activities then complaining why you arent losing weight.

That's how I interpreted it any way,

Maybe...though for me I am walking my dog further and faster than I was before I began the program, she is loving it :-)

She's probably a much fitter dog, eh? :flowerforyou:

Yes, I have noticed over the years people who seem to think their workouts are intense enough to burn 1000 calories in an hour. I think it's pretty funny.

I dont think the issue is counting cleaning as exercise or walking you dog. I think OP is getting at over estimation these activities then complaining why you arent losing weight.

That's how I interpreted it any way,

Maybe...though for me I am walking my dog further and faster than I was before I began the program, she is loving it :-)

She is getting a bit slimmer, I believe. And now she is too tired to steal my shoes :-)

She's probably a much fitter dog, eh? :flowerforyou: