Should I could the hours I work at McDonald's as exercise?

tyraskanks_
tyraskanks_ Posts: 229
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I work at a McDonalds... and it's fairly busy. My hours are normally 6-8 hours long with one half hour lunch break. Should I count the hours I work as exercise?

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  • Obrienlo
    Obrienlo Posts: 10 Member
    i would say no. I'm on my feet all day long, and its one of the questions you first answer when you become a new MFP member. The site already calculates that into your daily food allowance calories!
    Exercise to me is anything different from work, housework and normal daily tasks! Its when you get out and do something!
  • dlwyatt82
    dlwyatt82 Posts: 1,077 Member
    No, but you should choose an appropriate level of activity in your fitness profile. It has guidelines such as "desk job", "retail", "nurse", etc. From what I remember of working at a fast food place back in high school, I'd call it either lightly active (if you're on the register, mostly standing around), or fairly active (if you're in the kitchen, pretty much constantly walking).
  • drgndancer
    drgndancer Posts: 426 Member
    Obienio is correct. You should set you base activity level to moderate or active, but not count the calories as extra. Extra calories are for over and above exercise you do, not day to day stuff.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    Absolutely not
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
    No.
  • tyraskanks_
    tyraskanks_ Posts: 229
    Thanks guys. I work at a register most of the time, so I should keep it at lightly active.
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    Thanks guys. I work at a register most of the time, so I should keep it at lightly active.

    That sounds right to me!
  • Simone_King
    Simone_King Posts: 467 Member
    I wish we could, but can't. As a janitor, who walks all day, the time I work isn't counted as anything.
  • MissShancey
    MissShancey Posts: 464
    Thanks guys. I work at a register most of the time, so I should keep it at lightly active.

    do not eat the food! ... when they give you a free meal for doing a good job say no thank you! .. when they offer you a scratch ticket for a free food item dont take it! ... i gained 100 pounds working at mcdonalds .... i wish i never took that job!
  • tyraskanks_
    tyraskanks_ Posts: 229
    I worked at a movie theater and I gained 30 pounds in four months... and then when I went off to college, I gained forty. Oh, how I wish I could be just "a little overweight" instead of just a lot of obese.
  • RealWomenLovePitbulls
    RealWomenLovePitbulls Posts: 729 Member
    NO... i really wish people would stop trying to count their work as exercise!! how long have u been working!?!? has that done anything for u so far?? if u don't change anything, you are not going to lose weight.
  • tyraskanks_
    tyraskanks_ Posts: 229
    It was a question. I was just not sure what other people were doing. I needed a second opinion.
  • StilleNacht
    StilleNacht Posts: 30
    NO... i really wish people would stop trying to count their work as exercise!! how long have u been working!?!? has that done anything for u so far?? if u don't change anything, you are not going to lose weight.
    Did you enjoy your little fit?
    Obviously if she was asking, she wanted to make sure as to not make mistakes. That's what these forums are for.
    Treat people like you would want someone to treat your mother.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I work at a McDonalds... and it's fairly busy. My hours are normally 6-8 hours long with one half hour lunch break. Should I count the hours I work as exercise?

    For the love of everything holy, no. No No No. If you want to change your activity level up a notch, feel free. But do not count 8 hours of work as exercise.
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