Walking at work- to log or not to log?

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MLeigh18
MLeigh18 Posts: 120 Member
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Hi, I'm a server at a sports bar. Which means lots of walking and carrying drinks/ food back and forth.

I work 3-4 nights/week. 2 of those nights are 9 hour shifts. And the other range between 6 to 9hr shifts.

I am usually walking around. Sometimes just standing. And I only sit down if I go outside to get some fresh air for a second.

So, should I log my work hours as exercise or not?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,293 Member
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    I would suggest changing your activity level to light active, this way it averages out those cals throughout the whole week.
  • MLeigh18
    MLeigh18 Posts: 120 Member
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    I would suggest changing your activity level to light active, this way it averages out those cals throughout the whole week.

    It already is at light activity.
  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
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    Your activity level being at lightly active probably covers it. I am on my feet all day as a nursery teacher, I also teach things like dance, yoga and sports during an average day. I have my activity level set at lightly active and log any exercise over and above that.
  • kathijen
    kathijen Posts: 14 Member
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    If you log it, will you eat more? I'm a big fan of seeing what happens. So log it, see if you start eating more and see what happens to your fitness/body size. If you're walking and on your feet all day, it's a calorie burner.
    I'm a mom with a part time office job, so I put my activity at light active and only log when I actually exercise (or if I do a "cardio-cleaning session ha ha ha). I figure I do about 4 hours of running around the house like a crazy lady, which could be about 1/2 what you do at your job.
  • jenifermagana
    jenifermagana Posts: 1
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    i suggest you log everything you do and eat. somtimes we eat that extra snack because we think our cal count is not so accurrate anyways so we might be burning a little more than it says, its an unkown "cussion" you dont want to risk getting into.
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
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    I wouldn't log this. Instead I would make sure your activity level matches your activity level. If you're marked as lightly active those calories you're burning walking around are already accounted for.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
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    I would suggest changing your activity level to light active, this way it averages out those cals throughout the whole week.

    It already is at light activity.
    If you set yourself as Lightly Active based on your job, logging it would be counting it twice.
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
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    I would suggest changing your activity level to light active, this way it averages out those cals throughout the whole week.

    It already is at light activity.
    If you set yourself as Lightly Active based on your job, logging it would be counting it twice.

    This. :)

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