How do you record standing?

weeblex
weeblex Posts: 412 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Today, I spent the day doing presentations, and teaching, it resulted in 6 hours on my feet. I'm trying to work out how to count calories on that, it was above and beyond my normal day, my legs ache and I'm tired, but I have no idea what to call it on here.

I haven't recorded it since it is just "extra calories" but does anyone have any suggestions what this might be as it isn't part of my usual routine?

Maybe I'll just log a couple of hundred miscellaneous calories?

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    same way you count brushing teeth
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    LiveStrong.com and Calorie Counter.com may have what you are looking for. Otherwise I would put it under "Light Office Work' or something like that. I think I remember seeing 'Standing At Church' under the Exercise on Livestrong.com
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Honestly, I wouldn't log it, but if I were particularly hungry and needed to go over my calories a little, I would.
  • zachatta
    zachatta Posts: 1,340 Member
    ^^ This

    In my opinion MFP seriously overestimates random activities calorie output.

    So if you are always logging simple things, you may overeat.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    You could just notate it in your diary instead of logging it. If it happens regularly, you may change your activity level i.e. from sedentary to lightly active.
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
    I used to think that I could log such things... but in the end, I realized that activity like office work (or standing and talking as I do public presentations) was likely covered by my daily calorie estimate. So, no extra calories for that.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    Honestly, I wouldn't log it, but if I were particularly hungry and needed to go over my calories a little, I would.

    I third this
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    ^^ This

    In my opinion MFP seriously overestimates random activities calorie output.

    So if you are always logging simple things, you may overeat.

    I agree with this. All calorie burns are over estimates. If you eat back calories it's too hard to stay in a true deficit and it's all insignificant until you hit low body fat. I ignored it while I was losing all my weight and it helped me stay in a deficit. And even now at under 12% body fat I pretty much ignore it because I know it is way too high. I just listen to my body because you truly can get into starvation mode at this low fat level (it's a myth that it happens when you have significant body fat). If I worked out hard and need 100-200 calories more later in the day then I can have some more protein. I can tell when I need it. If I'm done logging my calories for the day no big deal, I just add it in later in the evening when I can tell I need the extra. I still end up being way under on calories. But I can tell you I am not withering away and I'm still building muscle. No matter what the online charts or calculators say; calories are not the the end game, my body is. My body is doing fine with the lower amount.
  • elewellen
    elewellen Posts: 35 Member
    Do not count your regular activities such as work. I was 50lbs heavier than I am now at work a yr ago. I just count new and intentionally excersise activities. I run walk very fast at work but do not count it my body is use to it. I only count what causes additional stress on my body.
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
    Honestly, I wouldn't log it, but if I were particularly hungry and needed to go over my calories a little, I would.

    I third this
    Fourth in agreeing.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    JUst to add to the already good answers--fatigue is NOT a reliable indicator of work intensity or calories burned. Just doing something different will make you feel fatigued, even if you don't expend any signficant effort.

    At best, standing burns approx 1/2 of a calorie more per minute than lying in bed. However, even if you mark "sedentary", you still get a "movement allowance" of about 25% of your BMR. And that's an estimated average--it doesn't mean you automatically burn those calories every day.

    Another thing that often happens when we do something "extra" is that we curtail other habitual activity--either because of fatigue or as a subconscious "reward" for working hard.

    The net result is that those "extra" activity calories usually do not amount to a significant total. In my job, I often have days where I have to climb the 45 stairs from the basement to the fitness floor 5-10 times a day, pick up over 1000 lbs of weight plans that pampered yuppies leave lying around the weight room, as well as demonstrate numerous exercises while orienting and training clients.

    I have never lost an ounce from work activity. Partly becuase the long hours and long commute can negatively impact my workout efforts. The work activity just barely keeps me level.
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    Honestly, I wouldn't log it, but if I were particularly hungry and needed to go over my calories a little, I would.

    This.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    I wouldn't log it. That should be included in your activity level. Even if it's not, the burn would be negligable.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Today, I spent the day doing presentations, and teaching, it resulted in 6 hours on my feet. I'm trying to work out how to count calories on that, it was above and beyond my normal day, my legs ache and I'm tired, but I have no idea what to call it on here.

    I haven't recorded it since it is just "extra calories" but does anyone have any suggestions what this might be as it isn't part of my usual routine?

    Maybe I'll just log a couple of hundred miscellaneous calories?

    Or maybe you shouldn't worry about things that don't really mean much of anything. Way too much emphasis is put on calorie burn. Eat at a healthy calorie deficit using TDEE and don't worry about calorie burn; it's much less stressful.
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    I logged standing today, in fact. I stood for four hours in the lab, and I was too foot sore and tired to go running.
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