Does this seemright to you

lovingmyjaybird
lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
edited September 20 in Health and Weight Loss
burned 1707 calories doing 300 minutes of "Fishing from river bank, standing"

That doesn't seem right.... I am working a "test position" at work today. I've only done it once.. Fitting room greeter.. I'm working 8hours, and I'm guesstimating,(based on the other time, and what the girls have told me) I'll be standing in one spot for about 5hours (yeah it's a "great" job lol) but that's alot of calories.. even at 215 lbs... IDK. I'm usually moving at work, my body isn't used to standing still, that's why I decided to count it..

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  • StaceG1986
    StaceG1986 Posts: 350
    That sounds a lot to me!! But if it is right I may take up fishing!! :laugh:

    I just went to the database and tried it out for me and it came up 1551 ... I didn't know you could burn so much standing fishing lol
  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    LMAO right.. I mean I know it's 5 hours, but still that's alot for just standing in one place..hmmm I think I'm going to change it to2 1/2 hours.. so I'm not counting it all if it's wrong.. and there is no way I can eat that many calories..and I'm sick oh no.. lol
    That sounds a lot to me!! But if it is right I may take up fishing!! :laugh:
  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    Wow, see...it's crazy.. it might be right, I'm going to see if I can find another source..
    That sounds a lot to me!! But if it is right I may take up fishing!! :laugh:

    I just went to the database and tried it out for me and it came up 1551 ... I didn't know you could burn so much standing fishing lol
  • bettersusan
    bettersusan Posts: 240 Member
    There is no way that is right and it could make you really sabotage yourself. Fishing doesn't get your heart rate up for several hours. I wouldn't list it at all if it were me.

    Just my 2 cents!

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  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    live strong dot com says this about my weight

    Standing - light work
    This activity burns approximately
    224 calories per hour.

    So yeah thats about right...hmmm interesting
  • Dunrick
    Dunrick Posts: 23
    Try this calculator it is more accurate to the activity.

    http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php
  • Bleux
    Bleux Posts: 186
    Usually, a person burns around 130-150 calories an hour when inactive, so sitting on the couch or standing in one spot. I have a feeling that whatever calculation was used for this in the database is off. To figure out your BMR (Basal metabolic rate, or the number of calories your body needs to function at the most basic level): women = 655 + (4.35 X weight in pounds) + (4.7 X height in inches) - (4.7 X age in years). Now, standing requires a little more effort than sitting on the couch, but it isn't going to increase a whole lot. You can also google "calculating BMR" and find a site that you just plug in the numbers and it does the math for you.
  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    But then there's this.. which is more likely... since I won't be talking, I'llbe standing still.. I'll talktocustomers when they come in, take their clothes, folding clothes, hanging them on the hangers but that's it.. so maybe this is a little closer.. yeah I think so

    Standing - quietly (e.g., standing in church)
    This activity burns approximately
    117 calories per hour.
  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    Okay this is what I got

    You have a BMR of 1815.85

    Thanks for the replies.. it seemed off to me too
    Usually, a person burns around 130-150 calories an hour when inactive, so sitting on the couch or standing in one spot. I have a feeling that whatever calculation was used for this in the database is off. To figure out your BMR (Basal metabolic rate, or the number of calories your body needs to function at the most basic level): women = 655 + (4.35 X weight in pounds) + (4.7 X height in inches) - (4.7 X age in years). Now, standing requires a little more effort than sitting on the couch, but it isn't going to increase a whole lot. You can also google "calculating BMR" and find a site that you just plug in the numbers and it does the math for you.
  • lovingmyjaybird
    lovingmyjaybird Posts: 153
    Health status says this..

    Calories Burned Estimation:

    Results:

    Activity Calories burned
    Standing 580


    I don't know.. what I do know is that I have to get ready to go stand in one spot.. grrz ( FMJ) ... At least Ilearned a new ab exersice, I can do while just standing there and with my work shirt on (which is now HUGE) no one can tell I'm even doing it.. lol.
  • JBRENTLINGER
    JBRENTLINGER Posts: 160
    I imagine fly fishing is where you would burn a lot more calories, with the almost constant range of motion and 'flicking' motion. I love to fish so maybe I need to fish more.... Nice!
  • gc2052
    gc2052 Posts: 183
    Just my opinion but I would not even count the work calories (standing) because that is calculated in your daily calories burned or normal activity. Yes I would count fishing if there is activity.
  • denriop
    denriop Posts: 12 Member
    At your weight (no offense here), I think that your body is burning a little bit more calories standing up than someone with healthy weight. But even that, I would not count more than 70-80 calories per hour standing up. But a lot more if you stay on one foot when nobody is watching ... :-)
  • Bleux
    Bleux Posts: 186
    Just my opinion but I would not even count the work calories (standing) because that is calculated in your daily calories burned or normal activity. Yes I would count fishing if there is activity.

    I agree with this. If you are calculating this as your "exercise" then you aren't going to see many changes.
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
    Just my opinion but I would not even count the work calories (standing) because that is calculated in your daily calories burned or normal activity. Yes I would count fishing if there is activity.

    I agree with this. If you are calculating this as your "exercise" then you aren't going to see many changes.

    I also agree. For me, I usually never count anything unless it is an intended workout, or my heart rate gets up for a while... just something to consider! :smile:
  • healthbug
    healthbug Posts: 21
    Agreed that standing still fishing doesn't burn that many calories... perhaps they're referring to fishing in the surf or offshore fishing on a boat- something where there's constant motion as well as reeling and pulling and serious fighting with the fish. I'm interested to know if there is fishing that burns that many calories!
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    I wouldn't count the fishing, and MFP already accounts for your time at work according to how you filled out your settings when you started. If they're changing (from sedentary to lightly active, etc) make sure you edit that. So standing at work doesn't count, either.
  • sonjavon
    sonjavon Posts: 1,019 Member
    I wouldn't count it at all... it's not really "activity" per se. The only things that I count as exercise are truly intentional workouts or when I'm doing something that is out of the ordinary for my life... Spring Cleaning (where I'm scrubbing walls, moving furniture, moving bins of stored clothes, etc.), Mowing the Lawn, Shoveling the Driveway, etc.... sadly, I don't even count gardening in my exercise because although it makes me really sore - it's not burning that many calories!
  • Tamie_Girl
    Tamie_Girl Posts: 218 Member
    I don't always trust what My Fitness Pal says for exercise -- I like to double-check with this site.



    http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm


    :flowerforyou:
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    just my 2 cents: i dont think you should list calories burned for just standing around. i dont know anyone else on the site that does. we all stand around during the day too...
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    Have you considered getting a heart rate monitor? That way you would know exactly what you are burning. Also, you'll have better results if you do not eat your exercise calories.
  • elysant
    elysant Posts: 139
    Some have said that "just standing around" shouldn't count as activity.... I would like to ask these folks if they have ever stood, in basically one spot, for 5 hours or more? I would DEFINITELY count this as activity. It takes a lot of different muscles to stand (calf, thigh, back, glutes, abs, etc.). They are all engaged at one point or another while standing. I'm not sure you burned quite as many calories as the MFP site says, but you do not have to get your heart rate up in order to burn calories... (you actually can burn approximately 11 calories per hour just chewing a stick of gum).

    The calories per hour site that someone suggested (http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php) states that a 219lb person will burn in 5 hours:

    Fishing - from river bank or dock, standing
    1,738 calories in 5 hr - This puts MFP's calculation almost right on with this site's. I would think the better calculation would be the next one though. Fishing engages more muscles (upper body) and one does not stand still while fishing. You are casting, reeling in, baiting the hook, removing the fish, etc. so you should be burning more calories due to more activity.

    Standing - quietly (e.g., standing in church)
    596 calories in 5 hr - This seems a bit more realistic for your situation to me. Standing quietly in church usually involves minimal movement. :o)


    Great idea doing your abs exercise while you are standing at work... you could also throw in some calf raises and wall sits as well if you wanted to... :O) Keep it up! :o)
  • sniffles
    sniffles Posts: 295
    We don't all stand around all day actually. I have a desk job. I sit all day at work. My life is sedentary for the most part.

    I have taken my heart rate monitor in to work to see the difference between my normal job and my part time job (I listed myself as sedentary because the bulk of my day is spent sitting at a desk, and my part time work is only 20 hours a week).

    At the desk job I burn an average of 80 calories an hour. At the part time job I burn an average of 155 calories per hour which leaves me burning an extra 75 calories per hour at the part time job which is a four hour stint.

    When I weighed 230 lbs I was burning an extra 400 calories at my part time job in four hours and on days I worked a full 8 hours I burned an extra 800 calories (people NEVER believe this when I tell them but that's what the heart rate monitor calculated - and please keep in mind when I say EXTRA, I mean on top of what I would have burned if I had been sitting).

    So the point here is... whether it's intentional exercise or not, whether your heart rate is raised or not... if you're burning more calories then you would normally shouldn't that be accounted for? And can you REALLY call retail work a lightly active lifestyle??

    PS: Yes, I ate back those 400 calories that I 'burned' at work and the 800 calories and I lost consistently 2 lbs a week. I no longer eat those calories back just because of where I'm sitting now but when I weighed more it didn't seem to hurt anything.
  • acakeforawife
    acakeforawife Posts: 207
    Maybe what you could is see what MFP tells you your daily calorie goals are for 'sedentary', and then change it to 'lightly active' and see what the difference is. Because 'lightly active' is supposed to account for a standing kinda job, isn't it? So if changing it upped your allowance by, say 200 calories, that's the extra amount I'd account for that one day.

    If you were doing this all the time, I'd say find a way to measure it a bit more accurately (HRM, or whatever) but since it's one day I'd just going with a conservative couple hundred calories and that's that. Just my opinion! :smile:
  • dwarfer22
    dwarfer22 Posts: 358 Member
    I would not add 5 hours of fishing as excercise. First I would see how demanding the job really is. Assuming maybe half of your time will be spent folding and hanging stuff maybe throw an hour of excercise time on your log. If you find you are running around alot and constantly on the move maybe just bump your settings from sedentary to light or moderate to account for your changes. But thinking you will burn 1700 cals just guarding a door is not going to do your scale any favors. Good luck w the new job!
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    We don't all stand around all day actually. I have a desk job. I sit all day at work. My life is sedentary for the most part.

    I have taken my heart rate monitor in to work to see the difference between my normal job and my part time job (I listed myself as sedentary because the bulk of my day is spent sitting at a desk, and my part time work is only 20 hours a week).

    At the desk job I burn an average of 80 calories an hour. At the part time job I burn an average of 155 calories per hour which leaves me burning an extra 75 calories per hour at the part time job which is a four hour stint.

    When I weighed 230 lbs I was burning an extra 400 calories at my part time job in four hours and on days I worked a full 8 hours I burned an extra 800 calories (people NEVER believe this when I tell them but that's what the heart rate monitor calculated - and please keep in mind when I say EXTRA, I mean on top of what I would have burned if I had been sitting).

    So the point here is... whether it's intentional exercise or not, whether your heart rate is raised or not... if you're burning more calories then you would normally shouldn't that be accounted for? And can you REALLY call retail work a lightly active lifestyle??

    PS: Yes, I ate back those 400 calories that I 'burned' at work and the 800 calories and I lost consistently 2 lbs a week. I no longer eat those calories back just because of where I'm sitting now but when I weighed more it didn't seem to hurt anything.


    i think eating those extra cals is a giant mistake. not to mention mfp already takes this into account. if i am walking an extra five minutes from class to class, i don't eat an extra to account for that...
  • Bleux
    Bleux Posts: 186
    Standing - quietly (e.g., standing in church)
    596 calories in 5 hr - This seems a bit more realistic for your situation to me. Standing quietly in church usually involves minimal movement. :o)

    The problem with this though is that it likely doesn't subtract out what your body would have been burning without any activity. Your body needs to burn a certain amount of calories to just keep your lungs breathing, your heart pumping and all your other organs. This is what the BMR is. A person sitting at a desk on a couch all day doing nothing will still burn 130-150 calories without moving a muscle. So if you take that into consideration, the act of standing as opposed to sitting for an hour is only about 60 calories at best.
  • sniffles
    sniffles Posts: 295
    "i think eating those extra cals is a giant mistake. not to mention mfp already takes this into account. if i am walking an extra five minutes from class to class, i don't eat an extra to account for that..."

    For you it might be, for her it could be... for me it wasn't. I lost consistently despite doing so. :)
  • mzmoonlight
    mzmoonlight Posts: 160
    I think I have been wasting my time busting a gut at the gym.

    ****Off to buy a rod*****
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