Do you count yoga?
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rosy003
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Do you count prenatal yoga in your exercise? I have been counting it under "stretching, hatha yoga" but I really doubt that what I do burns 70 calories in 30 minutes. Should I just leave it out? I would like to keep track of the minutes though. Thoughts?
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I've counted but at 1 calorie a minute or less.......then keeping in mind that it could be much lower
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I always count it...but I undercut considerably what MFP populates for total calories.
My yoga class is pretty intense I might add.0 -
Third trimester yoga totally counts. It was a workout just getting my butt up the stairs to the yoga studio at that point.0
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Third trimester yoga totally counts. It was a workout just getting my butt up the stairs to the yoga studio at that point.
Haha, I know exactly you mean. Even though my pregnancg yoga is nowhere near as intense as the workouts I used to do, it completely killed my legs yesterday doing just 3 lunges on each leg!!!
But I don't count calories burnt on yoga class, I don't think I burn enough anyway. If I want to eat extra calories on the day, I don't want to fool myself that I burned it work yoga. It's like finding an excuse. But that's my opinion.0 -
I add whatever MFP gives me credit for, but just because it's there doesn't mean I have to actually eat them back. Although I try and set up each day with my food journals, sometimes I don't stick to them and then any modifications I make to my day doesn't always get input. I just use it as a guideline to make sure my macros are reasonably met and that I'm eating enough.0
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Heck yes, I add my yoga class to my exercise! I do subtract time from the class to account for the meditation and slow warm up, so when I take a 90 minute class, I log it as 60 mins. Its not a perfect system, but I like reflecting on the past couple of weeks to see how often I exercised etc.0
