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Shoveling snow in march
bjswifty
Posts: 5 Member
Should I really count shoveling snow as a cardiovascular exercise in the my fitness pal counter? Not sure how accurate it is, it's saying like over 200 cals burned for roughly 25 mins. Maybe I shouldn't count it so I won't be tempted to eat the difference? Lol, what do you guys do for things like that? I guess maybe I'm getting desperate to eat, or only cheating myself.
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Did you exert effort? Did you sweat? Did your heart rate accelerate? If so, then it was exercise.
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Haha yeah just feels like I'm cheating. Oh well I won't log it and pretend it never happened.0
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shoveling snow is an awesome calorie burn....0
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Hmm...I was wondering how to get a little extra exercise in today, since I've decided not to drive all the way downtown for my training group run tonight. Snow shoveling it is!0
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If I have to put up with this crap I'm definitely logging it as exercise0
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Took me 80 minutes to clear my driveway and the street around my mailbox, and I worked up a good sweat. You bet I logged it! Cut the time by 20% when I entered it because I suspect MFP overestimates, but the rest is going towards some nice rewards.0
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If I have to put up with this crap I'm definitely logging it as exercise
My thoughts exactly - I logged it! 0 -
Weather guys call this "heart attack snow"...be careful everyone!
Hopefully this is the last time for a few months.0 -
So I counted it...and then ate for the difference..still finshed out at 200 calories below what I could have! Guess that's the positive side to snow in March! Everyone have a healthy and safe day!0
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I wore my hrm- burned 206 cals in 33 minutes!
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