Daily Activity Settings VS exersice?

jello737
jello737 Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am unsure how to log my exercise.....I have my daily activity set as active, I do janitorial work and am active all day. SO my question is, do I still log the hours I am doing this as exersice or does the app already take into account that I am doing this?? Thanks for any help!!

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  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    If you have your daily activity set as active to include your janitorial work, then you shouldn't log it as exercise. Your calorie goal already reflects that activity, so logging it as exercise would be kind of like logging it twice. With an "active" setting, you should only record exercise that isn't part of your typical day.
  • tlmclennan
    tlmclennan Posts: 26 Member
    It is already counting it if you put active. I myself put sedentary as I work at a desk all day. Then I log any exercise I do on top of that. That said, if you do regular exercise on top of your active work, you should be logging that as well and that will give you more calories to eat.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Basically what's already been said. MFP wants your daily job activity. When you exercise outside of that you log it and eat back those calories.
  • jello737
    jello737 Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you!! :)

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