Calories burned working Retail?

bearsfan2334
bearsfan2334 Posts: 137
edited October 1 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey All:

I was wondering if anyone has a calorie/excercise count for working retail. I ask because for my full time job - I sit in an office chair all day. Last night, I started back at my old job through college and high school to make some extra cash.

I am just working part-time at PacSun so I was wondering if anyone has a count that I am able to log because I don't know if I will make it to the gym on those days with working 12-14 hours.

Thanks! :flowerforyou:

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  • DietingMommy08
    DietingMommy08 Posts: 1,345 Member
    i would put it as leisurly walking for however long your at work since im sure you are walking most of th eitme.
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
    Or adjust your activity level from sedentary (desk job) to more active. MFP will adjust your calorie allotment based on these settings.
  • RissaDean
    RissaDean Posts: 189 Member
    I don't know about "working" retail, but when I go out for "retail therapy" I usually log half of the time I spent as walking at 2.0 mph.
    So if I shop for 2 hours, I just put that I walked for 1 hr at that pace.

    I think this is going to be something you have to play with, because MFP overestimates cals burned. You don't want to go home thinking that you burned 500 cals (and eat all of that back) when you really just burned 100-200, ya know?
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Only log extra if you take a walk during lunch or something. I would not log a retail job as a workout separate from your daily calorie burn.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Or adjust your activity level from sedentary (desk job) to more active. MFP will adjust your calorie allotment based on these settings.

    Oh yes, this was going to be my other suggestion.
  • yeabby
    yeabby Posts: 643 Member
    Work calories should be counted in your lifestyle. You may need to adjust that setting to reflect the new job. Though you are on your feet a lot, your heart rate isn't up so in my opinion, it doesn't count as exercise.
  • Dcass100
    Dcass100 Posts: 11 Member
    Better yet don't count those calories and stay on your current regimen, reap the benefits of those extra calories burned ( just to see if they made a difference) and go from there.
  • bearsfan2334
    bearsfan2334 Posts: 137
    Or adjust your activity level from sedentary (desk job) to more active. MFP will adjust your calorie allotment based on these settings.

    I only work once or twice a week so it would not make sense for me to adjust my calories for the entire week for 1 or 2 days...I did think of that as well though!

    I think I may not log the calories and just reap the benefits. I am just bummed that I can not work out those days because I do not have time working 12 - 14 hours. I was trying to figure out a way around it more or less...
  • mrswilson0511
    mrswilson0511 Posts: 128 Member
    there is a fitness calculator online that you enter in all your info and it tells you what calories burn doing what. if you really want to log them i would log half to 3 quarters of what that calculator says if that makes sense
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
    Or adjust your activity level from sedentary (desk job) to more active. MFP will adjust your calorie allotment based on these settings.

    I only work once or twice a week so it would not make sense for me to adjust my calories for the entire week for 1 or 2 days...I did think of that as well though!

    I think I may not log the calories and just reap the benefits. I am just bummed that I can not work out those days because I do not have time working 12 - 14 hours. I was trying to figure out a way around it more or less...

    You can adjust for each individual day. But if that is too much work then I agree to just log it as light walking.
  • xo_allee
    xo_allee Posts: 1
    personally, I work retail, and when I have worked a lot I naturally wind up more hungry and eating more. like today I worked 11 hours of retail and ate 300 more calories (not on purpose) so much as I just ate when I was hungry and stopped when I was full. I am constantly running around and lugging piles of clothes around at my job though (high volume outlet) so I am definitely burning calories.
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