Walking

daniwalk95
daniwalk95 Posts: 5 Member
edited February 5 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok so I'm a college student and I JUST got this app. I was wondering if it's cheat for me to put in when I walk to the dining halls and to classes. It's still semi-exercise. I'm new to how this all works.

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  • alichristiana
    alichristiana Posts: 76 Member
    I just upped my activity level to compensate rather than logging everything. If I do a long walk I still log it, though :)
  • daniwalk95
    daniwalk95 Posts: 5 Member
    Ok cool! I was like "I walked 5-10 minutes to get from point A to point B. it may not be much but it should count for something!"
  • SarahWrittenThin
    SarahWrittenThin Posts: 595 Member
    If you want to log things like that you could set your activity level to sedentary and just log what you want to in terms of walking etc.
  • CardiacKev28
    CardiacKev28 Posts: 172 Member
    Any walking you do-keep track of it. It all counts and adds up quickly
  • reds_1
    reds_1 Posts: 59
    I'm down as 'Lightly Active' as I work in retail, so I do a lot of walking in my daily job and don't log that. However, I walk to, and sometimes from, work each day and that's a 20 minute trip each way, so I record that.
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    it's not exercise, it's activity. and should be included as part of your tdee setting.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Set your activity level to sedentary and log all of your activity.
    I found it very motivational to see what I accomplished and to up bit by bit.
    It also feels really good to see your progress over the long-term.

    I'm all about small sustainable changes and working good habits into your life style little by little so you don't have to think about it and it becomes automatic.
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    Ok cool! I was like "I walked 5-10 minutes to get from point A to point B. it may not be much but it should count for something!"
    it will count for 5-10 calories.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    Ok cool! I was like "I walked 5-10 minutes to get from point A to point B. it may not be much but it should count for something!"
    it will count for 5-10 calories.

    This will vary depending on how much you weigh and how quickly you walk...

    try this...
    http://www.healthstatus.com/perl/calculator.cgi
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    When I did the MFP method, I set myself as "light active" even though I have a desk job because I do a reasonable amount of walking as well as cooking, cleaning, and fixing crap around the house. I don't log walking as part of my exercise unless I go on a hike or a very long walk. I pretty much limited my exercise logging to those things for which I was really exerting beyond normal effort. If you are set up as sedentary though, you could probably get away with it...just don't get carried away with it.
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