Wii Fit Meter calories

FrenchMoose
FrenchMoose Posts: 2 Member
edited February 7 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone,

I got the Wii Fit Meter that goes with Wii Fit U, it's a small device to be worn all day and it acts like a pedometer and altimeter, measuring steps taken and calories burned based on the Wii Fit data (age, height and weight I presume).

On a regular day, I'll do some walking to go to work in the morning, walk to and from the shop for my lunch, and more walking to get home, which usually brings me to about 6000 steps and 450-ish calories burned.

Would you think it's ok adding that as exercise for the day? It feels rather like cheating, as it's just general walking about, even if I usually try to walk at a brisk pace. Additionally, I don't think it's a particularly accurate device, so I may be fooling myself into thinking I've burned more that I actually have.

Any feedback would be great! Thanks!

Daniel

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  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,136 Member
    If you have that already in your daily activity level for burn, then you'd be double counting. I'd only book it if I'm doing something above and beyond my normal steps.
  • FrenchMoose
    FrenchMoose Posts: 2 Member
    Hmm, well I have my lifestyle set to sedentary (desk job 9-5), and it's showing me as 2540 cals burned from normal daily activity. I guess walking to and from work counts as normal daily activity?
  • YouHadMyCuriosity
    YouHadMyCuriosity Posts: 218 Member
    If you're basing off of sedentary, I would probably add in roughly 50-70% of the calorie amount to account for possible overestimation. What I did personally since I've gotten my pedometer is set my goal to 12,000 steps a day and calculate my TDEE as "lightly active". I figured that amount of activity, plus my 3 x a week strength workouts put me out of the sedentary range.

    My best advice would be to listen to your body- try adding the calories in for a couple weeks, and see what it does for your progress.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    If it feels like cheating in the back of your mind then...
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