Trying to find walking in the exercises and no luck

According to the Mayo Clinic the Average person (of about 160 pounds) burns 314 calorie of walking PER HOUR.

And that includes BMR/RMR - the actual walking part only accounts for about half of that.

Are you really wanting to count walking as an intentional exercise? Shouldn't that be included in your TDEE (or your maintenance calories?).

I personally wouldn't count walking as this could lead to over eating the estimated calories back and undoing your calorie deficit.

:laugh: Ok.

Hhhhmmmmm......I been walking since I started this weight loss, I wonder how I loss the 102 pounds!!! :happy:

I'll go on a limb here and suggest that it might have had something to do with how many calories you ate.

Walking is in there under "Cardiovascular". In fact you can copy paste any of the below to find 'em:

Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace
Walking, 2.5 mph, leisurely pace
Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace
Walking, 3.5 mph, uphill

I'll go in the middle of what others have said. I *do* count my walking as most of it's done on machines...so in other words, I know EXACTLY how long and EXACTLY what speed and EXACTLY what incline. But if I also supplemented it with walking around my neighborhood, since I'm cheap and don't have Fitbit OR a Smartphone, I wouldn't count it in my MFP tracking and just consider it a "pleasant surprise" if I ended up with a little extra dropping off on weigh day.

New Year's resolution: Take myself a "before" picture so I have something to compare to...I've neglected to do this thus far. (I'm not TECHNICALLY a resolutioner....I've been here a coupla months now...but I'm getting ready to start 101 Things in 1001 Days and really need to do this anyway :laugh: )

I thought the OP meant that he/she was looking for "walking up stairs" in the database and couldn't find it. Am I the only one that read it that way?

I walk approx. 6 miles at around 4 mph, burn approx. 700 calories according to my fitbit.

Unless you are 400 pounds, your FitBit is waaaaay over-estimating.

Net burn from walking = 0.3 * miles walked * body weight in pounds.

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I thought the OP meant that he/she was looking for "walking up stairs" in the database and couldn't find it. Am I the only one that read it that way?

I read it that way, too, TBH. As per the internet, the thread took on a life of its own! :laugh:

I'm brand new here and was able to find jogging up stairs but typing in walking into the box found no matches. Huh? I thought MFP was supposed to be easy to use, but not so far.

Welcome to MFP.

There is a running/jogging upstairs in the database, just type stairs to find it.

Walking is a great form of exercise and can be found in the cardio exercises http://www.myfitnesspal.com/exercise/search. In addition, you can create your own by clicking on 'Add an exercise to the database'.

I am still fairly new here myself but I can tell you the MFP website is a very useful tool and gets a lot easier with regular use. It gets quicker to use when you have already input regular meals and exercise you can add to your daily diary rather than searching for them.

I have read some of the comments on this thread. I believe walking is a valuable form of exercise, for fitness as well as weight loss.

I walk outside and I also use a treadmill and use my pedometer and my treadmill stats to accurately assess the calories burned. My pedometer and treadmill figures are almost identical and about half the calories of those shown in the database, so I have added walking in my MFP exercise database, which varies by average speed, to give a more accurate assessment than using a generic one.

Walking is my main form of exercise and for anyone starting off from a place of little or no activity it is a great place to start. Additional walking can be easily incorporated into most people's day. It is free, can be done anywhere at any time and you can do it while carrying out your normal daily tasks too.

I started off by aiming to get in my 10,000 steps a day and now do that very easily. My fitness level has increased, my clothes size has gone down, my weight is reducing and I can walk further and enjoy the walk rather than thinking about getting to the end of it.

Since starting to use the MFP website, I have reduced my calories and increased my exercise in my goals several times. Each time I do it is with a better understanding of what my body needs to improve my fitness and reduce my weight.

I think reviewing your goals as you go along is beneficial, as your weight changes, your fitness changes and your understanding and expectations change.

As far as the comment on cleaning is concerned. I feel that any exercise is better than no exercise. Being on my feet does me more good than sitting. For some of us, just getting up and getting moving is a big thing and in those cases, every movement helps.

I count in my calorie burn any exercise that makes me breath harder, get warmer and where my body feels like is has been moving. So I would not include a small time spent in the kitchen washing up or a quick mop of the floor but I would include cleaning where my body feels the exercise. I find I expend more energy cleaning when I work for the the weight loss not just for the cleaning.

Best wishes for smooth journey to your goals.

Are you really wanting to count walking as an intentional exercise? Shouldn't that be included in your TDEE (or your maintenance calories?).

I personally wouldn't count walking as this could lead to over eating the estimated calories back and undoing your calorie deficit.

:laugh: Ok.

Hhhhmmmmm......I been walking since I started this weight loss, I wonder how I loss the 102 pounds!!! :happy:

Probably the same way I lost my 134:

You are not trying hard enough. I used to add walking every day to my exercises 100lbs ago.