Standing for hours at work

Got_Discipline
Got_Discipline Posts: 65 Member
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I stand for hours some days at work out on the shop floor, and other days I sit in the office. It makes a lot of sense that I burn more calories while standing and moving around verses sitting at a desk for hours. One model I looked at took my weight times the hours I was standing , which of course gave me a huge number of calories burned. I am not buying that one. My question is....

How many calories should I calculate in for standing?

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  • segovm
    segovm Posts: 512 Member
    I don't think it would be very much just standing there, the body is pretty well designed to support its own weight. The moving around would add up though so I would think about a pedometer for that, probably an app for that on phones now.

    The big number is likely some horrible estimate of what you burn regardless of what you are doing (i.e. If you normally burn 2000 calories just being alive then if you stand for eight hours you would burn nearly 700 calories).

    I would stick with the movement and see if you can track that if you want to get every little bit in there, otherwise you can just set MFP to a more active activity level and it will add a few calories to your daily burn to make up for it.
  • Got_Discipline
    Got_Discipline Posts: 65 Member
    how do I reset my activity level? Where is that at?
  • segovm
    segovm Posts: 512 Member
    This should do it:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Otherwise My Home, Settings, Update Diet.

    If you go from Sedate to Lightly Active - It will just assume you burn a few extra calories a day so the recommended calories should go up. A lot of the variables can be tweaked in MFP though and you really can't mess anything up so look around some and see what works best for you.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    I stand for hours some days at work out on the shop floor, and other days I sit in the office. It makes a lot of sense that I burn more calories while standing and moving around verses sitting at a desk for hours. One model I looked at took my weight times the hours I was standing , which of course gave me a huge number of calories burned. I am not buying that one. My question is....

    How many calories should I calculate in for standing?

    I wouldn't count those at all; the number is going to be small, and not entirely accurate. It also can't be measured with a HRM accurately.

    I would only log any cardio that you do, walking, strength training, ect.
  • caitology
    caitology Posts: 50
    ^agree. You'd just fall under a lightly active description instead of sedentary and it will do the calculations for you.

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