am i really burnin?

lilwashee
lilwashee Posts: 222 Member
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
ok so i just started my job its part time 4 days a week and for four hours i am ither standin ,squatin stooping or walking to diff areas of the floor i want to log some of this as a form of excercise my hub says count all four . i dont want to cheat myself but i would like to have a decent amount of excercise logged and i always eat a portion of my excercise calories.... so in conclusion i need opinions ?????

Replies

  • rosec005
    rosec005 Posts: 67 Member
    I would buy a heart rate monitor so you know exactly how many calories you're burning, or increase your activity level to moderately active/whatever.
  • Painten
    Painten Posts: 499 Member
    If you have kept your lifestyle setting (sedentary, lightly active, etc) as it was before you started your new job then log it as exercise, if you changed your lifestyle setting then you probably shouldn't as you've accounted for it by changing your setting.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    Since that's part of normal daily activity it should be represented in what you chose for your activity level when you set up your account. (or you can modify your account to more accurately reflect your new job) That will adjust your calories automatically to up them a bit based on the fact that you are being more active on a day to day basis and should then not be logged as exercise.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Just change your lifestyle setting to a more active level and MFP should adjust things for you. If it was me, I wouldn't call it exercise, even if you are pretty active. To be counted as exercise, it should be consistent, focused, purposeful movement for a set amount of time. MFP could end up thinking you were actively exercising for 4 hours straight, giving you too high a calorie allotment and you could end up over eating. Just change your lifestyle setting. You aren't really going to work with a focus on exercise, but your job IS giving you a more active lifestyle. Just my opinion... :smile:
  • lilwashee
    lilwashee Posts: 222 Member
    ok i hear what all of you are saying !yes i probably should get a hrm and perhaps i shouldnt count it as too much excercise ..i had adjusted my cal to a lil active and its at 1440 now so hmmm i guess i will go back to that ,dang i was hoping for a different outcome lol....thanks
  • clutzeemeg
    clutzeemeg Posts: 6
    Ginger, get a pedometer. That will tell you for sure how much you've walked during your shift and give you something concrete to gauge your calorie burn. Good luck! Beth
This discussion has been closed.

Categories