new job ---calorie help!

melissahann2010
melissahann2010 Posts: 44
edited September 27 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone, I have just recently started a new job as a cashier at walmart I am having a hard time figuring out how to log my calorie burn my hours vary from 4-9 hours a day... does any one know how i can log the calories i burn at work ???? Please help Im getting so frustrated and discouraged :(

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  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    Just change your activity level.
  • phinners
    phinners Posts: 524 Member
    Keep a note book in your pocket, make a note of stuff then log it all in when you get home. x
  • melissahann2010
    melissahann2010 Posts: 44
    I haved changed my activity level but 1999 calories a day seems like way too much??
  • irishkiss
    irishkiss Posts: 115 Member
    I work in surgery and am on my feet all day like you will be. But dont run around a lot . I kept my activity level at mildly active. Even though I work all day, basically I stand in one spot for hours at a time, which will be like you will be doing.
  • juliemarie2011
    juliemarie2011 Posts: 1
    I worked as a stocker at Wal-mart. For a cashier, I think you should probably be one level above Sedentary. I now work at a desk job which puts me at Sedentary and am going from the top level to that is quite difficult. While doing an extremely physical job my trainer set me at 2K calories per day and I lost weight, but I was lifting and working hard all day long. Now I can only have 1200 calories per day so I try to get as much cardio and workouts in as I can so I can have the extra calories.
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    You can customize your calories that's what I do but never count work as exercise. Depending on how much you do then change to activity level and customize your calories. If not losing, try lowering calories each week. But never below 1200!
  • robertf57
    robertf57 Posts: 560 Member
    In general, work exercise should be part of your activity level and not really logged separately.
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