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Standing

Scorpiena
Scorpiena Posts: 350 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
can I count standing for 8 hours straight an excercise?
I worked last night and stood for eight hours straight without sitting down. I calculated the calories burned and it was over 1000. So could I count standing as an excercise?

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  • redrubyphoenixxx
    redrubyphoenixxx Posts: 7 Member
    I believe that when you first make your MFP profile, it asks you what your daily activity level is. I chose "lightly active" because I stand anywhere from 8-12 hrs a day. I don't count that as a workout because I think that it is already calculated into your calories.
  • Scorpiena
    Scorpiena Posts: 350 Member
    Ooooh .-.
    Aww man. Okay thanks for replying, I appreciate it.
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    redrubyphoenixxx wrote: »
    I believe that when you first make your MFP profile, it asks you what your daily activity level is. I chose "lightly active" because I stand anywhere from 8-12 hrs a day. I don't count that as a workout because I think that it is already calculated into your calories.

    I would second that. Do not count it unless it is activity that you do not consider a routine part of your life.

  • Scorpiena
    Scorpiena Posts: 350 Member
    Even if I only do this once a week? Lol. But I understand what you both are saying, so I won't count it. (:
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