Question re: Calores burned while teaching
xenasmomma
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Hello everyone,
I am a part-time college professor and I lecture 3 hrs/day. I don't sit down the whole time except when classes change once. ( 10 minutes) I am on my feet, walking around the classroom etc. Not heart-rate thrilling or anything but still I am not entirely sedentary. Is there even a countable calorie burn for this? Or is this just part of a normal daily movement? I tried entering it in the exercise calculator, but "standing" or "teaching" doesn't come up.
Any ideas? Thoughts on this? Thanks!
I am a part-time college professor and I lecture 3 hrs/day. I don't sit down the whole time except when classes change once. ( 10 minutes) I am on my feet, walking around the classroom etc. Not heart-rate thrilling or anything but still I am not entirely sedentary. Is there even a countable calorie burn for this? Or is this just part of a normal daily movement? I tried entering it in the exercise calculator, but "standing" or "teaching" doesn't come up.
Any ideas? Thoughts on this? Thanks!
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Your sedentary activity level should already include many non-exercise type things. You could bump it up to lightly active.
I use a FitBit One, it records steps beyond my stated MFP activity level. Logging steps as exercise may give you very generous estimates, especially if you are "double dipping."0 -
Thank You TeaBea. I set my activity level to lightly active when I joined thinking about my teaching, so I don't think I will count it as "extra" exercise. I think it is easy for us to over-calculate our activity and that can give (me) the wrong impression of calories "earned." I do take the stairs however, 8 flights all tolled, so I add that in since I think that is strength as well as cardio. Thanks again.
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