Should I log my steps as exercise?

pbandbananas1996
pbandbananas1996 Posts: 29 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Most days I don't account for the steps I take and just log my work outs, but today I walked way more than I usually do and ended the day at over 12,000 steps. Obviously I burned more today than I would being more sedentary, so should I log this? I don't want to adjust my activity level because I'm not this active every day.

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  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    I usually log any steps above 5000 :)

    Just make sure your estimates are reasonable, many pedometer calorie estimates seem a bit high to me. To be safe I usually only log around 150 calories per 10000 steps.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I would since I only get in average 3000 a day, so anything over I would log.
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    I log my steps for motivation but not for re-eating.
  • ChaleGirl
    ChaleGirl Posts: 270 Member
    MFP already automatically logs my steps from my iPhone and counts it as exercise which gives me extra calories. I work in a v sedentary job so I'm trying to make sure I hit 10,000 steps. I think I do more steps than my iPhone records as I don't always hold my phone so that must account for any inaccuracies, at least I know I'm prob doing more than I think!
  • rjan91
    rjan91 Posts: 194 Member
    I do. I have a Fitbit - so it syncs automatically. That is the only exercise I do, so I take advantage of that.
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    I use pacer a app on my phone and it is synct to mfp but i dont eat the calories back
  • amanda_durham35
    amanda_durham35 Posts: 6 Member
    My Fitbit syncs to MFP so it automatically will add in my calories burned from steps but will adjust for exercise so it's not counting twice. For example, a one hour Zumba class yields appx 7,000 steps for me. When I add that to my diary it will give me those calories but shortly after it will decrease my Fitbit calories. I try not to eat back any Fitbit calories but it's nice to have the buffer on days I need it.
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