Do "normal walking around" calories not count?

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  • abitofbliss
    abitofbliss Posts: 198 Member
    @KatsMeow12 - I'm glad someone agreed.. I explained my reasoning to my boss who LOVES her FitBit and she agreed that it was pointless for me personally (not for everyone). I DO want a HRM but just not in the form of counting every single movement as exercise. What is My Pacer?
  • BrowniesMommy
    BrowniesMommy Posts: 7 Member
    You may be burning calories by normal everyday walking around, but the chances on those calories burned making a difference in weightloss and fitness level is pretty slim. That's why people say they don't count.
  • BodyzLanguage
    BodyzLanguage Posts: 200 Member
    They do count. Every physical exertion counts towards burning cals. However like the above poster mentioned, this factor is within ones daily activity level. The more active you are the more calories you burn. *Note, this doesn't mean not working out because one is active in their day to day life.
  • KatsMeow12
    KatsMeow12 Posts: 64 Member
    abitofbliss wrote: »
    @KatsMeow12 - I DO want a HRM but just not in the form of counting every single movement as exercise. What is My Pacer?

    Pacer is a pedometer app. Works great for me! My phone is always in my pants. :smile:
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    abitofbliss wrote: »
    I don't count any of my day-to-day movements as exercise. I walk on my break, I do track those walks because it adds up to 45 minutes walking every day in addition to my other exercise but that's it. For me, it's pointless. I actually bought a fitbit and returned it the next day because I felt like it was phony. I don't consider walking to the bathroom or kitchen exercise.

    By all means, if the extra calories you're burning or steps your seeing are helping you to move more and challenge yourself then by all means.. Track it! My opinion is just that it's silly. If you think that it's negatively affecting your progress then stop tracking it and see if that helps!
    abitofbliss wrote: »
    @KatsMeow12 - I'm glad someone agreed.. I explained my reasoning to my boss who LOVES her FitBit and she agreed that it was pointless for me personally (not for everyone). I DO want a HRM but just not in the form of counting every single movement as exercise. What is My Pacer?

    @abitofbliss - Fitbits aren't counting every movement as exercise. It is estimating your daily calorie expenditure based on your activity level.
    Whether you count it or not, walking to the bathroom does require calories. Sitting on the couch requires calories. Even laying in a coma requires calories. Certainly not a lot of calories in any of those cases but it does go towards your TDEE.

    Fitbits are a pretty reasonable way to determine how active you really are in day to day life. They are not perfect, but they are a good starting point.

    If you don't like them, that's fine. But they aren't phony or silly.
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    kgirlhart wrote: »

    Just as an update, the past few days my calories in have been super low according to my stats. This is the first time I've been digging for a spoonful of peanut butter just to grab a few calories so I don't look like I'm starving myself.

    Should I be worried?

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