Work?

ariennedumont
ariennedumont Posts: 6 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Do you count working as excercise? I work as a psw 3 days a week 8 hour shifts. I am on my feet and walking,lifting,pushing wheel chairs? I get about 8000 steps in a shift. What are your thought?

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    No. That would be part of your normal activity level. I realize that since it's 3 days, it might not seem like it, but it is. Or, at least, it's supposed to be.
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  • foxandflora
    foxandflora Posts: 183 Member
    I don't track my exercise here; however, my job does result in 15,000-20,000 steps per day. Again, I don't count that as exercise nor would I track it, but when I need to factor my intake, my job partnered with my daily walks around the city I do for myself each day, makes me "lightly active" and not "non-active."
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Nope. It's counted in your activity level, so logging it again can cause you to eat too much.
  • singletrackmtbr
    singletrackmtbr Posts: 644 Member
    Depends on if you're using a tracker and if it's linked to MFP. I do and it is. I'm set to sedentary in MFP even though I'm not. MFP makes an adjustment to my calories based u what I do (or don't).

    If you aren't doing all day tracking and have set your activity level correctly, then you shouldn't log it again as it should already be accounted for.
  • ariennedumont
    ariennedumont Posts: 6 Member
    Thank you everyone .. I've never counted it but just wondered what other people where doing.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I use to have similar job and wore a pedometer. I logged anything over 10000 steps because I was at a very low weight and did not need to lose more.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ariennedumont wrote: »
    Do you count working as excercise? I work as a psw 3 days a week 8 hour shifts. I am on my feet and walking,lifting,pushing wheel chairs? I get about 8000 steps in a shift. What are your thought?

    This is what those little descriptions are for when you set your activity level.
  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    I've never tracked my work. I figured if I gained weight while doing the same work, then I really can't track it as "exercise"

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