Question: Exercise that is work-related

cramernh
cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
edited October 3 in Fitness and Exercise
Im curious about this. My job requires me to be on my feet, but I am always moving around due to the large food orders on Sunday Brunch (I work as one of the chefs at a local private university)... Im constantly in a very brisk pace of walking for 8 solid hours straight where I am stationed for cooking and ALWAYS sweating my noggin off... I cook breakfast at one station that I have to fill up two others. This means I am sprinting (an extremely fast walk) to and from each station.

By the time Im done, every muscle in my body aches as if I put in a treadmill or elliptical workout.... Couldnt this ***also*** be added to the whole exercise requirement too?

My first three weeks back at work for the academic year, I dropped almost 7 pounds just by running around with my head chopped off like this, and this week its another 3 more pounds lost... I cant imagine why this cant be considered part of exercise???

This is a HUGE kitchen and an even BIGGER cooking capacity if you go to the main floor - on average, its the size of a very large gym times TWO!

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  • netchik
    netchik Posts: 587 Member
    It depends what you have set your activity level as, because tht will determine if those extra calories are pre-added to your daily limit. Play around with the activity levels and see the effect it has on your recommended calorie intke
  • chocoholicandbaby
    chocoholicandbaby Posts: 75 Member
    I'm not an expert, but I guess whether you count it and exercise or not would depend on what you said your activity level is during the signing up process. If you said your job was very active MFP would take this into account with your calorie intake and therefore you wouldn't count it twice. If you said you were sedentary or lightly active then either change your activity level or include it as exercise.
  • jimmie25
    jimmie25 Posts: 266
    i work a similar job and i once took my HRM with me to work just for fun. right after breakfast i put it on and kept it on until bed time. i had burnt 3124 kcal in 14 hrs. so yeah, i call my job exercise :P
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    My original post didnt indicate whether or not if I can count it twice.. I just didnt know if the extra that I do could be construed as a form of walking exercise... this is for my Sundays when Im bopping back and forth for different stations.... I dont do this particular service every day... just Sundays....thank GOODNESS!!!!! This is a kill-day for me! LOL

    Speaking of which, time to get my chef coat on!
  • 1a1a
    1a1a Posts: 761 Member
    bump
  • jmhII
    jmhII Posts: 11
    Yeah, you could log that as exercise. I would also look into changing the settings in your fitness profile to either active or very active without logging it as exercise. If that intensity of work is only done one or two days out of the week though, maybe logging it separately is best.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    I did do the whole activity-set to what was appropriate for my lifestyle/line of work.. which was 'active'. But Sundays, I tell ya - I sweat more there than I ever did in a gym! ROFLMAO! These kids can EAT!
  • chocoholicandbaby
    chocoholicandbaby Posts: 75 Member
    In that case I would count your Sunday work as exercise.
  • 1a1a
    1a1a Posts: 761 Member
    What ever you choose, reassess it in a month, if the weight is going down then you'll know you've nailed it (and if you are right to log it then chances are you'll be ravenous on Sundays and feel the need to eat more as would be expected if you are burning a lot of energy).
  • marianne_s
    marianne_s Posts: 983 Member
    I would recommend you set your activity level to active or very active... this will increase your daily calorie allowance (by 200 - 400) calories.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Ravenous? Yeah.... definitely! LOL
  • CyclingDiva
    CyclingDiva Posts: 492 Member
    When I waitressed back in the day I used my pedometer to see how many miles I would walk a night. I considered it part of my workouts. LOL!
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