calculating excercise at work....

filthyassbassdrop
filthyassbassdrop Posts: 39
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
okay heres the situation peoples....i work in a grocery store and i do a lot of walking,standing,lifting of boxes and so on.....i know i am exercising and burning calories but does anyone know how i could log it in and track it?any feedback would be most helpful....

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  • vamiles
    vamiles Posts: 15
    There is actually a good way to do this... Take about two to three hours off the total time of your shift (aka time you aren't doing anything) then allocate the other time accordingly. Say your shifts 8 hours (a normal shift). Take off two-three. Makes your actual work time 5 or 6 hours. Then after this allocate about 2/3 to walking 3.0mph and 1/3 to the lifting boxes(there is something like housework that can account for the box lifting). This is the easiest way to go about it unless you consciously go ahead and count the amount of time you spend doing each task separately.

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    or just change your base activity level on MFP settings.
  • vamiles
    vamiles Posts: 15
    That works as well. However there are caloric burn categories for the task he does "Moving household items, carrying boxes" and "Walking 3.0 mph" both these he can calculate. But like he said the BMR increase will also do the job. especially for your field of work.
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