Do You Log Fun Activities?

plushkitten · February 2012

Yes! I go to Disneyland every Friday night. I am literally running from ride to ride and across the whole park several times. By the time I get home, I am just as exhausted as if I were to do my normal exercises. I just watch the calories burned estimate.

lukeout007 · February 2012

Rude response...

She never said she uses a heart rate monitor...you can look up the cals for sex.

medicrenee · February 2012

Heck ya... its exercise at its finest. your working out and enjoying yourself way utilize your time .....

ishallnotwant · February 2012

If it's something with a good calorie burn I will skip my usual workout and log it instead and use it as an intentional workout-i.e. make sure I really go out and get active-like if i go rollerskating for the night, or if I go hiking or whatever...but if i'm just walking around the mall or playing at the park with the kids, it is what it is-fun with my family. I don't log it. Usually if I do something like hiking or skating, i'll underestimate the burn-say if we skate for 2 and a half hours, I log just 2 hours, etc. I'm not sure if the MFP thing is totally accurate, and we take small breaks for water and restroom, etc, so I don't enter the whole 2.5 hours.

Now, my husband and I will be spending the weekend at Disney this upcoming weekend, and i'm just going to log like an hour of leisurely strolling or something for each day (Sat and Sun) as my workout. Of course we'll be walking a LOT longer than that, but for motivational reasons I want to log *something* as a workout on those days, just so I can look back and see it and want to keep going. That probably sounds silly lol but it helps me to look at my pattern and try to keep it up. :blushing:

SassyCalyGirl · February 2012

everyone has an opinion-and they are entitled to it! And I didn't say HER partner-it was a general statement-someone had to wear a HRM to figure out the calorie burrn!

AmberJslimsAWAY · February 2012

I agree, I don't have sex and think "Man, how long was that? I wonder how many calories I've burned?!?"

hazev74 · February 2012

brilliant!

yoovie · February 2012

Yup- thats why I use gardening!

Also- dude- seriously- if youre going from sedentary or sedentery or whatever to walking around all day- COUNT IT - dont listen to people that are in a totally different fitness place than you regarding what YOU should consider a workout

mmstgr · February 2012

Because I would want to eat back the calories burned, I would log it, but try not to over-estimate

Bikini27 · February 2012

Exactly. I want to focus on being in the moment and the glow afterwards...not was that 5 minutes or 25 minutes?

I understand not everyone is at the same level of fitness and certain amounts of movement really do count for them. But for me and my body, I cannot log things like cleaning, walking the dogs (because it is SO stop and go), or shopping. To each their own and I'm not judging anyone's decision to count it.

SassyCalyGirl · February 2012

ahhh a sensible person-how refreshing!

AmberJslimsAWAY · February 2012

I do log my dog walking because she is my nightly walking lol

lynniesue42 · February 2012

I do not log them...I only log things I do above and beyond y normally activity level and things I do with the intent to burn calories.

But each person is different and you should do what works best for you.

I hope you had fun at the zoo!

SilverStrychnine · February 2012

I don't log casual wandering around type stuff. I'm going ice skating next weekend though, so I'll be logging 4 hours of that

Bikini27 · February 2012

:flowerforyou:

AmberJslimsAWAY · February 2012

:drinker:

pigwidgeon82 · February 2012

i don't understand these people who say don't log it, or that it is being nitpicky.

i have my mfp set up to sedentary, so when i do extensive walking i DO log it. if you have your mfp set on something like active, then maybe it would be best to leave it off. but i have it set on sedentary. so if i go to a theme park for 5 hours, you better bet i'm logging it, because that's a lot more than i would do on an average day.

mooglysmom · February 2012

I do!

I'm set at sedentary, and therefore I log everything I do when I get my bum off the couch, lol.

I also eat back my calories. I must be doing something right, I've lost 6 lbs in 3 weeks :embarassed:

Any cleaning I do gets logged. Taking my kids for a walk to the park? Yup, logged. Today we walked around the Mall of America for 2 1/2 hours, came home, and walked/jogged to the park for 1/2 an hour. I logged 3 hours of walking today (and OMG my knees hurt and my legs are sore!).

Why can't exercise be fun?!?

If I'm primarily a sedentary person, then yes, going to the zoo and walking 5 or 10 or whatever miles is beyond what my body is used to. Now if I'm going EVERYDAY, then my body is used to that. Don't know about you, but I'm not out at the zoo for a few hours everyday... just saying.

chickybuns · February 2012

I do if it's a long amount of time, but i also have a bodybugg. I would usually log 1/2 my time at a 2.0 mph pace even if I go to the store. I would for sure log walking for multiple hours, you did burn extra calories and need to eat some of those back

meerkat70 · February 2012

I've never understood why people use the logic that they've 'always done something' as a reason not to log. I've always walked my dogs. Unfortunately, I used to overeat to a point that rather overshot the calories I burned walking them. But I burned calories walking them before I started logging, and I still burn calories walking them now.

Whether I account for them by including them in my activity level, or whether I include them as a burn on a roughly daily basis, they need to be accounted for in my TDEE if I'm to get my deficit calculations reasonably right.

I have a friend who gained weight while running marathons. I've never heard anyone suggest she shouldn't log runs....

To the OP - I think the important thing, if you decide to log this, is not to overemphasise it, if you're eating back. The burn here won't have been significantly over resting rates.

jmp33 · February 2012

I log activities with the kids. They are calories I wouldn't burn on a normal day. Same as an earlier post I always knock the time down a little because of stops.

firesoforion · February 2012

I log fun activities if they're strenuous, like skiing, hiking or snowshoeing.

SassyCalyGirl · February 2012

for some of us here it is simply the difference between deliberate effort vs. Normal daily activity. I did not sugbest the OP not log what HE considers Fun Activity. To each his own

minimal effort=minimal results.

DieVixen · February 2012

I dont

lukeout007 · February 2012

You act as if I stated that this was the ONLY exercise I do all week (or even that day for that matter). I also exercise 6 days per week on top of anything else I consider fun.

Several people seemed to have jumped to the conclusion that I'm asking if going to the zoo once a month can take place of normal diet and exercise. I'm almost sorry I asked...

amber47821 · February 2012

I count those things for sure. I have a desk job so my activity level is set to sedentary. If I walk at the zoo, mall, outside or wherever even leasurely it is still more calories burned than my normal day. If you do a lot of stopping I account for that and try to get an average of time spent walking. Zoo? Kids? You are for sure burning more calories than you would be sitting at home.

SassyCalyGirl · February 2012

you are reading this through your own filter, not mine. That is evident since you only chose to quote part of my statement.

and if you are sorry you asked-lesson learned. Do what you feel is right for YOU. No one else's opinion should matter. Its YOUR journey.

lukeout007 · February 2012

I'm not going to get into an arguement just because I asked for help. That's what this site is for. Stop being so rude and antagonistic to people. Seriously...

larat71 · February 2012

I log anything that is out of my normal set of activities. So, a trip to the zoo, park, etc would be logged, but not my weekly shopping trip. I know that you do burn calories shopping, but I figure if I do, then that's just a bonus:) Hope this helps!

Dtho5159 · February 2012

I don't.

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