Calories burnt at work should these be counted

No, if you're paid for the calories burnt that automatically negates them.
Seriously though, it depends on if you figured your work into your lifestyle (sedentary, active, etc). If you've set yourself as active then I think the calories from work are already kind of factored in.

I would recommend setting your activity level (under Goals) to one of the following settings. That would take into account your normal daily activity and give you a few more calories to work with. Then you can add the extra workouts (unless, again, you've already figured those in under your goals setup). It doesn't do you any good to double-count your calories burned..your body is keeping a true count. ;-)

Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. nurse, salesman)


Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)

HTH!

I still document the calories I burn from going for a 10 min walk down the road. Every calorie burned counts!!

I have a deskjob, but there are times (not too often) when im required to go to other departments or buildings which are a bit far from ours so i add that as calories burned.

As part of my working day I can walk on the lowest 8000 steps and and my busiest has been 24000 steps..... should I calculate these as burnt calories or just the over and above calories e.g. gym, swimming etc

Might be an idea to change your activity goal to more active

Classification of pedometer-determined physical activity in healthy adults:
1) Under 5000 steps/day may be used as a "sedentary lifestyle index"
2) 5,000-7,499 steps/day is typical of daily activity excluding sports/exercise and might be considered "low active."
3) 7,500-9,999 likely includes some exercise or walking (and/or a job that requires more walking) and might be considered "somewhat active."
4) 10,000 steps/day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as "active".
5) Individuals who take more than 12,500 steps/day are likely to be classified as "highly active".

According to my Doctor, the answer is no. she claims that a postal worker who walks 10 miles per day looses the benefit of that after a while because the body gets used to it and just expects it.

Her whole pointe in explaining this was of course that I need to vary my own workouts or my body will just expect them.

No offense but you need to find a new Doctor.

There is a reason why you get a higher calorie goal if you work in a more physically active job. Your body doesn't just stop burning calories because it gets 'used' to it. What a load of crock, lol.

According to my Doctor, the answer is no. she claims that a postal worker who walks 10 miles per day looses the benefit of that after a while because the body gets used to it and just expects it.

Her whole pointe in explaining this was of course that I need to vary my own workouts or my body will just expect them.

A postal worker who is walking 10 miles per day is still burning a lot of calories. There may no longer be a fitness benefit, because the body has adapted to that level of effort, but the body doesn't stop burning calories during the activity. What happens over time most often is that we adapt our overall lifestyle to bring daily energy expenditure into balance. Trust me, if that postal worker retires and maintains the same calorie intake, the extra pounds will pile on quickly.

You need to vary your training stimulus (not necessarily the workout activity) in order to continue making fitness progress. Without variety, the calories burned will stay roughly the same, but fitness improvement will plateau.