Logging exercise

melaniejoy82
melaniejoy82 Posts: 42 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
My activity level is set as sedatory (I've got a desk job), but i cycle to and from the station sometimes (30 mins in total) or get a lift to the station and walk home (35 minutes walk) and i log this as exercise. Is that right?

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  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    you can if you want. you dont have to. If logging it gives you more calories to eat, just be careful that you estimate the calories burned conservatively. I persaonally would not log it as exercise but would certainly consider it a bonus. If you did it everyday, I would count it in my actiuvity level.
  • melaniejoy82
    melaniejoy82 Posts: 42 Member
    I do either every day, if that makes sense? So i walk 35 mins home, or cycle 30 mins, every day. I exercise 5 times a week on top of that anyways, and rarely eat the calories burned.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    I do either every day, if that makes sense? So i walk 35 mins home, or cycle 30 mins, every day. I exercise 5 times a week on top of that anyways, and rarely eat the calories burned.

    everyday activities are best counted in the activity level (for me anyway)
  • melaniejoy82
    melaniejoy82 Posts: 42 Member
    Would you advise me to change my activity to lightly active then?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    thats what I would do. just keep an eye on it...if your activity level drops, you would want to reset it. this way, it might even be some motivation to ride the bike more often which would be a win win

    good luck
  • Charliebarleymo
    Charliebarleymo Posts: 97
    Try changing your settings to Lightly Active and see what calories it says. It should work out that sedentary + exercise is the same as Lightly Active. But if you don't exercise every day then you will eat more calories...
  • cvance3
    cvance3 Posts: 64
    You could also try out a heart rate monitor, so you can better gauge your level based on what you burn. I have found that when I log activities here, the calories are overestimated when I compare to what my monitor says it is.

    And if you want to bump up your activity level, you can always increase your walking speed to a jog.

    Hope that helps some.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    My activity level is set as sedatory (I've got a desk job), but i cycle to and from the station sometimes (30 mins in total) or get a lift to the station and walk home (35 minutes walk) and i log this as exercise. Is that right?

    The biking and walking are not included already in your sedentary setting, if that's what you're asking. If you did the same every day, then you'd want to up your activity level, but since you don't, staying with sedentary and adding it in makes more sense, unless the biking calories exactly match the walking calories.
  • ms_walker
    ms_walker Posts: 30 Member
    Nothing wrong with what you're doing. I personal don't log any exercise related to commuting to work. I think its best to include stuff like that in your activity level.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    You could also try out a heart rate monitor, so you can better gauge your level based on what you burn. I have found that when I log activities here, the calories are overestimated when I compare to what my monitor says it is.

    And if you want to bump up your activity level, you can always increase your walking speed to a jog.

    Hope that helps some.
    In this case, time isn't constant. If speed is increased, you get home faster, so you do for it less time. The calories burned should be roughly equal. Work equals force times distance.
  • melaniejoy82
    melaniejoy82 Posts: 42 Member
    Thanks everyone! :-)
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