Physical activity you don't log????

I've had my success by underestimating calories burned and overestimated calories I intake. I don't log any of my physical activity on here it's way too friendly, and probably gets a lot of peoples hopes up.

It's my opinion that people shouldn't log standing, or driving, or anything like that.

anytime I enter my weight into machines I go greatly under my actual weight in order to get a more accurate count. Makes you work harder too and makes you realize how much work goes into burning off that crap you put in your body. You need to slave over the treadmill for about a half hour at a pretty good intensity just to knock off probably half a can of soda. which is why It was the very first thing I cut out when I decided it was time for a change.

Like most people are saying, I log workouts and not everyday activities, as I've already set MFP on an active lifestyle. e.g. I walk just over a mile to and from work every day and have a standing desk in my office and that doesn't count. An exception is stairs. I live on the 8th floor and work on the 10th floor, and I want to reward myself when I take the stairs. It's only a few calories, so it probably doesn't make a big difference in the calculations (I would bet less than the inaccuracy of foods), but it makes me feel a little satisfaction each time I put in those flights of stairs at 3 calories each.

Chopping wood is in the database, so is mowing the lawn, gardening isn't but unless you are doing some serious hoeing I wouldn't count it.

Actually, there is a "gardening, general" section. I use it all the time for my 1,600 square foot garden. I usually cut the time in half, though, because I spend about 1/4 of my time standing around out of breath from digging weeds between the rows with a rake, and a good bit of the other 3/4 bending over to pluck individual weeds. So I'm sure I'm not burning as many calories as MFP suggests. But in the spring when I spend 4 hours tilling the garden with a hand rake, you bet I log every second. That there's a fine workout!

Still, I spent over two hours in the garden yesterday, and I'm sure I burned far more than the 250 calories I ended up logging.

To answer OP: I set my lifestyle as sedentary so I COULD log everything. I also try to log everything so I'm sure I'm feeding my body properly.

I also frequently exercise for the specific purpose of earning calories to eat. It's a good incentive to get exercise, and as long as I actually do the exercise and try to be accurate or conservative in the number of calories I burned, I see it as beneficial to my health.

standing

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I don't log sex, because I'd make people feel bad about their own sex lives with the frequency, no joke.

LOL, so you're getting my share too! doesn't make me feel bad though :happy:

Yes...this is exactly how I am.

I don't log any of it...I'd just be tempted to eat back the calories, which defeats the purpose.

Actually , that's not true. Unless you set up your goals manually w/ your TDEE info. Otherwise, the way MFP is set up is that if you don't exercise , you will still lose weight because it already gives you a deficit. If you exercise, you further increase that deficit

to a possibly unhealthy level. If you follow how MFP is set up, you're supposed to eat your exercise cals back. You need to fuel your body. Food is fuel.

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I simply don't buy into all of that. My body gets enough fuel. I could go a month without eating (that's how much "fuel" my body has). I can afford to miss a few meals. I eat when I'm hungry..and I stop eating when I'm satiated. My body is thriving and actually shedding weight at a slower pace this way...rather than gaining weight slowly by eating in excess. Working out, for me...is to condition my body..shrink it. It works for me. I don't feel the need to refeed just because I workout.

Then why are you even on this site if you don't agree with how it works?

Girl, Please!!!! I can join any site I doggone please. I don't have to agree with everything this site believes...or everything YOU believe.
My ONLY concern is logging and tracking my foods. I'll do ME...and you do YOU!!

You don't have to agree with what I do...and I CERTAINLY don't have to agree to..or follow your beliefs. So..step off!!!!

Hm , I apologize if my asking a question politely about something you posted on a public forum got a rise out of you and made you feel as if I was pushing my "beliefs" on you. :huh:

I don't log any of it...I'd just be tempted to eat back the calories, which defeats the purpose.

Actually , that's not true. Unless you set up your goals manually w/ your TDEE info. Otherwise, the way MFP is set up is that if you don't exercise , you will still lose weight because it already gives you a deficit. If you exercise, you further increase that deficit

to a possibly unhealthy level. If you follow how MFP is set up, you're supposed to eat your exercise cals back. You need to fuel your body. Food is fuel.

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I simply don't buy into all of that. My body gets enough fuel. I could go a month without eating (that's how much "fuel" my body has). I can afford to miss a few meals. I eat when I'm hungry..and I stop eating when I'm satiated. My body is thriving and actually shedding weight at a slower pace this way...rather than gaining weight slowly by eating in excess. Working out, for me...is to condition my body..shrink it. It works for me. I don't feel the need to refeed just because I workout.

Then why are you even on this site if you don't agree with how it works?

Girl, Please!!!! I can join any site I doggone please. I don't have to agree with everything this site believes...or everything YOU believe.
My ONLY concern is logging and tracking my foods. I'll do ME...and you do YOU!!

You don't have to agree with what I do...and I CERTAINLY don't have to agree to..or follow your beliefs. So..step off!!!!

Hm , I apologize if my asking a question politely about something you posted on a public forum got a rise out of you and made you feel as if I was pushing my "beliefs" on you. :huh:

Damn....go do somethin!!! You're not burnin calories by stalking.....or are you? Better
go eat back those calories!!! :noway:

I log my morning yoga, my walks to the store, certain household duties - trash, vacuuming, scrubbing, mopping... Anything that gets me sweating, I log. There is a website that provides household activities, fitday.com - it is pretty awesome. I am currently listed under a moderately active lifestyle - exercise 3-5x weekly - but I still log everything I do that is sweaty work. HECK, I even log cooking sometimes, depending on what it is - dishes too, depending on the duration of time. Being a stay at home mom, I feel the need to track the majority of my calorie burns. It makes me feel good Just my opinion though

I don't log the one woman dance party I have in the morning while making my breakfast, or sex, or the 47 trips to the bathroom each day. I pretty much only log activity if I deem it to be enough of a work out to wear my HRM.

The eight hour shifts I'm on my feet at work for. However, they're usually pretty lax and mostly just standing around because I work an evening shift in a coffee shop most of the time. However, when I'm scheduled for morning shifts, I plan to put those in the log... because those are crazy and I'm moving much faster than usual. I have a 6am-12pm scheduled for this week, and it's going to be crazy.

I log calories only if it increases my heart rate- walking 2mph is not a cardio for me.