do I count work as exercise?

hazelsmummy
hazelsmummy Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm nurse and can walk between 10000-20000 steps a day in my shift, do i count this in my exercise or is it just in the back ground and the work I do at the gym the stuff I add to my tracker?
thanks
Hannah

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  • MellowGa
    MellowGa Posts: 1,258 Member
    sure you can
  • flisafakto
    flisafakto Posts: 143 Member
    It would be more prudent to change your overall activity level to active or lightly active. Even though you do burn more during the day than a sedentary worker would, your body probably doesn't burn those calories as it would occasional exercise sessions, cause it's used to this level of activity.
  • moopity
    moopity Posts: 54 Member
    I'm no expert but I think you could change your setting (from sedentary to lightly active or whatever). Or you could use a HRM and track the exact amount you burn.
  • MelanieAG05
    MelanieAG05 Posts: 359 Member
    No - you would set your activity level to Lightly Active when you set your goals and it will give you higher calories and then only add on the exercise you do on top of that.
  • eilmeister
    eilmeister Posts: 37
    I'm no expert but I think you could change your setting (from sedentary to lightly active or whatever). Or you could use a HRM and track the exact amount you burn.

    A HRM will not be accurate for measuring this. The formula they use to calculate calorie burn is geared towards cardio activities that elevate your heart rate. For anything else (normal activity, weight training, and such) except cardio, a HRM is useless (or at least the number it gives for calorie burn is).

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