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    What does everyone do for a living?

    Posts: 152 Member
    edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
    Just wondering as some of us have jobs that are more active than others and I wonder if you bother to factor that into your calories burned? I have not tried to. BUT I DO work with 7 children all day between the ages of 18 months and 6 years. This new kid who started this week(18months) is making me earn my money for sure! This is the first time I have sat down since 7:30 this morning and only because it's naptime! I have chased him and chased him and removed him from climbing. I have been up and down the stairs at least a dozen times. I am literally ready to cry. Yeah I just turned this into me whining. At any rate do any of you figure in all that? I tried a pedometer once but it didn't seem accurate to me.

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