TOPIC: Physical activity you don't log???? |
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Joined 2010-10-15 Posts: 636 |
June 25, 2012 13:40
QUOTE: I don't log things simply because I don't know how to classify them. I live in the country with about 1 acre of lawn to cut. I don't log that, or my gardening. How would that be rated? Also, when I chop firewood, how would you classify that? When I walk to the corner and back (2 miles) I log that, but not the other stuff. You should get an hrm or fitbit.....I bet you'd be surprised how many calories you burn doing these activities. 
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Joined 2010-05-17 Posts: 862 |
June 25, 2012 13:40
QUOTE: 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 
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Joined 2012-01-19 Posts: 1,293 |
June 25, 2012 13:42
I don't log housework, normal walking (slow) and sex...ok, I logged sex only one time, I needed the extra calories.
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Joined 2012-03-28 Posts: 15 |
June 25, 2012 13:43
Yes...this is exactly how I am.
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Joined 2010-12-27 Posts: 269 |
June 25, 2012 13:44
I log my Zumba, weights if I can figure out how to classify what I have done on my Kinect and a few times I have counted yard work because it was shoveling yards and yards of landscaping rock and digging trenches and holes for the watering system and plants. I logged those way under because I didn't want to give my self false confidence but I knew it was a real workout from the muscle strain and sweat. I earned the muscle (and sunburn) :P
Everything else is daily activity. Somedays my daily activity is much more exciting and cardio heavy than others, hehe 
Edited by direwolfprincess On June 25, 2012 13:45
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Joined 2011-11-15 Posts: 5,239 |
June 25, 2012 13:46
QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: 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. [/quote 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.  
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Joined 2012-06-13 Posts: 7 |
June 25, 2012 13:54
I've only been logging what I do to intentionally burn calories. I am a student nurse and have set my TDEE as such but on 14 hour shifts I walk miles everyday around the ward and my calorie goal is 1200 and I struggle to even eat that most days so I don't log any walking, lifting etc.
p.s. I have logged house work once but that was sweeping my whole carpet on my knees with a dustpan and brush and I actually turned it into a mini abs workout lol I ached then next day more than when I workout, go figure. 
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Joined 2011-12-08 Posts: 655 |
June 25, 2012 13:59
QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: QUOTE: 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. [/quote 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.
Damn....go do somethin!!! You're not burnin calories by stalking.....or are you? Better go eat back those calories!!!  |
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Joined 2011-01-05 Posts: 618 |
June 25, 2012 14:50
QUOTE: I only log my running. Not walking, stretching, yoga, cleaning, sex, shopping, etc. Just running. Yep! I only log running, not walking, stretching, or boot camp. |
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Joined 2012-06-11 Posts: 23 |
June 25, 2012 15:24
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 :D
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Joined 2012-03-14 Posts: 114 |
June 25, 2012 22:26
I don't log walking from my car to class and back even though it is about a 20 min walk. I figure it is a normal daily activity. And since I have my activity set to light, I don't count what I do at work, though it is a lot of physical stuff (walking, carrying, and such).
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Joined 2010-05-05 Posts: 200 |
June 26, 2012 06:38
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.
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Joined 2012-05-27 Posts: 34 |
June 26, 2012 06:45
I log exercise that I go out specifically to do, like running/swimming/cycling. I only log walking if I go out for a walk and walk fairly briskly, not just nipping to the local shops or walking around the office. And when I log the running/cycling/walking I always log them at the slowest rate to make sure that I don't assume that I've earned more calories back than I really have.
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Joined 2012-06-25 Posts: 21 |
June 26, 2012 07:12
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.
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Joined 2009-06-03 Posts: 370 |
June 26, 2012 12:13
I only log whatever activity I'm doing while wearing my HRM and I only wear that to the gym, when I run or take my bike out.
Hmmm...logging standing? Uh, no. |
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Joined 2012-01-20 Posts: 4,517 |
June 28, 2012 03:32
I log calories only if it increases my heart rate- walking 2mph is not a cardio for me.
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Joined 2012-06-07 Posts: 639 |
June 28, 2012 03:40
I don't log: housework, shopping, driving, or generic walking. At work I'm on the 3rd floor. I walk a lot between departments and take the stairs but wouldn't log that.
The only walking I log is "purposeful walking" of at least 3mph, not slower... that's strolling. I do log yoga and pilates. My yoga class isn't "omm, stretch and snooze" but Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and pretty full on. I log all other "proper" exercise like spinning, rowing, weight training etc and use my HRM for an accurate count. The only exercise where I use the estimated database score is for swimming as my HRM isn't waterproof. |
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