Ive been using fitday to keep track of my calories, but i just started working out to billy blanks boot camp, im still doing the basic training. How do i record that in my activties, what category does it fall under?

You will probably have to put it under high impact aerobic.

Some of the choices in the activities are wierd. They have "religious activity - washing dishes at church". So if I wash dishes at home is it pagan activity? And do I burn more calories during religious dish washing or pagan dish washing? *sigh*...the world may never know...

That's TOO funny!!

I don't like their job choices. NO TEACHER?? Come on! That's not exactly a new profession or for a select few. Instead I decide how many hours a day I stand up (doing childcare), and how many hours I sit down (doing childcare).

Carrie! That is funny! they have nursing
Yup, like Carrie said, probably high impact aerobics. It might be under dance or something equally ... um ... fitting.

Another little tip- I had a really hard time finding aerobics, but I happened upon it under the category of "Dancing". Also, I can't remember for sure, but I think kickboxing on Fitday somewhere... Awhile back I did Tae Bo, and I *think* that's the category I put it under.

I only log my exercise on FitDay to inspire myself (and see all those little soccer balls when I click the calendar option). I don't trust it much for calories burned, or use it for anything beyond "walking" "weight lifting" or "aerobics" but some of the other daily activites sure are amusing

I wanna know how come - according to Fitday - sitting on the toilet for 20 minutes burns 0 calories....there could be a vigorous effort...

Do people really use all this stuff? Standing quietly in line...is there not a point where maybe you should be exerting yourself by doing some exercise instead of sitting in front of the computer adding up the calories burned by "Walking-light, noncleaning (ready to leave, shut/lock doors, close windows, etc.)"? Just a thought....

I hear ya...especially if you include "walking to and from an outhouse" Yep, it's in there.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, I found it!!!!!!!!!!! Look under "judo,jujitsu, karate, kick boxing, tae kwon do"

And just so we're all clear..."kneeling at church/at home (praying)" is NOT classified as a religious activity.

Okay ... this type of detail (and silliness) in the Activities section of FitDay is the reason why I haven't been recording my activity level at all. I haven't been wanting to spend the time figuring out the minutiae of my day in order to calculate an accurate calorie consumption . Does anyone have suggestions for using the Activities feature in a simplified way (or maybe I should just be content with not using it)?

Just pick a few things and use them all the time. It doesn't matter really if you're strolling through a mall, a park or what have you .... you're strolling, right? There are hundreds of ways to say that it uses about 1 cal per minute (or whatever it really is).
Fast, high impact aerobic exercise is the same no matter what you call it .... dance, taebo, kick boxing ....
If over a few days you find that whatever activities you choose always add up to about 200 cals ... don't worry about what to properly call it. I'd have to look but I'll bet my drop down menu only has 5 or 6 different activities in it.

I'll help you bobbidipity. What exericse have you been doing? Oh can you link me there?

Susan, you are so helpful. Please pardon me for hijacking your thread for a few posts, SugarRox ...

Here is my FitDay. I entered my paltry exercise effort from this morning (didn't get through my entire workout as I was interrupted by my daughter). I'm estimating conservatively that the terms "light effort" and "low impact" apply to my workout since I'm not constantly jumping or doing pushups. I can forsee entering "Playing with children - vigorous" quite regularly since my daughter and I like to chase around and dance together. But mostly my days are pretty sendentary other than light work or walking -- I am more active when it's not the dead of winter. I just don't know about figuring my time to do things like shower or sit on the toilet. Don't the default Basal and Lifestyle sections incorporate some of those things?

Well , I guess then we'd be assuming that folks wash and use the toilet every day
I'll have a look.
How much have you lost and how long has it taken? We can sometimes figure backwards more accurately.

Maybe that's too much too assume?

I've lost 8 lbs. since about the first of the year ... although the first five came off in about two weeks -- my body was probably in shock.

Eight pounds in six weeks? Does that sound accurate?