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IN NEED OF ADVICE/HELP: I work in retail & wear a pedometer every day, it counts & tracks how many steps I take thru the day, miles I walk & calories I burn. Do you think I'm cheating if I count the calories I burn thru the day & log the info into MFP or should I only be counting calories I burn with the extra walking I do after work?? MFP doesn't track steps or miles so I just take the # of calories Ive burned off my pedometer & list under walking 2.0 slow pace to the closest match. Im pretty new at all this "exercise stuff" & dont want to be cheating myself. I got sleeved on Feb 19, 2013 and want to use my tool in the best way I know how too to get healthy. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read & help me out?

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I carry a fitbit that tracks my steps all day and is automatically linked to mfp so I say count all your steps towards calories burnt.

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It depends, are you planning on eating back those calories you burned? If so then you really want to use a heart rate monitor as it's much more accurate than my fitness pal. fitbit or a pedometer. If you aren't eating back any of your exercise calories than you can really track whatever you like to track because it doesn't really matter on the accuracy.

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