Calories burned working?

So I have the worst job ever: McDonald's.. I'm a cashier.  How many calories do I burn an hour doing that vs. sitting doing nothing?

I don't know the answer, but I work in a snack bar and would love to know the answer to this!

Hmm, I logged it and I worked 5 hours today so I logged in 200 minutes (since I'm taking account for the calories I would've burned just sitting on my butt) rather than 350 minutes that I was working, and it said I burned 900 calories doing that.. hmm.  We'll see.  I just logged it under "Working", the description is standing: grocery clerk, etc., and I guess that's similar to what I do at McDonald's =]

Hi,remember in order to burn off a substantial amount of calories u must get ur cardio going for at least 20-30 minutes. I run on the threadmill an average of 2-3 miles per day at a speed of 6 mph which takes 25=40 minutes to do and it shows me that I burn 400 calories. Now thats high pace cardio for me. It works though since I started running 5 months ago here in Iraq I've lost 20 lbs. I'm now at 185. Also weight lifting burns calories great too,any resistance training 4 times a week sends ur matabolism going crazy along with running and the pounds melt away fast. Just thought I'd share that. Keep burning off them calories. Thanks.

Your not burning enough just working,believe me.Cardio,cardio,cardio is the key!!!

I'm more than aware of this :)  I work out on days that I don't work because after work, I am just completely dead and tired.  My feet hurt and my legs feel as if they are about to collapse.  When I get in better shape I'll be able to work out after work just fine.

ugh. I had that job once. It truly is the worst ever.

Ok,cool deal then.I wasn't aware that u were working out. U should be seeing the fat just keep melting away then. Good luck!!

Original Post by danaofdoom:

ugh. I had that job once. It truly is the worst ever.

 

Haha basically.  I feel like I'm dead every time I come home.. from a mixture of how painful it is standing there plus the customers complaining about the quality of their FREE water...

I would like to know this as well. Im almost sure Im burning more calories at work. I teach swimming and pretty much im helping kids kick, and running through water for about 4 hours. And then standing and guarding for a few more.. how many extra calories do you think that would burn?

Teaching swimming probably burns quite a bit..

Loseweight1234,whatever ur doing keep it up ur r doing just fine from what I can see!! Swimming is the best cardio u can do. U use almost every muscle in ur body. If ur doing it for 4 hours u are at least burning,I would guess 600-700-calories each time. Keep up the good work georgious!!