Sign language interpreter

[Neenieboper]

Once a month I spend 2hrs at church singing songs in sign language. Aka hands and arms are waving about.

Any ideas how to log this or how many calories would be burned for a 206lbs woman???

[Neenieboper]

An addition, my heart rate goes from an awake testing of about 80bpm up to 110-120ish 

[Dominique]

I think it doesn’t really matter whether you log it or not: your Fitbit will be able to pick up both your heart rate and the movements of your arms. Many of us do unusual activities that are not explicitly defined in the Fitbit universe. For instance, I do snow removal during the winter (except not during this one, since we hardly have had any snow so far): it’s like walking, except harder, since I need to push snow. The fact it’s harder is recognized via the elevated HR. Sometimes, I log these snow removal "sessions" using the generic "workout" activity, just for the fun of seeing isolated stats for it afterwards. But not logging them doesn’t leave me "short changed" in terms of steps, calories burned, active minutes etc.

[emili]

hey there @Neenieboper . I am not sure that would be considered an active minute activity. It is kind of the equivalent to someone white boarding a two hour session. Arms are moving to get key points, HR is elevated because ideas are being thrown about, but it isn't really an "activity". If you are curious how many calories that burns for you, then you can start an activity, something generic like workout and see what happens at the end of two hours. 

[SunsetRunner]

I just want an accurate step count. I'm in educational interpreting and I know that I'm not really at 10,000 steps per day because that's my arms moving. I sit and sign part of the day. Willstartung the tai chi activity on my Fitbit prevent it form counting my arms moving as steps?

[WendyB]

I doubt it. Your arms move it going to count. I dont know what model you have but try wearing in on your ankle or putting in your pocket when you are doing this. It will prevent the false steps