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    • 05 Oct 2021
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    • Updated on 05 Oct 2021
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    Article Summary

    Add information about your workouts to the daily log so you can track how many calories or kilojoules you burn each day and track your progress toward goals.

    Important: If some of your steps for the day are part of active exercises, such as walking a dog uphill for 30 minutes, search for the specific exercise in our database, and log your steps as an exercise instead of steps, as described in this article. However, if some of your steps are not part of active exercise, see Log steps to track those steps separately.
    Tip: If you have a Premium subscription and a fitness device or app, Carb Manager can automatically log your activity from the device. For details, see Sync a fitness device or app with Carb Manager.

    Watch: How to log exercise

    Log cardio exercises

    To log a cardio exercise such as bicycling or running, complete these steps.

    1. Web app users: Go to the  Daily Log.
      Tip: The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see View any day in the daily log.
    2. Select  Add Item > (image of Exercise button) Exercise.
      Tip: You can also go to the Daily Workout section of the  Daily Log and select the Add Exercise button.
    3. In the Exercises screen, find and select an exercise.
    4. In the detail screen for an exercise, enter the Total Time Exercised.
    5. Select the Add button.

    Your cardio exercise appears in the daily log. Carb Manager automatically calculates the number of calories or kilojoules that you burned.

    Log strength-training exercises

    To log strength-training exercises such as weight lifting, complete these steps.

    1. Web app users: Go to the  Daily Log.
      Tip: The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see View any day in the daily log.
    2. Select  Add Item > (image of Exercise button) Exercise.
      Tip: You can also go to the Daily Workout section of the  Daily Log and select the Add Exercise button.
    3. In the Exercises screen, find and select an exercise.
    4. In the detail screen for an exercise, enter the weight and number of repetitions in a set. To add more sets, select + Add Set. Repeat this step for every set you perform during the exercise.
    5. In the Calories/Kilojoules Burned section, select one of the following options.
      • Enter Manually: Enter the number of calories or kilojoules burned on your own.
      • Automatically Estimate: Select an Exercise Intensity and Carb Manager will calculate the number of calories or kilojoules you burned.
    6. Enter the Total Time Exercised.
    7. Select the Add button.

    Your strength-training exercise appears in the daily log. 

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