Activity level

Capt_Apollo

steff274 wrote: »

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

i think that most people greatly overestimate their activity level. i've found that unless you are a pro-athlete, most people fall between sedentary and lightly active.

Not true I was underestimating my activity level had it set as active am in fact very active and no I am not a pro athlete!! I work with horses and ride and go to the gym a fair bit.. I think other people that would fall into the very active catorgry would be anyone that does hard physical manual labour for a job.. builder etc and of course people like me that for part of my job I am poo shoveling!! I actually struggle to keep weight on now because of the amount I do why I changed my activity settings..

i said "most people."

heybales

hummingbirdhope wrote: »

radiatingkayla wrote: »

I would say somewhere between lightly-moderately active. light active is like daily activities (work, school, showering, etc.) + 2 miles walking and moderately active is daily activities + 4 miles walking. also, depends on the yoga! bikram/ashtanga/vinyasa burn a lot while hatha does not.

That's what i kinda figured too... I consider when I'm sick in bed "sedentary". When I do yoga I always do th hot yoga classes... And when I bartend on weekends I probably would be considered active so a weekly "lightly active" might average out...that's still maintenance on only 1700 cals

You bartend on the weekends?
On your feet the entire shift?

Yes, lightly active outside of exercise.

So that is maintenance of 1700 with NO exercise done, just daily life normal.

You exercise, you obviously burn more, maintenance goes up.

Hence the reason MFP has you log exercise when actually done, to account for that fact.

heybales

steff274 wrote: »

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

i think that most people greatly overestimate their activity level. i've found that unless you are a pro-athlete, most people fall between sedentary and lightly active.

Not true I was underestimating my activity level had it set as active am in fact very active and no I am not a pro athlete!! I work with horses and ride and go to the gym a fair bit.. I think other people that would fall into the very active catorgry would be anyone that does hard physical manual labour for a job.. builder etc and of course people like me that for part of my job I am poo shoveling!! I actually struggle to keep weight on now because of the amount I do why I changed my activity settings..

I think you two are speaking of different activity charts.

Several of the comments in this topic indicate the same confusion too.

I assumed, and nothing she's said sounds otherwise - OP is talking about MFP activity levels for normal daily life not including exercise, not the rough 5 level TDEE charts that include only exercise from a 1919 study.

Even a pro-athlete could properly be set to sedentary on MFP. Because outside their massive exercise, they may even sleep and sit around more than the average joe, besides many of their daily activity being taken care of by others while they sit more. And considering their training is not 8-10 hrs daily, they probably have even more time to sit around.

I think a WAHM with 2 or more kids of different ages, is probably lightly active easily, probably never sitting much at all, and not just standing, but moving and carrying a lot.

I think the folks with Fitbit's prove this out very easily. It's interesting how many even with desk jobs but also kids at night end up being lightly active, because of more running around the house for chores and such, even with limited night time hours.

heybales

If you do the math for some activities that might be contained in sedentary, based on weight or MET value and BMR, you come up with the following to hit 1.25 x BMR, on a weekly basis. It includes a bit more than sleeping all day, but not as much as running around after kids say.

45 hr work sitting, 56 hr sleeping, 60 hr sitting/standing, 7 hr slow walking

Daily that would be:
9 hr work sitting for 5 days, 8 hrs sleeping, 8.6 hr sitting/standing, 1 hr slow walking.

hummingbirdhope

heybales wrote: »

If you do the math for some activities that might be contained in sedentary, based on weight or MET value and BMR, you come up with the following to hit 1.25 x BMR, on a weekly basis. It includes a bit more than sleeping all day, but not as much as running around after kids say.

45 hr work sitting, 56 hr sleeping, 60 hr sitting/standing, 7 hr slow walking

Daily that would be:
9 hr work sitting for 5 days, 8 hrs sleeping, 8.6 hr sitting/standing, 1 hr slow walking.

Thanks!:)

janicelo1971

I play tennis3-4 times a week-doubles and that is not much exercise and i have a desk job...i have mine as sedentary..i do NOT eat back any exercises calories...i have maintained for 6 plus months...