I deliver pizzas- Sedentary or Lightly Active?

Editme12

So, it's hard enough resisting the free pizza, but I'm not sure if I'm sedentary or lightly active. I work 3 days a week, ~8 hour shifts. During that time, I'll spend at least an hour in the store, preparing food (ie, pouring olives into a container), moving/or folding boxes before I start taking deliveries. Then, I power walk to my car, drive, walk to their door and back with the food, drive, then power walk back to the store. Any time I'm not driving, I'm on my feet. But, the majority of my day is taking deliveries. Any opinions?

Jumanji9700

Personally, I'd say lightly. While you're working, you're either on your feet, or at least moving between car to customer and back...

Train4Foodz

Jumanji9700 wrote: »

Personally, I'd say lightly. While you're working, you're either on your feet, or at least moving between car to customer and back...

I'm with the above poster, lightly active would be my guess.

tru2one

Having been a delivery driver/supervisor waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy back in the day, I remember that job being anything but sedentary. I'd even go so far as saying it qualifies for active, if you worked more than 3 days per week. I think you're good w/ lightly active, based on what you listed above, though.

Best bet? Get yourself an activity tracker like a FitBit or similar. Though not 100% accurate, they would give you more perspective.

sdado1013

sedentary means you sit at a desk for the majority of the day. def lightly active or above.

scannerjockey

I'd say lightly - can you wear a pedometer during your shift one day? That might give you a better idea of how much moving around you do, and it might be more than you thought. I know I was shocked to find out that I walk half a mile every time I straighten up my apartment.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

It's probably lightly active, but why not guess conservatively and go with sedentary?

atypicalsmith

I always thought that calories you burn as part of your daily routine was just that. After all, you burn 60 - 80 calories when you sleep, so why not count that? I only count the extra calories I burn exercising at the Y or taking walks or other workouts.

melamlaw

Perhaps you could use a step counter to check your steps? You probably move than you think.

melamlaw

melamlaw wrote: »

Perhaps you could use a step counter to check your steps? You probably move than you think.

Editme12

Thanks for all the replies! I got a Jawbone Up Move, so hopefully it can tell me accurately what the heck I'm doing.

editorgrrl

Editme12 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies! I got a Jawbone Up Move, so hopefully it can tell me accurately what the heck I'm doing.

You can learn more in the Jawbone UP Bracelet group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/13420-jawbone-up-bracelet

Your UP total burn is your TDEE (aka your maintenance calories). Your adjustments are the difference between your UP total burn & your MFP activity level. (Click on an adjustment to see MFP's math.)

No need to log step-based exercise—your Move is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) in the UP app or in MFP—never both. And enable negative adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

FitOldMomma

I'm curious as to how active you are the other 4 days of the week. Like others here, I'd go with 'lightly active'. But if you don't get much activity on the other days, you may not see the loss you're expecting from the goals you set.

arditarose

See...now this makes me reconsider my activity level. I put lightly active but I'm definitely more active than that.

Liftng4Lis

Lightly active.

Sharon_C

oldmomma wrote: »

I'm curious as to how active you are the other 4 days of the week. Like others here, I'd go with 'lightly active'. But if you don't get much activity on the other days, you may not see the loss you're expecting from the goals you set.

I agree with this. I work retail 4 days a week and I had a really hard time setting my activity level because the other 3 days a week I'm not nearly as active. I got a Fitbit and discovered that on the days I work I walk between 3-5 miles a day. On the days I don't work I don't walk nearly that much. So I adjust my calories daily. On less active days I eat less and vice versa.

I finally started paying more attention to my calories on a weekly basis as opposed to a daily basis, making sure I hit my weekly goals. That seems to be working.

Aviva92

i sit on my *kitten* at a desk all day and am therefore sedentary. i barely move. you are definitely not that.

editorgrrl

Sharon_C wrote: »

I work retail 4 days a week and I had a really hard time setting my activity level because the other 3 days a week I'm not nearly as active. I got a Fitbit and discovered that on the days I work I walk between 3-5 miles a day. On the days I don't work I don't walk nearly that much. So I adjust my calories daily. On less active days I eat less and vice versa.

I finally started paying more attention to my calories on a weekly basis as opposed to a daily basis, making sure I hit my weekly goals. That seems to be working.

Once you connect an activity tracker to MFP (like Jawbone UP or Fitbit), it doesn't really matter what activity level you choose—as long as you enable negative calorie adjustments:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Your default MFP calorie goal is your activity level minus your deficit. Once you connect a tracker, you get calorie adjustments which are your tracker burn (TDEE) minus your activity level. So you're eating TDEE minus your deficit.