Activity Level?

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emilyvotaw8
emilyvotaw8 Posts: 10 Member
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Hello!

I'm so confused: I am a newspaper reporter, so I spend a good amount of time pounding the pavement, and I probably spend an average of 5-6 hours all day sedentary, including when I get home to relax. I exercise 3-4 days a week, and I am 5'4" and 120 pounds. Am I lightly active or active?

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    Exercise isn't part of your activity setting so that part is irrelevant.
    (Read the sticky threads in this forum to understand how this works.)

    Certainly not active so suggest you start with lightly active and if you aren't seeing results in line with expectations after 4 weeks adjust accordingly.
  • emilyvotaw8
    emilyvotaw8 Posts: 10 Member
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    Great! Thanks! Just switched from MyPlate and that used average days of exercise as a guideline to determine activity level. Sorry for the extraneous information!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
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    Lightly active and your exercise is logged separately.
  • darcelchoy
    darcelchoy Posts: 89 Member
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    I'm a reporter as well and I put lightly active.
  • emilyvotaw8
    emilyvotaw8 Posts: 10 Member
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    Thanks guys! I appreciate it. I've been having a hard time eating less than 2100, but no one said that losing weight was easy!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    with a BMI of 20.5 are you sure you want to be losing weight?

    or do you want to be resculpting your body in a body recomp which would entail eating at maintenance and following a progressive lifting programme to get results
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    this is a body recomp - see how the scale weight increases?

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