Am I sedentary or lightly active?

niamh211

I'm adjusting my goal on this and can't figure out whether I'm sedentary or lightly active! I'm not working at the moment so I wouldn't be on my feet all day long but I don't sit around all day either only in the evenings after 7pm! I also walk 10km a day! Any advice guys??

jessicatombari

Don't count the walking as your activity level. Count it as exercise, therefore without the walking how much activity do you do? If you only do light household chores I would put sedentary, try it out and see if you lose weight. If you feel hungry a lot after a few weeks up the cal intake

niamh211

Would it work if I just put it at lightly active and include my walk in that

jessicatombari

No because you probably dont burn all the extra cals the system adds in by raising the level to light active

WaterBunnie

Easiest way to tell would be to wear an activity tracker (FitBit One is good) which if synced here would then adjust your activity level here automatically for you irrespective of what you set it as. It would be very difficult to accurately log your walking otherwise if it's spread across the day. If you don't have a lot to lose or are maintaining it'd be cheaper to set it as lightly active and see what happens to your weight across 3 or 4 weeks whilst logging your food as accurately as you can. If you then lost faster than your calorie deficit you'd know you're more active than you thought, and if slower less so. One week wouldn't be enough to gauge with hormonal fluctuations.

sixxpoint

The scale will tell you if you are overeating or overestimating your activity level because it won't budge after several weeks.

maxit

WaterBunnie wrote: »

Easiest way to tell would be to wear an activity tracker (FitBit One is good) which if synced here would then adjust your activity level here automatically for you irrespective of what you set it as. It would be very difficult to accurately log your walking otherwise if it's spread across the day. If you don't have a lot to lose or are maintaining it'd be cheaper to set it as lightly active and see what happens to your weight across 3 or 4 weeks whilst logging your food as accurately as you can. If you then lost faster than your calorie deficit you'd know you're more active than you thought, and if slower less so. One week wouldn't be enough to gauge with hormonal fluctuations.

I set my activity level as sedentary and let FitBit track activity and synch with MFP. It worked fine this way during my weight loss phase, and now also in "maintenance."

rbiss

Put in sedentary, log the walk as exercise, and see if you loose more weight than you planned.

WaterBunnie

maxit wrote: »

WaterBunnie wrote: »

Easiest way to tell would be to wear an activity tracker (FitBit One is good) which if synced here would then adjust your activity level here automatically for you irrespective of what you set it as. It would be very difficult to accurately log your walking otherwise if it's spread across the day. If you don't have a lot to lose or are maintaining it'd be cheaper to set it as lightly active and see what happens to your weight across 3 or 4 weeks whilst logging your food as accurately as you can. If you then lost faster than your calorie deficit you'd know you're more active than you thought, and if slower less so. One week wouldn't be enough to gauge with hormonal fluctuations.

I set my activity level as sedentary and let FitBit track activity and synch with MFP. It worked fine this way during my weight loss phase, and now also in "maintenance."

Yes, that's what I've done too. I've also enabled negative adjustments just in case I don't meet the 1.5-2 miles sedentary here already includes (though it's extremely rare for that to happen)

bostonwolf

If you have a question, put sedentary. Then you can adjust as needed if you find you're hungry constantly and need more calories.