Possibly a silly question

alfonsinarosinsky

I have my diary set to sedentary. Other than my daily exercise I would say I am fairly sedentary. I'm wondering if I should not have it set like that because I do exercise 6 days a week; 1hr and 45 min on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 1 hour on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with a rest day on Sunday.

mccindy72

No, if you aren't active other than your exercise, sedentary is a good setting. Your exercise is above and beyond your activity setting.

alfonsinarosinsky

Oh ok cool. Thank you.

Alatariel75

The way MFP is set up is that you put your normal daily activity level, without exercise, then log your exercise on top and eat those back. Generally, the burns are overblown so many people recommend only eating half back. So if your job and home life are fairly sedentary, apart from your deliberate exercise, then MFP expects that you will set it to sedentary.

alfonsinarosinsky

Alatariel75 wrote: »

The way MFP is set up is that you put your normal daily activity level, without exercise, then log your exercise on top and eat those back. Generally, the burns are overblown so many people recommend only eating half back. So if your job and home life are fairly sedentary, apart from your deliberate exercise, then MFP expects that you will set it to sedentary.

Thanks for the reply. I understand now. And yes I am eating back most if not all of my calories.

Kalikel

Agree with sedentary. Add the exercise.

alfonsinarosinsky

Kalikel wrote: »

Agree with sedentary. Add the exercise.

Thanks.