Lightly active or sedentary?

jesslynchxo817
jesslynchxo817 Posts: 24 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I know that when considering which lifestyle to chose we are choosing based on our job. Not exercise since we are adding that seperatelty..

My question is if my job would be considered lightly active.. I work at a daycare with 6 toddlers so it's a lot of chasing, picking up, going outside and so on. I work a normal 8 hour shift and I estimate I'm on my feet for at least half of the day.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    That sounds like lightly active to me. Stick to it for 4-6 weeks and adjust if you're losing at a different rate than you expect.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Lightly active.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I work with little kids too. I log lightly active, but I also live in NYC and do a fair amount of walking on top of work.
  • jesslynchxo817
    jesslynchxo817 Posts: 24 Member
    Thanks guys!

    I walk 3 miles a day on top of work but I log that separately.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jesslynchxo817 wrote: »
    Thanks guys!

    I walk 3 miles a day on top of work but I log that separately.

    See how that works. Your walking may end up fitting into the "lightly active". Your loss over the next couple of weeks will be telling. Then you can adjust if need be.
  • jesslynchxo817
    jesslynchxo817 Posts: 24 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jesslynchxo817 wrote: »
    Thanks guys!

    I walk 3 miles a day on top of work but I log that separately.

    See how that works. Your walking may end up fitting into the "lightly active". Your loss over the next couple of weeks will be telling. Then you can adjust if need be.

    Thank you
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    You're definitely lightly active (I'm also so jealous of your job!).
    I'm sitting for 8 hours every day, so my TDEE is sooooooo low! :(
  • echmainfit619
    echmainfit619 Posts: 333 Member
    When in doubt go with sedentary.
  • jesslynchxo817
    jesslynchxo817 Posts: 24 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    You're definitely lightly active (I'm also so jealous of your job!).
    I'm sitting for 8 hours every day, so my TDEE is sooooooo low! :(

    It's a very demanding job! Haha :)
  • jesslynchxo817
    jesslynchxo817 Posts: 24 Member
    echmainfit619 wrote: »
    When in doubt go with sedentary.

    It's just I was going with sedentary and I was feeling a little hungry and irritable. I guess I'll judge by this week what I should really go with. With sedentary I had 1360 calories with lightly active I get about 300 more calories. I don't really plan on eating all 300 but perhaps some on days I still feel hungry.

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