10k steps is considered what activity level? :)

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mrsaniamanning
mrsaniamanning Posts: 56 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I walk on the treadmill daily for an hour and a half at 3.1 mph at 10%incline. Would this be considered moderately active? Im 23 year old female 5'9 and 135lbs, i want to maintain but not sure how many calories to consume :/ some help would be awesome!

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  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Yes, that is generally considered a moderate amount of activity.

    How many steps are you getting from incidental activity throughout the day? Are ALL of your steps coming from walking slowly on the treadmill?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Exercise is not part of your activity level. Your activity level is your normal daily activity and exercise is added separately.
  • mrsaniamanning
    mrsaniamanning Posts: 56 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    Yes, that is generally considered a moderate amount of activity.

    How many steps are you getting from incidental activity throughout the day? Are ALL of your steps coming from walking slowly on the treadmill?
    some days i walk all together 11000-16000 steps currently am a student so been sitting in a classroom all day :/
  • mrsaniamanning
    mrsaniamanning Posts: 56 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Exercise is not part of your activity level. Your activity level is your normal daily activity and exercise is added separately.


    so then i am sedentary? lol
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    mrsaniamanning wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Exercise is not part of your activity level. Your activity level is your normal daily activity and exercise is added separately.


    so then i am sedentary? lol

    Depends on if you're inputting your exercise into MFP. If you are, calling yourself moderately active is double dipping.
  • mrsaniamanning
    mrsaniamanning Posts: 56 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    mrsaniamanning wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Exercise is not part of your activity level. Your activity level is your normal daily activity and exercise is added separately.


    so then i am sedentary? lol

    Depends on if you're inputting your exercise into MFP. If you are, calling yourself moderately active is double dipping.

    oh no I'm not lol i have mine set to sedentary lol and haven't been putting exercise in
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I guess sedentary is the correct setting since you sit all day. What I would do is just leave it alone....keep doing what you're doing, and if you see that you're starting to lose weight just tack a few more calories on per day.

    This seems to be something people have to play with a bit to see exactly what's right for them.
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