Is activity level based on regular activity or workouts?

violetpurdy

Can someone who does 10,000+ steps a day still be considered active even if they don't do any distinct workout?

RA60172

Activity level is based on regular activity - it does not include workouts. Log any workouts you do to account for them. I would definitely consider 10000+ steps a day to be active, if not highly active.

srecupid

violetpurdy wrote: »

Can someone who does 10,000+ steps a day still be considered active even if they don't do any distinct workout?

I had 16,000 yesterday and still have it set to sedentary. I have a step counter that adds a few extra calories. It usually equals about the same as if i put it on lightly active but, i feel this method is probably more accurate. If you have the money i highly recommend one.

Machka9

As it says under My Home > Goals > View Guided Setup

How would you describe your normal daily activities?
Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman)
Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)
Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

Christine_72

I aim for a minimum of 20,000 steps a day, and have mfp set to sedentary. I also have my fitbit synced.

capaul42

I routinely get 10k steps a day and I am sooo NOT active. I'm set as sedentary because that's what I am, despite the 10k steps. I work a desk job from 830-430 5 days a week. I can get 8500 steps at work but that doesn't make me active. It means I drink a lot of coffee (coffee maker at the other end of the building) plus I'm back and forth to other offices in my hallway most of the day. Doesn't mean I'm active. Not even lightly active.

terbusha

If you're asking to help with figuring out you calorie levels, I pay no attention to my activity level or calories burned during workouts. What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to make good progress towards your goal. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for 2 weeks. If you lose 1-2 lbs/week, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few cycles, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

SezxyStef

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18562971

Per this article
1) <5000 steps.d (sedentary);
2) 5000-7499 steps.d (low active);
3) 7500-9999 steps.d (somewhat active);
4) > or =10,000-12,499 steps.d (active); and
5) > or =12,500 steps.d (highly active)

These are all pre exercise.

The activity level here on MFP is without exercise. If you use a tracker you set yourself to sedentary, enable negative adjustments and don't log exercise...let the tracker do it's job.

I personally get 5k steps without exercise and I work at a desk....another 5k from a 3 mile walk.

I still set my activity level to sedentary and let my tracker do it's thing.