Active vs lightly active setting?

yesseriously
yesseriously Posts: 8 Member
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Having a hard time deciding on which I should set myself too?? Want to do this healthy and maintainable so really want to set calories right.

I average 9,000-15,000 steps on my fitbit a work day (RN in an ICU, on my feet a lot) & about the same on off days (kids, house, multiple pets, garden, also on my feet a lot). This is not including if I go for a walk, pool/swimming with kids (I get in and love to swim too!) or other exercise. There are some days where I only hit 5,000-8,000 but for the most part I stay 9,000 or above. I have been taking credit for extra calories for some gardening, additional walking etc as exercise - but not my normal average daily steps.

Based on the daily steps of 9,000-15,000 am I active or lightly active?

(Just 1.5/2 weeks into this & realizing how much I mindlessly eat calories has been very eye opening)

Thanks for any input-

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    If you have your Fitbit connected to MFP it doesn't matter. The calorie adjustment plus your base calories should come out to be about the same for each level. A lot of people just set themselves to sedentary and earn a large adjustment. Others prefer to start out with more calories on lightly active or active.
  • yesseriously
    yesseriously Posts: 8 Member
    Ah, thank you.

    I don't have my fitbit synced/connected to MFP.

    The one day I tried it didn't work and have not tried again. So, I need to get it connected and it will figure it for me?

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