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jan7557
jan7557 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
Can someone explain the definition between lightly active and active? Not sure where I fit.

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited October 2016
    Without know a thing about you and perhaps how to see which one you might fit in....

    it is the activity level you setup in MFP that is NOT exercise.. Below I have copied the activities section.. If you sit most of the day (does not include exercise) you are sedentary, if you spend time on your feet lets say 4 - 6 hours like a teacher would, you are lightly active, and so on and so forth..

    The higher the level you choose the more calories you eat to lose weight + adding exercise on top of that (but use caution on setting this level above sedentary and adding back exercise to this level.. it might take some tweaking after the first 4-6 weeks to determine the actual exercise equation to your weight loss when using lightly or active).

    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
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