Activity level

alid8333
alid8333 Posts: 233 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
So I walk anywhere from 6000 to 10,500 steps a day (5 days of the week those steps do include working out). But usually I'm averaging right around 8500 a day. I have my activity level set to sedentary because I don't work outside of the home. We own a business so I handle everything from home. But I do solely take care of the house, run errands etc. Would you consider me sedentary or lightly active with the amount of steps taken daily.

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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,142 Member
    8500 steps a day is probably more like Lightly active provided you're not logging the steps as exercise. If you're logging them as exercise leave yourself as sedentary.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I tend to err on the side of under-estimating activiyt rather than overestimating. Set it as sedentary and log the steps, and if you're losing at a faster rate than you want to, raise it to "lightly active."
  • alid8333
    alid8333 Posts: 233 Member
    Well here's the thing. My activity level is set to sedentary and losing 1 pound a week. It gives me a 1390 calorie allowance a day. I log everything and weigh my food as well. I work out 5 days a week for a hour and I only eat back 50% of my calories burned through exercise. I was steadily losing 1.5 to little over 2 pounds a week. But the past 2 weeks I haven't lost anything. I had a procedure on my heart (EP study) on the February 7th. I had to take it easy for about a week and then started working out again last Thursday. I've made sure to stick to my calorie allowance while I was taking it easy as well. So nothing has really changed. I did notice lately that some days I feel pretty hungry by the end of the day. So that's what got me thinking that maybe I'm not consuming enough calories. I wouldn't think I'm eating to many at 1390 considering I weigh 180. I dunno I'm open to all suggestions.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,142 Member
    You will have normal fluctuations as well, you may notice that you're retaining a little more water as a result of taking the break and then going back into your fitness routine while your body adjusts. Stick at what you're doing for a couple more weeks so you can see if there is an overall downward trend and if it's still not moving then you can look at tweaking your numbers.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    alid8333 wrote: »
    Well here's the thing. My activity level is set to sedentary and losing 1 pound a week. It gives me a 1390 calorie allowance a day. I log everything and weigh my food as well. I work out 5 days a week for a hour and I only eat back 50% of my calories burned through exercise. I was steadily losing 1.5 to little over 2 pounds a week. But the past 2 weeks I haven't lost anything. I had a procedure on my heart (EP study) on the February 7th. I had to take it easy for about a week and then started working out again last Thursday. I've made sure to stick to my calorie allowance while I was taking it easy as well. So nothing has really changed. I did notice lately that some days I feel pretty hungry by the end of the day. So that's what got me thinking that maybe I'm not consuming enough calories. I wouldn't think I'm eating to many at 1390 considering I weigh 180. I dunno I'm open to all suggestions.

    Two weeks is nothing, especially for women.

    If you haven't lost anything for 6 weeks, then start questioning your calorie limit.

    It sounds like you're doing everything right, if you've got more than 15 lbs to lose.

    I read about EP studies. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/SymptomsDiagnosisMonitoringofArrhythmia/Electrophysiology-Studies-EPS_UCM_447319_Article.jsp#.WK-gqfmGOM8

    My guess is that your body has been retaining water due to the need for it to repair after the procedure/sedation.

    It could also be the time of month your hormones make you the heaviest.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    You received good advice in your other thread. Not losing for 2 weeks is not unusual, especially for women. It doesn't mean you are not still losing fat. BTW, how much you can lose in a week will decrease as you have less to lose. If a person has less than 15 pounds to lose, much more than half a pound a week is probably shooting for too much.
  • alid8333
    alid8333 Posts: 233 Member
    rileysowner wrote: »
    You received good advice in your other thread. Not losing for 2 weeks is not unusual, especially for women. It doesn't mean you are not still losing fat. BTW, how much you can lose in a week will decrease as you have less to lose. If a person has less than 15 pounds to lose, much more than half a pound a week is probably shooting for too much.

    I have 38 pounds left to lose. I did weigh myself this morning and was down almost 2 pounds

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