Activity level

alid8333

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.

tinkerbellang83

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

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

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

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

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

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

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