activity level

needstobefit15

I'm a stay at home mom. I started going to the gym 4 days a week for anywhere between 1-2 hours. Do I put myself as non active or lightly active. I had my self non active because I was going to the gym until February

L1zardQueen

Either one. But if you find that you are not making any progress or are losing too fast, adjust your activity level up or down.

GettingFit5551

I'm not sure if this is the correct thing to do, but I put myself as sedentary, even though I really am not completely. I have a desk job and kids, so I am busy. But, I do record my exercise every day and eat those calories. Seems to work ok for me.

sijomial

The gym exercise isn't part of your activity setting.

SusanMFindlay

sijomial wrote: »

The gym exercise isn't part of your activity setting.

Agreed. That gets logged separately as exercise.

The "stay at home mom" part, on the other hand, is likely to make you lightly active. Do you have a pedometer (or a smart phone with a step counting app like Google Fit)? If so, track your steps for a few typical days. If you're over 5,000 steps/day, go with "lightly active". If you're over 10,000 steps/day, consider going with "active".

Exact results will depend on many things including how accurately you log your food and drink. If you lose faster than anticipated for 1+ months, raise your activity level. If you lose slower than anticipated for 1+ months, lower your activity level. I say 1+ months because TOM-related water fluctuations make it hard for women to accurately gauge progress in just a week or two.

pbbananacoffeechocolate

I am a stay at home mom and I use the active setting and track my exercise on top of that. I do it this way because I am successfully losing weight at this level and feel very hungry if I put my level down to lightly active. I am a pole dance instructor though, so my muscular composition is likely higher than average, causing me to use more calories to maintain.

SusanMFindlay

"Stay at home mom" is a highly variable job with highly variable activity levels. One who has young kids and spends a lot of time chasing them around, going to parks, etc. is going to be more active than one with older kids who sit more often (or a newborn that just wants to sleep on you).

needstobefit15

I have 2 autistic boys and boy they are a handful. I get anywhere between 5,000-10,000 steps some days are less.