Activity level

Tashanicole444

Good evening everyone. ! I wanted to see what activity level to set Mfp to ? I logged. 12500 steps today. I would say this is my lowest activity day but I want to make sure not to overestimate my activity for calorie consumption sake

bray149

Steps can get a little misleading. If you're getting your heart rate up and walking briskly for exercise then it's exercise. If you're just walking during your day, I wouldn't put too much stock in steps. So you aren't sedentary but your body is used to walking at a normal pace so it's not burning a lot of extra calories either.

Tashanicole444

Should I set to sedentary or lightly active.

malibu927

Do you have an activity tracker that links to MFP? Then it doesn't matter so much. Otherwise if that all came from general non-exercise activity you should go with active.

Tashanicole444

Ok let me understand you correctly . I should set Mfp to active. ? Then add in the exercise calories for my totals for the day ?

firef1y72

Are you linking something like a Fitbit to your account? If so then stick at sedentary and then eat whatever extra Fitbit gives you for your steps. Otherwise I would imagine you are Active at the very least.

evergreenlake

I would say active if that's a normal day for you and you're already working out too.