help: activity level??

camzhastings

I work out every morning as soon as i wake up for about 25 minutes, for the rest of the day i’m not very active since I go to school, I walk like 3 to 4 thousand steps a day. For my workouts i follow the 30 minutes full body fat burn HIIT by Emi Wong on youtube, it’s the last one she posted, i only skip 2 exercises for the arms. What is my activity level? (i have 2 restdays every 2 weeks)

robertw486

That somewhat depends on your consistency and your goals, but really more than likely what you should do is set your activity level at sedentary, and then log your workouts.

MFP is set up to use the NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) method for tracking. That means the activity level is intended to measure only your every day activity NOT related to intentional specific exercise. By logging exercise separately it allows for rest days, extra workout sessions, etc.

I mention goals as well, since you would want any possible error to swing towards your goals, rather than away from them. If your primary goal is weight loss, and you find that you might fall between two activity level settings, you could choose the lesser active so MFP assumes you burn fewer calories through your day.


In any case, remember that you have a feedback loop. If you set a goal, track your food, exercise, and weight, then you are accumulating data that allows you to adjust. If you picked a sedentary activity level and find you are losing weight faster than expected, you can either bump your activity level up, or adjust food intake.

All that data helps you figure things out. Food logging makes it easier to figure out which things make you feel better, recover quickly, stay feeling full longer, etc.

If your primary goal is weight loss, set your goals, pick your settings, and use the feedback from results to adjust. Be patient, stick with it, accept (and LOG!) any eating over goal incidents, and also accept that weight loss isn't linear. For many people you will stall for a while, then with little to no change drop a few pounds quick. Hormones, sodium, water weight, workout types, sleep patterns, etc all play a part. But if you stick with it things fall into place.

sijomial

Your exercise isn't part of your activity setting - it is specifically excluded from it.
This is how your question really should be phrased.....

I work out every morning as soon as i wake up for about 25 minutes, for the rest of the day i’m not very active since I go to school, I walk like 3 to 4 thousand steps a day. For my workouts i follow the 30 minutes full body fat burn HIIT by Emi Wong on youtube, it’s the last one she posted, i only skip 2 exercises for the arms. What is my activity level? (i have 2 restdays every 2 weeks)

Assuming you are trying to lose weight if you have chosen a slow rate of weight loss then go for sedentary.
If you have gone for a faster rate of weight loss go for Lightly Active.

And when you do your exercise estimate the calories burned as best you can and log them so that those calories get added to your daily goal.

After a month you will have a good idea how your calorie balance is working out and you can adjust if required.

Machka9

My Home > Goals > View Guided Setup.

How would you describe your normal daily activities?
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, salesperson)
Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. food server, postal carrier)
Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

riffraff2112

If you are taking 3000 steps a day on average and spend most of your time sitting you would be considered sedentary. Log your exercise sessions separately