Activity level

mattyphillips1984

If I run between 6-12 miles a day what would activity level be, Active or very active?

Lietchi

Your activity level is meant to reflect how active you are NOT counting intentional exercise. So not a clue really, since you haven't given any information about the rest of your daily activity 🙂

goal06082021

MFP uses a different method for estimating activity level than a TDEE calculator does. MFP's model does not include purposeful exercise - they want you to log those calories separately and eat them back. So, a desk jockey who runs 8mi per day is Sedentary, while a landscaper who does no purposeful exercise is Very Active.

Not Very Active/Sedentary: you spend most of your waking hours sitting down; if you work, your job is probably a desk job, or maybe a delivery driver of some kind.

Lightly Active: you spend most of your waking hours standing up, but not walking around very much - people caring for a small child probably fall into this category; if you work, your job is probably something like cashier, teacher, etc. (If you're a delivery driver, you might be Lightly Active on a very busy day.)

Active: you spend most of your waking hours standing, and you're walking around fairly often - people caring for multiple small children probably fall into this category; if you work, your job is probably something like retail, foodservice, etc.

Very Active: you spend most of your waking hours walking around, possibly carrying heavy stuff; if you work, your job is probably something like warehouse stocking, construction, cleaning or painting, landscaping, etc.

cmriverside

Hi, welcome to the site.

Good explanation from goal06082021 above, but I'll just leave this here, it's a link to the Help, "How to use this App" page. You can find "Help" at the top of any page.

https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/categories/360001951372-Using-the-App

On that page you'll find the "How Does MFP Calculate My Initial Goals link"

sijomial

mattyphillips1984 wrote: »

If I run between 6-12 miles a day what would activity level be, Active or very active?

The same as if you ran zero or 26 miles a day as it's nothing to do with exercise.
Think of your job and general movement for all your waking hours when setting your activity level.

Instead of a more common TDEE site that estimates your BMR and multiplies it by a combined exercise and general activity multiplier to give you a same every day calorie goal MyFitnessPal estimates your BMR and then multiplies it by a general activity multiplier ONLY to give you a calorie goal for a day with no exercise.

Which means you log your exercise after the event (instead of in advance like the TDEE calc) and get a variable daily calorie goal.

bethxx1234

Would you say I’m active I walk 10,000 steps nearly everyday part from when I’m off work for two day then I go under tad! I workout five times week for one hour a day would you yes I’m active or classed it as light active! I want to know because I set up as I’m thinking I’m quite active as I’m on the go quite often even if I haven’t got my step in

mtaratoot

The working out doesn't count for the set-up if you log your exercise. It's really just focused on your daily activities, like work, and is referred to as "NEAT" which stands for "Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis." At least that's how MFP works.

What makes the most sense is to go through the set-up, then log completely and honestly for several weeks and then see if your results are what you would expect. After that, you can adjust your goal.

Welcome to maintenance. It's just the same as losing weight, it's just that you get a few more calories each day.