Figuring out activity level?

Lisa2117
Lisa2117 Posts: 17 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How do you measure your activity level? I don't know if I have mine correct. I am 29 years old, 5'3 and I weigh 145. I am not working at the moment, I'm on maternity leave so I am home most days. I have been exercising 5-6 days a week for 30-60 minutes each time. I usually do cardio or ab work out videos burning from 300-500 calories. My baby is almost 10 months old so I am taking care and playing with her during the day. I usually do around 30 min of cleaning around the house. Other than that I'm not too active.

I feel like I'm not losing weight so I don't know if I'm eating enough. I'm not sure if I should be sedentary or light for activity. For sedentary my calorie goal is 1690 and lightly active should be 1900. Right now I have been keeping my calorie intake around 1690. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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  • SugarLou57
    SugarLou57 Posts: 84 Member
    Try to record food in and calories spent as accurately as you can. You can calculate calories spent using your heart rate and time/weight/height.
  • Lisa2117
    Lisa2117 Posts: 17 Member
    I have the polar FT4 HRM that I use while exercising and I log my food on here everyday. I'm just not sure how much I should be eating based on my activity level. At sedentary it says I should have an intake of 1690 and lightly active 1900 calories. I know it's not good to have too much of a deficit. If I'm only eating 1690 and burning around 500 most days, I want to make sure I'm not supposed to be eating the 1900 that it says I should intake for lightly active. I'm just not sure if I'm sedentary or lightly active.

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