activity level?

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lucyloutoo
lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
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Advice please....I can never decide what I should be set at .....I walk three miles a day at fairly brisk pace,then throughout the day can do up to two hours at slower pace.(sometimes more)
I'm on my feet a lot,pacing back and forth,and up and down stairs about thirty times a day.
Active or lightly active??

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  • lucyloutoo
    lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
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    Anyone?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Light active and make adjustments as necessary...these calculators are only starting point, you will have to make your own adjustments as you go. Log any other deliberate exercise separately to account for that activity and get additional calories to eat.
  • dshalbert
    dshalbert Posts: 677 Member
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    Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman)

    Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)

    Which one sounds more like you? If you dont have that type of activities every day, then opt for the less active. and add on activities as you do them to get to your calorie deficit.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
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    It's a tricky one, I'd say you need to pick a level for a month and see how it works out, then adjust if required.

    Personally, I'm a Programme Director so while I'm office based I'm active. I also walk about 4-5 km per day to and from the office, and at weekends I walk quite a bit as well as the usual work at home. I'm set to lightly active as to me sedentary would imply a contact centre operator or such like, but I'm not actually doing anything manual that would justify tier three.
  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
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    Why not put s health on your phone and log your calories on mfp? That should track your activity level best. 30 stairs are a LOT. I do 15 sets a day and thought that was a big deal.
  • lucyloutoo
    lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
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    Thanks I've always been set at lightly active, but just wondered if I should be more active..... although my body is used to it, is a fair amount of activity in a day.

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