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I have no idea what to set my activity level to??

pianochick5254
pianochick5254 Posts: 97
edited February 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm a housekeeper at a hotel and I'm on my feet for about 6-8 hours a day with only a stop for lunch. I lug around a big cart with tons of sheets and towels, scrub bathrooms, make beds with heavy blankets, dust, vacuum, etc. I'm EXHAUSTED when I get home from work and I had my activity level set to the third option which is active like a waitress or mailman. A friend who uses this thinks I should up my activity level to the highest option which is in the same category as bike messenger or carpenter. I just need an idea what you guys think? My weight loss hasn't budged since I started this job earlier this week and I was sticking the light activity level. I just raised it yesterday but do you think I should raise it higher? I'm just confused because I looked up the calorie burn for moderate light cleaning and it said 1400 calories were burned and I know I'm running around cleaning as fast as possible all day so I would put it more on the vigorous level which is like 1600 a day. Input?

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