objective opinions regarding activity levels

hookilau
hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I do weight training 3x weekly all compound movements (squats, dead lifts, etc)

I am a part time local dog walker, I do 3-4 30 minute dog walks Mon-Fri.

I'm 45 yrs old, 5' tall, cw is 126, gw is 110 (or so)

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  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    I would start off with "Lightly Active" then re-evaluate after about 4-6 weeks.
  • Brolympus
    Brolympus Posts: 360 Member
    It depends. Are you trying to lose weight? Or you trying to build muscle?

    If you are going trying to lose weight, I would go as conservative as possible and say lightly active, even though what you do probably qualifies for moderately active. That way you leave yourself a bigger saftey margin and will have no doubts you are eating under your calorie goal and will lose weight.

    If you are trying to build muscle and get stronger, as a woman, you need to be eating an extra 150 calories on top of your regular daily calorie needs (where you are eating typically 300-600 calories UNDER your calorie needs when trying to shred fat). Your body cannot build very much muscle in a calorie deficit.
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
    It depends. Are you trying to lose weight? Or you trying to build muscle?

    If you are going trying to lose weight, I would go as conservative as possible and say lightly active, even though what you do probably qualifies for moderately active. That way you leave yourself a bigger saftey margin and will have no doubts you are eating under your calorie goal and will lose weight.

    If you are trying to build muscle and get stronger, as a woman, you need to be eating an extra 150 calories on top of your regular daily calorie needs (where you are eating typically 300-600 calories UNDER your calorie needs when trying to shred fat). Your body cannot build very much muscle in a calorie deficit.

    thank you for your reply =)
    I wouldn't mind building more muscle, however my goal is to decrease body fat.

    I find myself hungry & can't stop thinking about food if I eat less than 1800-2000 cal/day.
    I'm trying to find a reasonable target but it seems (for my demographic anyway) no one is eating *near* that amount to lose weight.

    I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly :wink:

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