Part-time job activity setting

suzi67

Hi!
I just recently started a part-time job as a server in a restaurant. I have 6 shifts a week that range in time from two to four hours, and they are within three days. (Wednesday to Friday lunch and dinner shift with at least two hours between) My question is how would you set your activity level? Waitressing is on the higher scale, but I'm not doing it full time. What do you think? I have my setting at lightly active and I don't log the work time in exercise, but I'm not sure if that is accurate.

dwarfer22

I would say lightly active sounds about right. If you are pretty active when you are working for a few days and not so much when at home that should balance out for the week.

anovasjo

I would probably do what you are doing- that is, don't log work time as exercise and have my setting at "lightly active". If you find in a few weeks that you're seriously hungry and dropping weight too fast, or that you're not losing, you may have to readjust.