Stay ay home moms...

Buterphly

What setting do you use? I don't know how active a mailman is...but I don't lift boxes all dau I lift a toddler. So I was just curious, do you use slenderous(sp) or which one do you use?

lesliemk

Light active.

oregon_mama

LIGHTLY ACTIVE MOMMA:-)

praymond17

I put light active.

eamartin

I would also say light active because then anything you do above that you can count as a work out..

ajbeans

It depends on how active you really are. Most of what I do with the kids doesn't get my heart rate up, so I set myself as sedentary. But if you play a lot of chase, running up and down the stairs, wrestling, etc, then you could go with lightly active.

NoAdditives

I have mine set to lightly active.

blbradford87

i put sedentary.. even though i have a 23 month old and a 3 month old i am constantly toting around i feel like i am not on my feet all day so better safe than sorry...

ajbeans

i put sedentary.. even though i have a 23 month old and a 3 month old i am constantly toting around i feel like i am not on my feet all day so better safe than sorry...

That's what I figured. I'm "busy," but not "active." There's a difference. Some moms are truly active, but I'm not one of them. So when I do things that get my heart rate up, like vacuuming the whole house or walking to the store, I log it as exercise, but I don't do those things every day.

Candy42adore

Light active as well. Although some days it feels like more

Tuckersn

It depends on how active you really are. Most of what I do with the kids doesn't get my heart rate up, so I set myself as sedentary. But if you play a lot of chase, running up and down the stairs, wrestling, etc, then you could go with lightly active.

Same here . . . I'm at sedentary and I have two young boys. I agree with the above.

Buterphly

thanks I have 3 kids my husband gets up at 4 in the morning most weeks, I get up make his coffe, breakfast, and lunch, get his clothes out, wait till he leaves and then go back to sleep. 7 I get up get the boys up, get them out the door by 7:30, make me and my daughter breakfast, clean untill 11 when I get my middle from school...clean up that mess, ...I live upstaire, do laundry every other day... I just wanted to know what other moms thought on the subject. :flowerforyou:

kimmiebear70

i put sedentary.. even though i have a 23 month old and a 3 month old i am constantly toting around i feel like i am not on my feet all day so better safe than sorry...

That's what I figured. I'm "busy," but not "active." There's a difference. Some moms are truly active, but I'm not one of them. So when I do things that get my heart rate up, like vacuuming the whole house or walking to the store, I log it as exercise, but I don't do those things every day.

This is the way I do it too.

melodyg

I put sedentary but I do have an older child (5) who doesn't require quite as much toting around. I have upped my calories from MFP's recommendation though and that helped me lose weight MORE, so maybe I should have done lightly active. I don't feel like I am on my feet all that much though... certainly not so much as I would be with a toddler in the house.

sarahTV

I have mine set at sedentary...I spend plenty of time on my rear end throughout the day, even if I am active at random intervals. I certainly never feel like I'm working out b/c I'm cleaning or doing laundry. I guess what I consider active is someone who is not sitting down (like when I used to be a bartender, man my legs were sore at the end of a shift) I don't feel 'sore' from chilling at my house or running errands.

I also don't log my chores as exercise, I consider that part of life...it's my day to day, but it's not special. I've seen people who are stay at home parents claim they are active, but I'm not one of those parents. ( I also have 3 kids under the age of 6 if that makes a difference)

123nikki123

Lightly Active:)

bdavenport62

I have mine set at sedentary...I spend plenty of time on my rear end throughout the day, even if I am active at random intervals. I certainly never feel like I'm working out b/c I'm cleaning or doing laundry. I guess what I consider active is someone who is not sitting down (like when I used to be a bartender, man my legs were sore at the end of a shift) I don't feel 'sore' from chilling at my house or running errands.

I also don't log my chores as exercise, I consider that part of life...it's my day to day, but it's not special. I've seen people who are stay at home parents claim they are active, but I'm not one of those parents. ( I also have 3 kids under the age of 6 if that makes a difference)

This EXACTLY except I only have one 13 month old.

parakeet

light active:-)

Phatpatty

I put sed. al though I know its more like light active, I rather under-eat than over-eat
and i have a 18month old, 4year and 7year i chase around ..lol

Panda86

i put sedentary.. even though i have a 23 month old and a 3 month old i am constantly toting around i feel like i am not on my feet all day so better safe than sorry...

That's what I figured. I'm "busy," but not "active." There's a difference. Some moms are truly active, but I'm not one of them. So when I do things that get my heart rate up, like vacuuming the whole house or walking to the store, I log it as exercise, but I don't do those things every day.

Same here. Better safe than sorry. Although having it set to light active isn't going to give you that many more calories- You could set it to either of those and still lose I am sure

Lisa1971

thanks I have 3 kids my husband gets up at 4 in the morning most weeks, I get up make his coffe, breakfast, and lunch, get his clothes out, wait till he leaves and then go back to sleep.

My husband would think he died and went to heaven if I were ever getting up at 4am to get his breakfast and lunch ready! :laugh: :laugh:

sarahTV

I have mine set at sedentary...I spend plenty of time on my rear end throughout the day, even if I am active at random intervals. I certainly never feel like I'm working out b/c I'm cleaning or doing laundry. I guess what I consider active is someone who is not sitting down (like when I used to be a bartender, man my legs were sore at the end of a shift) I don't feel 'sore' from chilling at my house or running errands.

I also don't log my chores as exercise, I consider that part of life...it's my day to day, but it's not special. I've seen people who are stay at home parents claim they are active, but I'm not one of those parents. ( I also have 3 kids under the age of 6 if that makes a difference)

This EXACTLY except I only have one 13 month old.

The reason I'm on this site was b/c my life was too sedentary...know what iIm saying??

ashley0616

I'm with a lot of the ladies here. I put sedentary. I am busy all day with a 2 1/2 year old and an 11 month old, but am I active? Not really. We play on the floor a lot. I cook meals. I pick up their toys. On days that we walk, or we do marathon shopping (walking an hour or longer), or I do a heavy cleaning, or I push them on the swings for half an hour I get to log it all as exercise. That stuff gets my heart rate up and I feel like I've been working hard.