General Activity

Ashleypeterson37

When answering the questions MPF asked when first starting out, I chose Sedentary for my activity level. I am a stay at home mommy and pretty much do housework all day with plenty of time to sit down and rest if needed. I'm also a college student only taking online classes (Army wife so it's hard to go to on campus schools) so I'm on my butt typing away most days. BUT, I workout 5-6 days a week since I started MFP.

I guess my question is, since I workout 5-6 times a week, am I considered Sedentary?

deeharley

I've left mine as sedentary and added my workouts. I guess you could increase your general activity level and not log your workouts. It seems to me either way would work.

getsveltEagain

I've left mine as sedentary and added my workouts. I guess you could increase your general activity level and not log your workouts. It seems to me either way would work.

I agree with this

Atlantique

When answering the questions MPF asked when first starting out, I chose Sedentary for my activity level. I am a stay at home mommy and pretty much do housework all day with plenty of time to sit down and rest if needed. I'm also a college student only taking online classes (Army wife so it's hard to go to on campus schools) so I'm on my butt typing away most days. BUT, I workout 5-6 days a week since I started MFP.

I guess my question is, since I workout 5-6 times a week, am I considered Sedentary?

Your Activity Level is meant to represent your normal 8-5 workday ONLY. That's why you have to log your exercise.

If you are a SAHM with young children that you're playing with, chasing and doing lots of housework and laundry, I'd set your Activity Level to "Lightly Active". If you're a SAHM with kids at school all day and you're at home doing your online courses, I'd leave it at "Sedentary".

Then log your workouts as you perform them.

luvgreen25

Personally, I would keep it as sedentary and then just track your workouts as exercise.

fteale

Mine is set on sedentary and I add active workouts, but I don't add things like housework and shopping and all the walking around I do all day after the children. I probably should be more like lightly active, but I prefer to be able to log everything I want than to inadvertently go over because I was having a lazy day.