Is there a way to have multiple goals/life styles in MFP?

crysofmyk

I don't really know what to do about setting up the goals etc. Right now I have it on the sedentary lifestyle, even though that's not 100% accurate. Yes, I have a desk job. But I only work 4 days a week. The other 3 days, and after work on those 4 days I'm on my feet. I have a 2 1/2 year old boy who's SUPER active, and between chasing and playing with him and keeping up on all the household chores on the weekend, by the time Monday rolls around each week I'm happy to go sit at my desk because my feet ache from being on them for 3 days straight. Should I up it to the second lowest? But that one gives an example of nurses...they are on their feet ALL the time, so that doesn't seem right either. Then there's the workouts. Seems like there should be a few of these spots. 5-6 days a week I plan (and have been) doing 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer, and then 3 days a week I add Pilates for 30 min., and a walk every evening of 30 minutes. How can I even put that into the way MFP has it set up? I'm very goal oriented so if I have it all set up in a way where I can see possible goals and then actually meet them I'll be more likely to stay on track. Anyone else having these problems?

photorific

If you log each of these things as "exercise", it will increase your goals for the corresponding day(s).

cskalaj

It seems like someone asks this question every day, so I'll copy and paste my response from yesterday...which I copied and pasted from a few weeks ago, too

I was curious about this, too, so I played around with it and there is a less than 500 calorie difference for "calories burned from normal daily activity" for me (5'6 female) between if I put "sedentary" and "highly active" lifestyle. Furthermore, since I don't have SO much to lose, even though I put that I want to lose 2 pounds per week, the maximum it will let me lose with a sedentary lifestyle is 1.4 pounds per week because they never want you to go under 1,200 calories (which is healthy) so even if I said I was a "highly active" lifestyle and still said I wanted to lose 2 pounds per week, they only gave me like an extra 150 calories per day if I didn't exercise. So all I'm saying is that unless you have a lot to lose, the difference between "light" and "active" won't really do a lot except give you maybe an extra 50 calories per day.