Sedentary or lightly active?

Mitchlou84

Well I track all my food and exercise everyday which is great. I automatically put sedentary as I do a desk job, however I’m far less sedentary than I was when I lived in the UK and owned a car each so I’m wondering.

Before I used to go, home, car on drive, work car park, desk then reverse! Now I have to walk 400m to the tram stop every morning, then around the same at the other end to get to the office. So that’s 1.6km a day of getting to and from work. I also walk about 1km on the days I go to the gym on a lunchtime, and the same to get to the gym on the weekends. I’m not saying this is far, it feels like nothing I must say. We also have to walk to and from the supermarket with all the bags etc, walk to tram stops whenever we’re going out rather than just jumping in the car.

I’m not eating back all of my exercise calories as I worry about over estimating those and underestimating my portion sizes, so I guess I want to make sure I’m eating enough.

So would you say I’m sedentary or lightly active?

Thanks

babyblake11

lightly active

Pebble321

That sounds similar to me - walks to the bus/train at each end of the day plus extra walking for work or on the weekends.
I would call that lightly active, and it's much easier to log because then you only need to log actual extra exercise at the gym etc. (Although I do log extra walks that I don't usually do if they are 25 mins or more).

Mitchlou84

Oooh thanks! Might get an extra couple of hundred calories! I've not been logging that walking! Will look at changing it!

Helice

i wouldnt put sedentary if i had a job..
i have chosen sedentary, because on a day to day basis i literally dont move..
i will go from my bed to the kitchen, and back. And i will go from my bed to the loo, and back..
And thats it..

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

We are in the same situation. For what it seems, you can put lightly active however do not count your walking in your exercise diary. I consider myself lightly active because although I work on desk job but I always walk more than 1km everyday from office to the bus station, I always climb 3 floors using the stairs and not elevator or escalator, I clean my room and bathroom when I get home and also I walk during my break time. I exercise 6 days a week and already gained good amount of muscles. However I do not log those under my exercise diary.

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

We are in the same situation. For what it seems, you can put lightly active however do not count your walking in your exercise diary. I consider myself lightly active because although I work on desk job but I always walk more than 1km everyday from office to the bus station, I always climb 3 floors using the stairs and not elevator or escalator, I clean my room and bathroom when I get home and also I walk during my break time. I exercise 6 days a week and already gained good amount of muscles. However I do not log those under my exercise diary.

change_happens

Well I track all my food and exercise everyday which is great. I automatically put sedentary as I do a desk job, however I’m far less sedentary than I was when I lived in the UK and owned a car each so I’m wondering.

Before I used to go, home, car on drive, work car park, desk then reverse! Now I have to walk 400m to the tram stop every morning, then around the same at the other end to get to the office. So that’s 1.6km a day of getting to and from work. I also walk about 1km on the days I go to the gym on a lunchtime, and the same to get to the gym on the weekends. I’m not saying this is far, it feels like nothing I must say. We also have to walk to and from the supermarket with all the bags etc, walk to tram stops whenever we’re going out rather than just jumping in the car.

I’m not eating back all of my exercise calories as I worry about over estimating those and underestimating my portion sizes, so I guess I want to make sure I’m eating enough.

So would you say I’m sedentary or lightly active?

Thanks

Sedentary = Little or no exercise
Lightly Active = Light exercise (1 to 3 days a week)
Moderately Active = Moderate exercise (3 to 5 days a week)
Very Active = Hard exercise (6 to 7 days a week)
Extremely Active = hard daily exercise and/or a physical job

Mitchlou84

Well I track all my food and exercise everyday which is great. I automatically put sedentary as I do a desk job, however I’m far less sedentary than I was when I lived in the UK and owned a car each so I’m wondering.

Before I used to go, home, car on drive, work car park, desk then reverse! Now I have to walk 400m to the tram stop every morning, then around the same at the other end to get to the office. So that’s 1.6km a day of getting to and from work. I also walk about 1km on the days I go to the gym on a lunchtime, and the same to get to the gym on the weekends. I’m not saying this is far, it feels like nothing I must say. We also have to walk to and from the supermarket with all the bags etc, walk to tram stops whenever we’re going out rather than just jumping in the car.

I’m not eating back all of my exercise calories as I worry about over estimating those and underestimating my portion sizes, so I guess I want to make sure I’m eating enough.

So would you say I’m sedentary or lightly active?

Thanks

Sedentary = Little or no exercise
Lightly Active = Light exercise (1 to 3 days a week)
Moderately Active = Moderate exercise (3 to 5 days a week)
Very Active = Hard exercise (6 to 7 days a week)
Extremely Active = hard daily exercise and/or a physical job

I understand this thankyou. But wasn't sure if my walking constituted light exercise. I walk at least 2km every day which I never log but not sure this is enough

Mitchlou84

We are in the same situation. For what it seems, you can put lightly active however do not count your walking in your exercise diary. I consider myself lightly active because although I work on desk job but I always walk more than 1km everyday from office to the bus station, I always climb 3 floors using the stairs and not elevator or escalator, I clean my room and bathroom when I get home and also I walk during my break time. I exercise 6 days a week and already gained good amount of muscles. However I do not log those under my exercise diary.

So you don't log any of your exercise?

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

We are in the same situation. For what it seems, you can put lightly active however do not count your walking in your exercise diary. I consider myself lightly active because although I work on desk job but I always walk more than 1km everyday from office to the bus station, I always climb 3 floors using the stairs and not elevator or escalator, I clean my room and bathroom when I get home and also I walk during my break time. I exercise 6 days a week and already gained good amount of muscles. However I do not log those under my exercise diary.

So you don't log any of your exercise?

I only log my actual workouts and strength training or when I do any sports but not my other activities except when I do extra chores like general cleaning my house for 2 hours which does not count on my normal activities.

significance

I'd say sedentary, because those really are short distances and the walking probably isn't getting your heart rate up much, or for long. I doubt it's enough to bring you up a category. The good news is that you do get to log every little bit of exercise when you're down as sedentary.

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

Well I track all my food and exercise everyday which is great. I automatically put sedentary as I do a desk job, however I’m far less sedentary than I was when I lived in the UK and owned a car each so I’m wondering.

Before I used to go, home, car on drive, work car park, desk then reverse! Now I have to walk 400m to the tram stop every morning, then around the same at the other end to get to the office. So that’s 1.6km a day of getting to and from work. I also walk about 1km on the days I go to the gym on a lunchtime, and the same to get to the gym on the weekends. I’m not saying this is far, it feels like nothing I must say. We also have to walk to and from the supermarket with all the bags etc, walk to tram stops whenever we’re going out rather than just jumping in the car.

I’m not eating back all of my exercise calories as I worry about over estimating those and underestimating my portion sizes, so I guess I want to make sure I’m eating enough.

So would you say I’m sedentary or lightly active?

Thanks

Sedentary = Little or no exercise
Lightly Active = Light exercise (1 to 3 days a week)
Moderately Active = Moderate exercise (3 to 5 days a week)
Very Active = Hard exercise (6 to 7 days a week)
Extremely Active = hard daily exercise and/or a physical job

ohh? that means to say I should be in the very active and not just lightly active. no wonder I still keep on losing weight even if I'm actually just maintaining my weight.

kyle4jem

I'd say sedentary, because those really are short distances and the walking probably isn't getting your heart rate up much, or for long. I doubt it's enough to bring you up a category. The good news is that you do get to log every little bit of exercise when you're down as sedentary.

I'm with significance on this one.

I don't log any activity that forms part of my "usual" day-to-day activity and as I have a desk job where I'm at a PC 7-9rs a day then that is a sedentary. However, if I walk where I'd normally take the bus, then I do count that as exercise as I tend to walk at a fairly brisk waddle. :laugh:

I like to track what exercise I am now undertaking - not fussed about eating back those calories, but it's good to have an idea of how becoming more active is improving my well being.

At some point when exercise becomes a natural part of my daily life, then I might change my status to lightly-active