Not sure what to set activity level at?

miss_sarcastic

I currently have mine set at Lightly Active. I'm a full-time student and work part-time just 12-15 hours a week. When I work, I'm sitting down for about 85% of it (I work in a pathology lab).

When I'm on campus, I walk...a lot. My campus (Texas A&M) is one of the largest in the country, and can take sometimes 20 minutes to walk from one class to the next, at a good, moderate pace (with like a 20 pound backpack lol).

I generally have worked out 3-5 days a week, about 45-60min each time. Tomorrow I'm starting the 30DS, though, while (hoping) to still attend some of my spinning classes at the campus Rec center.

I ask this because I think that my allotted 1320cals may not be enough. The problem isn't with me wanting to overeat or constantly being hungry. I could eat less, easily. It's hard for me to actually eat all my calories. Jokingly, sometimes I think there's something wrong with my hypothalamus because there are many times I can go a long time without food and don't "feel" hungry. I used to set alarms on my phone every 3 hours and would eat something small. Now, I do it out of habit. I just don't feel like I NEED to eat most of the time.

I try my best to stick as close as possible to the 1320 (generally end up about 100 left to eat at the end of the day).

So...should I keep it at lightly active, or change it?

I'm 5'5.5" and 207.

Thanks!

InvictusPheonix

i was in the same awkward activity level group (the college student group) i put lightly active.
That's really weird about not feeling hungry... i'd definitely go to a doc if i were you- could be WHAT you eat, but it might be something more.

kevin3344

My sister-in-law had the same issue. You can go Custom but she eventually left hers as one of the defaults.

One good thing is MFP will add your exercise calories back, so if you're daily allotment is 1320 and you burn 300 calories of exercise, it will change to 1,620.

I would gauge it for a while and tweak to your own particular needs.

Michelle9939

I don't think you are eating enough. Your BMR is actually 1759. So you need to be eating at least that.

I used this website to figure up your BMR:
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/