What should I set my activity level as

determined2lose89

I'm a bit confused. Right now I have it set as "lightly active" A bit about my lifestyle:

-I take the bus to work and walk to/from the bus stop (about 10 mins total per day) I always stand on the bus.
-I do work an office job Tuesday-Friday, 9-5. However, I don't just sit on my butt all day. I get up and walk around the office or to the back shop (it's a shop/office) to get stuff, etc.
-Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays I don't work but spend running errands or cleaning
-I log all my exercise.

Should it be lightly active or sedentary (I thought sedentary was for real couch potatoes that pretty much sit from when they get up to when they go to bed)?

Thanks everyone.

carrie_eggo

That sounds "lightly active" to me.

I always err on the side of caution and use sedentary though. That's just me....

tigerblue

I use sedentary, and then carefully log all activities.

NoAdditives

I'd go with sedentary. I'm a stay at home mom and I'm up cleaning, cooking, changing diapers, etc. all day long so I set myself at lightly active.

Bellyroll

Light activity.Light activity, sedentary is if you sit at your desk all day. For example a call center. they sit down and take calls. No standing or walking really.

mkallie

I'm a bit confused. Right now I have it set as "lightly active" A bit about my lifestyle:

-I take the bus to work and walk to/from the bus stop (about 10 mins total per day) I always stand on the bus.
-I do work an office job Tuesday-Friday, 9-5. However, I don't just sit on my butt all day. I get up and walk around the office or to the back shop (it's a shop/office) to get stuff, etc.
-Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays I don't work but spend running errands or cleaning
-I log all my exercise.

Should it be lightly active or sedentary (I thought sedentary was for real couch potatoes that pretty much sit from when they get up to when they go to bed)?

Thanks everyone.

Yeah, I've grumped about this in the past too and always opt for sedentary (and a pedometer). It seems to be working for me so far, and at least it errs on the side of caution. I did have to decrease my anticipated weight loss per week though because I was hungry all the time, and I definitely am losing faster than predicted. So, you can probably get away with either.

Pebble321

I have a similar schedule - I walk to the bus/train each day and have a varying level of activity in my work day.
I was originally set as sedentary but I initially lost weight faster than I thought so changed it to lightly active and that has worked well for me.

The best thing to do is to pick one and try it out. If you find you aren't losing weight as you expect when you set it at lightly active then you could change it to sedentary.