What is excercise?

alltacht

Hey guys, Im reading up about tdee and trying to get a general idea of calories I should be eating daily. I jog 5km once a week (5k in 35mins) and I walk to work 5 days a week which is 5km in 50mins, where Im on my feet working in a shop. Is that considered active? Would you think thats ligthly active or moderately? Thanks for any help Id appreciate any opinions!

dlwyatt82

You'll probably be closest to accurate by choosing Lightly Active, then separately logging your walks to work and jogging in the exercise diary. If you don't want to log the walking 5 days per week, then bump it up to at least Active.

Whatever you do, stick with it for 3 weeks or so and see how your body starts to react. If you're losing weight too fast (or not fast enough), you can always tweak the targets a bit.

Edit: Remember that you do need to eat more calories than your original target when you're logging exercise, particularly those 5k walks and jogs. They'll add up fast, so make sure you eat enough calories that your "net" number on MFP is close to your target at the end of the day.