Living in a city and walking

Sparksfly

Hello all!

I live in Washington D.C. and I take public transportation to work everyday to a desk job. If I have after work activities I do take public transportation but usually end up having to walk to my ultimate destination.

I wouldn't really know how to log all of this or if I even should considering walking to and from the train to my office is around 12 minutes each way (4+ city blocks).

I rarely drive and walk most places but I am listed as sedentary lifestyle because of my job.

Anyone else live in a city? How do you log exercise?

Sparksfly

I just don't know if I qualify for the next step up lifestyle wise. If I am truly sedentary or not...

Phera

When I lived in San Francisco, I walked everywhere and would consider it mildly active. Here in L.A., I drive everywhere and it's definitely sedentary. I think if you feel your heart rate go up a bit when you walk, then consider it mildly active. Maybe a pedometer would help you to determine how active you are.

lotusfromthemud

I'm a city dweller, do not own a car, and I set my activity level at whatever one above sedentary is. (lightly active, I think)

I wore a pedometer one day, and had walked four miles by lunchtime. (I also lecture and pace while I do that, but I think five miles a day is probably a normal day for me.)

You might want to get an inexpensive pedometer and check to be sure. But all those walking to the bus stop, up/down the stairs at the subway, etc. . .do add up.

Alternately, you could set it at sedentary and log however many minutes of walking you do, which would allow you to adjust for any non-commute days.:flowerforyou:

sevenfourshoreline

I live in NYC and bike everywhere. I don't count walking to/from bars, around the park, etc. as exercise, just biking

ecrb77

I recommend getting a pedometer just so you know how much is average for you. Then try to go above your average! Good luck!