Question about activity level

EmmaMay3

Hi all,

I have a quick question about entering my activity level into the TDEE calculator.

I walk 25 mins to and from college 5 days a week, a total of 50mins/day of walking. I would be walking pretty briskly, but not quite fast enough to raise my heart rate very high. On top of that, I'm currently doing the 30 day shred five days a week, so a total of 20 mins/day. At the weekend I normally try to go on the exercise bike for 20-30 mins. I take sunday as a rest day.

So, would this level of activity be considered light activity, or moderate? I'm thinking myself that it would be light since the walk in and out of college isn't really strenuous exercise!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Noor13

I would think it is moderate.

heybales

Hi all,

I have a quick question about entering my activity level into the TDEE calculator.

I walk 25 mins to and from college 5 days a week, a total of 50mins/day of walking. I would be walking pretty briskly, but not quite fast enough to raise my heart rate very high. On top of that, I'm currently doing the 30 day shred five days a week, so a total of 20 mins/day. At the weekend I normally try to go on the exercise bike for 20-30 mins. I take sunday as a rest day.

So, would this level of activity be considered light activity, or moderate? I'm thinking myself that it would be light since the walk in and out of college isn't really strenuous exercise!

Thanks in advance for your help.

So 250 min of moderate cardio, 130 min of heavy cardio - 6.33 hrs weekly. Obviously that doesn't mean Very Active if we went by just hrs.

Multiplier of 1.45 times BMR.

In-between levels I'd suggest. Because indeed, walking 50 min is a big difference to 30DS for 20 min. The walking is probably not much above your resting metabolism already, and shouldn't count nearly as much, but it does count towards TDEE estimate.

That estimate came from a TDEE calculator based on study from 1985, not the regular one based on study from 1919.