Help w/ choosing level of activity

SultanAlush

hi, its my first day here and im having a difficulty choosing whether im am "sedentary" or "lightly active"
im first year in medicine school:
- i spend an average of 40-60 minutes daily on my bicycle, high speed, high gear usually
- i spend 4-6 hours studying in front of my laptop during weekdays, and up to 10 hours on the weekend.
- i hit the gym 3 times a weeks, around 1:10 weight lifting, 10 minutes on the treadmill prior, and then 15 minutes in the Sauna.
- other than the 3 times i usually manage to squeeze 30 minutes of swimming every 3 days.

id really appreciate any replies

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

Pick sedentary and log your exercise

SultanAlush

thanks for the reply,
if i log my weight lifting exercises does it give me how much calories each workout burns?

Bamacraft

Pick sedentary and log your exercise

This ^. You will have to add weight lifting as a cardiovascular exercise for it to count cals. I think its weight lifting general or if you prefer to do circuits. its in there too.

SultanAlush

lets say that it says that burn 300 calories each workout, so does that mean i have to eat 300 calories more on the day of the workout\?
thanks

bizco

thanks for the reply,
if i log my weight lifting exercises does it give me how much calories each workout burns?

Log it under the "cardio" section and select "strength training" from the look-up database. You record how many minutes you lifted.

SultanAlush

so does it mean i have to eat -the number of calories it gives me- more on the day of the workout\?
thanks

bizco

lets say that it says that burn 300 calories each workout, so does that mean i have to eat 300 calories more on the day of the workout\?
thanks

Yes, exactly. You need to eat back your extra earned calories to maintain the same calorie deficit.

MFP includes a calorie deficit every day, so on days you exercise, you need to log the exercise and eat back all (or most) of your exercise calories. MFP will keep track so you don't have to manually calculate anything.

SultanAlush

ok thank you very much