Activity Level

seashell99z
seashell99z Posts: 113 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I work a desk job, but my step count is always over 7,000. Is that considered sedentary or lightly active?

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  • kathystrauss1
    kathystrauss1 Posts: 142 Member
    I set my activity as sedentary even though I walk alot at work. I wear a Fitbit and it puts my steps into MFP and I eat those calories back. That way i'm more confident I'm eating the right amount and not too much when I have a lazy day.
  • seashell99z
    seashell99z Posts: 113 Member
    That's a great tip! Thank you.
  • elisabeisme
    elisabeisme Posts: 308 Member
    I've posted this study before:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14715035

    Perhaps you could go with lightly active? but just make sure you don't double count those steps by re-entering them exercise.
  • seashell99z
    seashell99z Posts: 113 Member
    Excellent read!
    I've posted this study before:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14715035

    Perhaps you could go with lightly active? but just make sure you don't double count those steps by re-entering them exercise.
  • xkissmekatex
    xkissmekatex Posts: 4
    Great article! Thank you for reposting this. I walk 10k without trying (busy nurse, long halls), 20k if I walk the dog ( I do except in snow), and 20-26k if I walk for myself. My goal with Jawbone is 20k.

    I also bike to work and add this ONLY in jawbone.....is this correct??? I bike 40 min each way, so 80 min total for the day (I hate to drive!) I don't want to over or under eat. I have a tendency to binge big time if I am under. MFP has helped me figure out this pattern:) but I am am still trying to figure out this activity setting.

    I'm trying to maintain my weight and I wasn't sure what activity level I was. I set it to active because Saturday/Sunday I only walk the dog and hit 10k...no biking either. Is this right? Active? Getting better with the binge eating but maybe I need to up my activity? I hate changing my level to slightly active for Saturday and Sunday because it looks like I overrate the rest of the week. Is there a way to lock it the day without change the week and my entire past history?
    I've posted this study before:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14715035

    Perhaps you could go with lightly active? but just make sure you don't double count those steps by re-entering them exercise.

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