Am I at the right level?

aspiringlawyer
aspiringlawyer Posts: 4
in Fitness and Exercise
I am new to this site, and don't know which activity level to put myself at.

I work 5 days per week - 2 of them 8 hours, 3 of them 4 hours. I am always on my feet either standing there, or running around like headless chicken. When I'm not at work I don't really do much - am I sedentary?

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  • healthytanya1
    healthytanya1 Posts: 198 Member
    I have the exact same schedule (waitress) and I consider myself lightly active. In the summer when I actually get outside and do physical activities other than work. Then I'm probably at a moderate activity level.
  • healthytanya1
    healthytanya1 Posts: 198 Member
    Sedentary is for people that sit all day at work and while they are at home.
  • aspiringlawyer
    aspiringlawyer Posts: 4
    Those are my basic hours, quite often I do overtime as well. Should I put myself as lightly active? That gives me 1800 calories per day, which I think might be too much? Sedentary gives me 1550.
  • mndamon
    mndamon Posts: 549 Member
    I work at a desk 90% of my day, I consider that sedentary. I think lightly active is probably correct.

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