Activity level question

JessicaWhosit
JessicaWhosit Posts: 38
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi!

I've got a bit of a question for you guys. When I started logging again I set my activity level to sedentary because well...I was sedentary. Aside from exercising I've got a very relaxed laid back life right now. I'm on break from university so really I stay at home and clean and play video games with my husband.

I weigh about 270 and I've begun walking 2-5 miles a day lately. Should I change my activity level to account for this? I'm a little confused.

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  • JessicaWhosit
    JessicaWhosit Posts: 38
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  • Captain_Wobbles
    Captain_Wobbles Posts: 240 Member
    you can figure out where to set it at by using an online TDEE calculator. You input your weight height and gender then move dials to fill in what you do during an average 24 hour period. *such as time spent standing, walking, exercising , etc* then it will give you your tdee which you will take and divide by your BMR to get your PAL. The PAL will help determine what your activity level is, for example a TDEE of about 1900 divided by a BMR of 1192 would be 1.5ish, or in this example sedentary.
    some baseline values that can help taken from the PAL wiki
    Extremely inactive "Cerebral Palsy patient" <1.40
    Sedentary "Office worker getting little or no exercise" 1.40-1.69
    Moderately active "Construction worker or person running one hour daily" 1.70-1.99
    Vigorously active "Agricultural worker (non mechanized) or person swimming two hours daily" 2.00-2.40
    Extremely active "Competitive cyclist" >2.40

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