Activity Levels for TDEE Calculators

tkbuc
tkbuc Posts: 66 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a desk job and do 30min cardio and 30 min of weights 4xweek. With Scooby and IIFYM what should I set my activity level as?

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  • MasterYour24
    MasterYour24 Posts: 1
    edited January 2015
    I personally always leave that section as "Moderately Active". Why? Because on the days you dont exercise, you wont be eating too many calories that would be factored in from the calculator thinking your are more active. On days that your working out, you might need the extra calories and I would just eat 100-200 extra calories on those, preferably in the Peri-Workout window.
  • tkbuc
    tkbuc Posts: 66 Member
    So would that be "3 Days a week" for IIFYM and "3-5 Hrs/Week Moderate Exercise" for Scooby?
  • tkbuc
    tkbuc Posts: 66 Member
    Bump
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Ah nope, a desk job is lightly active and there is a place in Scooby's where you put how many hours a week you actually exercise.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Analysis paralysis....
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    If you do both cardio and weights in the day 4x a week then you exercise for 4 hrs during the week... then 4x for iifym or 3-5 hrs a week for Scooby.
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