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When to change lifestyle setting

shesellsseayshells
shesellsseayshells Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been going to the gym almost daily for a few weeks and I am a teacher. I only teach part time and am fairly sedentary the rest of the time so I chose "sedentary" for my activity level. I feel comfortable where I am right now, but at what point (if any) should I change that to "lightly active" from sedentary? Or should I just keep logging my exercise and leave it the same?

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  • shesellsseayshells
    shesellsseayshells Posts: 5 Member
    Comfortable not conforms.
    Sorry for typos, navigating new phone.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Your activity level includes everything outside of exercise, which is why it's expected for you to log it. I would stick with sedentary, and if you feel like you're losing more quickly than you'd like, go up to lightly active (but keep logging your workouts).
  • shesellsseayshells
    shesellsseayshells Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Two choices: Either leave it as-is and log your workouts, or custom-set your goals using the TDEE method and don't log your workouts.

    There are pros and cons to each. Do a search on this forum and you'll see lots of posts discussing it.
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