Activity Level vs. Logging Exercise

lacignadiballetto
lacignadiballetto Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Yo. Still confused about this after doing research. So, I am a professional dancer. I chose high level of activity. What do I log though? Because this can and does change daily and from week to week. Depending on shows, auditions, and rehearsals. On a week where I'm not working because I'm between projects, I would likely go to at least one 90 minute class every day Monday through Friday. But, if I just got finished with a really intense project I might take a week off of class. So I could have a week with a few 12 hour rehearsal days, a week with nothing, a week with just classes, a week with classes and running... Thus far I've been logging all activity. Not cleaning or cooking or anything. Just the dancing, running, etc. I haven't even thought to add the 30 minute walk it takes to get to the studio, should I be logging that? Thanks for listening to my word vomit. All help is appreciated.

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  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    edited February 2015
    This is probably a case when there is no replacement for YOUR long-term data. That is, try one thing for a couple of months and see what the result is. Try two months set at a high activity level and don't log in exercise (running, dance); see how the intense weeks and rest weeks eating the same balance out in terms of what you want your weight to do (lose, gain) and whether you feel physically like you're eating enough. Then try two months at a lower activity level, logging your dancing and running. See what it looks like long-term.

    Me: I sit on my butt for a living. I use my bike/walk commute to bump my activity level from sedentary to lightly active, because I am pretty small and the sedentary calorie target is just too #*$(@ depressing. I do work out and add back in (log) calories I gain from that. Setting a high activity level and eating the same thing every day regardless of whether I worked out does not work for me. It makes me obsess over getting in exercise whether or not it is healthy for my body to push itself hard that day, and in fact pushes me to "cheat" and work out more to 'beat the system.' For *me*, that is unhealthy and long-term unsustainable.

    I've got just a little more weight to lose. My method has proven successful for me, both physically (weight loss, not going to bed starving or feeling faint during/after workout) and mentally (not obsessing over workouts or calories). :)
  • shabaity
    shabaity Posts: 792 Member
    I go with active mostly because it's a pain to log waitressing and I've added in the walking at school during the day and an mma class.
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