Activity level

phxhiker
phxhiker Posts: 22 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
What's Active mean? Work out 4 days a week for 45 min, is that active? Mostly weightlifting and 10-15 min of cardio 4 days a week.

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  • andysport1
    andysport1 Posts: 592 Member
    Active means all day so your daily job, is it physical, do you walk a lot, do you walk a dog etc.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I think active is based on your day before exercise.

    So going to the gym and lifting weights and treadmills is exercise which you enter separately.

    So how active are you when your not doing a specific exercise.

    Like accountants are likely sedentary with their desk job will nurses are probably active walking about for 8-10 hours.
  • lindsayk324
    lindsayk324 Posts: 54 Member
    Activity settings on TDEE/BMR calculators are pretty notorious for overestimating your daily burn. Most people I know on MFP set their activity level to "sedentary". The trick, then, is to experiment with logging your exercise and eating back some, all, or none of the calories you "earn" from exercise. For example, I'd definitely eat back calories for an 8 hour hike or a 6 mile jog, but not for a 2 mile walk to work or a weightlifting routine.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    You set it based on your normal daily activities at work/home. Exercise is extra that you log afterwards.
  • phxhiker
    phxhiker Posts: 22 Member
    Thanks guys, I was definitely looking at it wrong. Appreciate you guys.
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