THE CALORIES (EXPLAIN THIS PLEASE)

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theellarallos
theellarallos Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What is the difference between sedentary and lighly active?

Am i so confused with these two. What are the difference with these two? (Activities)

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  • Palmeralex
    Palmeralex Posts: 40 Member
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    Sedentary is where you don't move at all. Lightly active is where you move around a bit!
  • kingjabou
    kingjabou Posts: 48 Member
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    Sedentary : Little or no exercise. This level is for someone who does not or cannot incorporate exercise into their daily life (e.g. drives rather than walks, takes the lift rather than the stairs, has a desk job or restricted mobility).

    Lightly active : Light exercise or sports 1-3 days per week. This level would include people who incorporate walking and activity into their day to day activities but do not have an exercise regime at such or exercise or play sports fewer than three times a week.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    Remember on MFP it's nothing to do with intentional exercise.

    Just a very general reflection of how much activity is in your lifestyle and job.

    As (from your other posts) you seem to be struggling to keep your weight on go for the higher level or simply keep increasing your calorie goal by custom setting it.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    What Sijomial said.....for MFP purposes this is just about your job. You log exercise separately.

    <5000 steps/day may be used as a sedentary lifestyle
    5000-7499 steps/day is typical of daily activity might be considered low active
    7500-9999 likely includes some volitional activities considered somewhat active
    10,000 steps/day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as active
    >12500 steps/day are likely to be classified as highly active

  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
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    If you do things like clean your house, go shopping without a motorized cart, walk the dog, you are probably at least lightly active. To be sedentary every day you'd need to basically sit ALL day. I suggest selecting at least lightly active.

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