Activity level

Stacyb826
Stacyb826 Posts: 1 Member
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How do I figure out which activity level I should have myself listed at? Whats the difference between lightly active, active, and very active?

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  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    Start at sedentary and monitor your weight loss for a month or two. If it's consistently more than your set weight loss goal, then up your activity level.
    It's difficult to determine activity level because everyone's definition is slightly different.

    It takes a little while to get it right but you can do this.
  • EquineSunshine
    EquineSunshine Posts: 21 Member
    edited December 2015
    Just think about what your day looks like, excluding your actual tracked workouts.
    The way I figure it:
    Sedentary would be sitting all day without any opportunities to go up and down stairs or walk from one area to another.
    Lightly active would be working in an office where you are on a computer a lot, but have to go down the hall to meet with others, get papers off the printer, can park a little way from the door or walk to a bus stop, etc. Active would be running after multiple kids all day, shopping, yard work, etc.
    Very Active would be a job involving physical labor such as construction, landscaping (doing it, not running a landscaping business in an office) or being a bicycle courier.

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