changing activity levels

springseternal
springseternal Posts: 245 Member
edited October 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I work as a housekeeper and in childcare, and walk or bike to all my jobs depending on weather. My hours can be flexible, but generally I'm doing 3-5 hour solid blocks of heavy cleaning 3-4 times per week, and how active I am with the kids often depends on the weather outside, so I figured my calorie goals based on light activity levels. (I also picked this because on my off days, I tend to be a "watch movies and read" kind of person and thought it'd balance out). I have recently taken on another job that is going to 2-3 hours of cleaning, plus half hour of walking, to my day, and it's going to be seven days a week for the foreseeable future. With the addition of the extra 14-21 hours of activity a day (early morning, when I would otherwise be still sleeping), I'm wondering if I should refigure my calorie goals for a higher activity level at this point.

Any advice is appreciated!

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Unless you see your weight loss increasing to an unreasonable amount I'd leave it alone. Our bodies tend to become accustomed to things we do every day and don't require a lot of energy to do them.
  • testease
    testease Posts: 220
    if you start to feel run down and tired 24/7. Add 100 calories or so to your diet, keep that for a few weeks see if it helps, if not add another 100, untill you start to feel better and your weightloss is still going.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Unless you see your weight loss increasing to an unreasonable amount I'd leave it alone. Our bodies tend to become accustomed to things we do every day and don't require a lot of energy to do them.
  • arussek
    arussek Posts: 2 Member
    You sound pretty active to me! I'm wondering if you're logging in all your walks and biking as exercise? Some would consider housework exercise as well. Rather than change your activity level (to accommodate your want to veg once in a while) - add calories via logging your exercise.
  • cecsav1
    cecsav1 Posts: 714 Member
    14 - 21 a week, right? Not per day...

    If you have MapMyFitness or a Fitbit, you can measure that way and track accordingly.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    arussek wrote: »
    You sound pretty active to me! I'm wondering if you're logging in all your walks and biking as exercise? Some would consider housework exercise as well. Rather than change your activity level (to accommodate your want to veg once in a while) - add calories via logging your exercise.

    1. This post is four years old
    2. Housework is included in your activity level
  • vczK2t
    vczK2t Posts: 309 Member
    IMHO, lightly active is not correct for you. even if you don't do anything on your off days (which don't seem to be many), you are still VERY active on the days you work. i would up the activity level.
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