Activity level

northerngirl09
northerngirl09 Posts: 14 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Can anyone advise me on how I should set my activity level om MFP? I currently have it as lightly active but I'm not sure if I've under-estimated that.

I'm an occupational therapist in a major hospital (UK based) specialising in amputees. I work on 5 different wards over 3 hospital floors but am a team leader so can spend proportions of the day sat on a computer. I walk approx 2k a day just to get to and from work and have a 5 year old to run around after!

I do body combat x2 a week and a mix of cardio/lifting in the gym x3 weekly. At weekends we are often out and about - park, shopping etc.

MFP has set my calories at 1250 (I'm 5' tall, weigh 140 lbs and am looking to lose another 10 lbs - have already lost 24lbs through SW). Most days I eat back most of my exercise gained cals and on the 2 days I don't officially exercise, I struggle to stay at 1250 - although it does seem to even out weekly.

Does this seem right?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Look at your weight loss over the next month. If it goes quicker than you expect, then jump to moderately active.
  • northerngirl09
    northerngirl09 Posts: 14 Member
    Thank you. I've lost 4lbs in 28 days which I thought was ok - not too excessive.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Remember that exercise isn't part of your activity setting.

    At least lightly active setting but agree with going by actual results - that way any logging inaccuracies get taken into account. You can manually adjust your calorie goal to fine tune things rather than playing with settings.
  • northerngirl09
    northerngirl09 Posts: 14 Member
    Don't worry, I was aware exercise wasn't included when I set it, which is why I put lightly active. I'll see how it goes for the next month.

    It was more that I keep reading that 1200 is the absolute minimum I should eat and therefore 1250 seemed low? I wondered if adjusting my activity setting would change that. I am small though, which I guess would account for the smaller calories needed? Plus looking at my weekly report, I am pretty even which I also read it better than checking daily.
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