What am i??

lcarter25
lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

Not sure if I am sedentary of lightly active.

I have a desk job but I walk for around and hour 5 days a week (i'm not including my gym trips).

Which one would I be?

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  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
    interesting question, i wondered the same thing when i was doing the profile assessment.

    there was a new study btw, that showed the effects of a sedentary lifestyle (particularly those who sit at a desk for 8 hrs/day) regardless of whether they exercised/worked out after work!

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/even-with-exercise-long-periods-spent-sedentary-are-deemed-a-health-risk/2011/07/07/gIQAicwRAI_story.html
  • lisafred24
    lisafred24 Posts: 306 Member
    I am assuming the hour of walking a day is up and down many times a day not an hour straight, correct? If so, that is the same as my job and I put sedentary. If you are walking for an hour straight then I would put lightly active.
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    its 30 min to work 30 min home

    i don't count walking up and down everyday
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I have myself as lightly active even though I have a desk job due to the all my out of work activity.
  • PAnn1
    PAnn1 Posts: 530 Member
    I'd say sedentary (at work). Being active means, to me, getting your heart rate up. I have a desk job, too, but am up and down all day. My body is used to this activity, so it's not a challenge at all. Figure in your gym time where the real workout is happening.
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    Sedentary it is!

    PAnn1 do you eat all your exercise cals?
  • CARNAT22
    CARNAT22 Posts: 764 Member
    Hello,

    Not sure if I am sedentary of lightly active.

    I have a desk job but I walk for around and hour 5 days a week (i'm not including my gym trips).

    Which one would I be?

    I put sedantry but include my daily walking in exercise (as I stick on my trainers to do my walking and try to beat my time etc.. so I do get my heart rate up!)
  • PAnn1
    PAnn1 Posts: 530 Member
    I eat some back, but not all. I can't eat that much! I stick between 1300-1600 with exercise. I know I should eat more, but I workout in the evenings, most of the time, and cannot get much more in. For those that exercise earlier in the day (say mornings), it may be easier to adjust their calories and nutrients. On the weekends I walk early, but then get busy with yard work or house work and sometimes have forgotten to eat lunch or snacks. I have just started using Jillian's Natural Whey Protein pwd. and have that with milk, yogurt and fruit, so I can get my calories up while eating something that's good for me. It's supposed to help replenish some of what you've lost in exercise.
  • VeganGal84
    VeganGal84 Posts: 938 Member
    I have a desk job and work out a lot after work (6 hours a week on average) and put in "sedentary" but always eat most/all of my exercise calories.
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