How should I rank my activity level?

kbrokop
kbrokop Posts: 5 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I am a grad student so I spend quite a bit of time sitting and studying. However I do have to walk about half a mile every day from the parking lot to my classes and I end up walking around campus between buildings a lot, carrying my heavy 20lb book bag the entire way. In total I’ll spend about 40-50cumulative minutes walking around campus on a daily basis. But the rest of the time is, unfortunately, spent sitting at a desk.
I never log those calories as exercise, but I do spend quite a bit of my life studying. Would I be better off as sedentary or lightly active.
Thanks for the advice!

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  • kbrokop
    kbrokop Posts: 5 Member
    I should also mention that I work a very part time job, about 8 hours a week, in a busy cafe, which I also never count as exercise as it is my job, but I’m on my feet making sandwiches and a break neck pace. (We do 100 orders an hour some days so it gets crazy). Would that factor in to my activity level?
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    If you're not counting these as exercise, then lightly active is likely a good start. Everything factors into your activity level. If after a couple of months you find yourself averaging a faster loss than expected, then maybe setting yourself to active would be something to consider. Don't stress too much about. You can always re-evaluate if you're losing too fast/too slow.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    1 notch lower than whatever you think it should be. That's usually a good place to start, the re-evaluate after a couple of months based on how you're progressing.

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