What should I set as my activity level?

alexandrabjork388
alexandrabjork388 Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I don't have a job that requires any activity but I walk a minimum of 7km at 3km/h every day (which is roughly 10k steps), though usually more (like 10-15km), while on my walkingpad. I don't want to be logging my exercise manually and would rather just set the activity level. My goal is to maintain my weight.

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,918 Member
    Set it to, "Active," if you don't want to log your steps as exercise.

    I have a similar pattern and that's what works for me.

    That will account for your regular daily steps. Don't log those steps after.

    Then in 4-6 weeks adjust if your weight isn't doing what your Goals say it should be doing.

  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,550 Member
    Some of us don’t use an activity level and just set our calorie goal manually. This works well if you use a TDEE approach and not the eating back exercise calories approach. As mentioned above, whatever you decide, review progress or lack of it after a month or so and adjust things around if necessary
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 15,771 Member
    10k steps each and every day not logged separately corresponds to the activity level of active.

    Review based on expected vs actual weight trend and adjust if needed

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