Sedentary or Lightly Active- in the settings

lin7604
lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
ok, i have been reading tons of posts on min calories, etc... now this whole thing kinda has confused me greatly since day 1 of trying to loose weight back mid nov. My question to all of you experts is when doing your settings, how do you refer to lightly active? is that working out 3 or 5 times a week, 30 min or more? etc... i'm just trying to see if i have had my setting correct the last few months, things have grealty chnaged with me currently, so i think i am more on the ball now but if i go back to exercising more again, i want to know where the "drawing line" is and when to up it to lightly active vs sedentary.. thx

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  • swilk627
    swilk627 Posts: 245 Member
    My understanding is that intentional exercise does not count toward your activity level. I have mine set as sedentary ---- I work a desk job and rarely get up from my computer. And I love nothing more than to be a couch potato in the evenings. But, I exercise 6 days a week.
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    ok thanks, that is what was confusing me. my job varies from day to day, some days you are moving more and others not much as i work with infants. In the summer i take them for 45 min walks, etc. I was doing 5-7 days of exercise 45-60min... and now it's gone down. 3 if i'm lucky 5 times and 30 min each time. so i wasn't sure if i get my motivation back up and start doing more, if i needed to change it. plus when summer comes and i'm out moving more if i should change it or just leave it the same?
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    Change it when you start going out more!

    I put sedentary - I work with children at home and I spend most of the day playing on the floor with them. I log EVERYTHING from our afternoon dance, working out, etc into exercise.
  • garnet1483
    garnet1483 Posts: 249 Member
    My understanding is that intentional exercise does not count toward your activity level. I have mine set as sedentary ---- I work a desk job and rarely get up from my computer. And I love nothing more than to be a couch potato in the evenings. But, I exercise 6 days a week.

    This is how I understand it, and how I approach it, too. Your activity level isn't really referring to your workouts, but rather how much you move around outside of working out. If you work on your feet, or have kids, you'd probably be light or moderate. If you work in construction or teach aerobics or something along those lines, you'd be very active. At the same time, if you log those activities as exercise, you should reduce your activity level.
  • nallbaby10
    nallbaby10 Posts: 86 Member
    Change it when you start going out more!

    I put sedentary - I work with children at home and I spend most of the day playing on the floor with them. I log EVERYTHING from our afternoon dance, working out, etc into exercise.


    ^^^^SAME^^^^
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    got it! thanks!!!!! i will keep it the same, just because mine changes from day to day and i will just log other " activity" as exercise.
  • raisingbabyk
    raisingbabyk Posts: 408 Member
    I wouldn't base it on exercise, but rather your daily activity. I am a new mom and when my baby was really little and I wasn't super active I had it set to sedentary. Now that he is 10.5 months and I am on the go all day I have changed it. I noticed between him and keeping up with the house I was literally not sitting down until after he went to bed. I log exercise whenever I do it.
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    See that is what gets me confused as one day is so different to the next with me. I don't want to be changing my settings daily. Like yesterday I didn' t move much but today I am completely on the go. I want to make it the easiest I can so I stop getting discouraged with this weight loss, as it has been going so slow as it is.
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