As a teacher....

mickeyluvchocolat
mickeyluvchocolat Posts: 101
edited December 17 in Motivation and Support
Do I put sedentary or lightly active?

I spend about 5h hours standing up or walking in the class or writting on the black board....

Thanks :)

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  • geezer99
    geezer99 Posts: 92
    The point is to find what calorie intake level works for you. Try sedentary and see how the weight loss goes. If you feel too starved you can always try more active. But if you start active and have to cut back you are more likely to feel deprived
  • cbeutler
    cbeutler Posts: 667 Member
    You might want to put sedentary then wear a fitbit.
  • momofJandA
    momofJandA Posts: 1,035 Member
    sedentary- its not like we're walking all day at our job- standing still doesn't burn calories
  • bkweibel
    bkweibel Posts: 77
    I have mine as lightly active. I teach 6th grade and am constantly on the go. Granted, some days are less active than others, but I wear a fitbit to log my walking calories burned. I also have a pretty big school, so going from place to place is quite the walk, and I have outside recess duty every other day.
  • yesthistime
    yesthistime Posts: 2,051 Member
    I'd put sedentary, because I'd rather underestimate than overestimate my activity level.
  • dicoveringwhoIam
    dicoveringwhoIam Posts: 480 Member
    If you are overweight you do burn more calories while standing than a fit person..

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  • nwhitley
    nwhitley Posts: 619
    I teach 5th and I said lightly active b/c I rarely sit down. Wish I could sit down some! I am constantly moving from group to group or up and down to the SmartBoard, walking around at recess, up and down the halls for the restroom break, back and forth at the end of the day walking the students to the buses. My room is far from the cafeteria and front office. Plus, at the beginning of recess all students must walk one lap around the outside track before playing.
  • Animalprincess
    Animalprincess Posts: 4
    actually standing can burn up to 200 calories an hour...........
  • Animalprincess
    Animalprincess Posts: 4
    sedentary- its not like we're walking all day at our job- standing still doesn't burn calories

    ACTUALLY STANDING BURNS UP TO 200 CALORIES AN HR!
  • ler2665
    ler2665 Posts: 22 Member
    I had mine at lightly active but moved it down to sedentary a couple of weeks ago after hitting a plateau. I teach at a very small school so I don't do as much walking. I am probably standing for about 1/2 the day.
  • mickeyluvchocolat
    mickeyluvchocolat Posts: 101
    Thank you, that's what I did, I put sedentary at first so i'll stay there :)
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