Sedentary, Lightly Active, Active, etc...Which do I choose?
slara75
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When setting up my profile which do I choose? I have an office job for 8 hours per day and plan to workout 3-5 days per week. I sit most of the day....do I choose sedentary or lightly active because I plan to workout? Please help
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Choose sedentary. When you log your workouts, it will give you extra calories. If you figure your exercise into your activity level, it would be like counting your exercise twice.0
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Choose sedentary. When you log your workouts, it will give you extra calories. If you figure your exercise into your activity level, it would be like counting your exercise twice.
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I also have a desk job and work out 3-4 days a week. Choose sedentary and when you work out add your exercise calories as extra food you can eat.0 -
Well I started at lightly active but I'd say my job is pretty different to yours. I am a primary school teacher and teach 5 and 6 year olds. Perhaps if I taught older kids I wouldn't need to be quite so active but I take part in PE, play games at playtime with them, constantly moving around the room supporting and intervening.
Recently, I have been loosing much less weight (although still loosing inches) so decided to set my profile to sedentary as I'm in the holidays too. I have started loosing 2 pounds a week again so with a desk job I would definitely say stick to sedentary and just log all of your exercise.0 -
When setting up my profile which do I choose? I have an office job for 8 hours per day and plan to workout 3-5 days per week. I sit most of the day....do I choose sedentary or lightly active because I plan to workout? Please help0
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Well I started at lightly active but I'd say my job is pretty different to yours. I am a primary school teacher and teach 5 and 6 year olds. Perhaps if I taught older kids I wouldn't need to be quite so active but I take part in PE, play games at playtime with them, constantly moving around the room supporting and intervening.
Recently, I have been loosing much less weight (although still loosing inches) so decided to set my profile to sedentary as I'm in the holidays too. I have started loosing 2 pounds a week again so with a desk job I would definitely say stick to sedentary and just log all of your exercise.0
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