Please help! how active am I?!

SummerSunBaby
SummerSunBaby Posts: 7 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
in recovery for an eating disorder and im not sure how active i am though.
im up and walking for most of the day, standing, walking back and forth to classes, i also do yoga before and after school for 90 minutes and Pilates, jumping jacks, reverse crunches and some strength training for 20 minutes.
am i active or not really
i also watch kids on the weekends and walk on the weekends for 60 minutes

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  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    I would say you are very active.
    Can I ask a question? Does your therapist know you are on here? I've been through an ED myself and while I was still recovering, my therapist really wanted me to stay away from "measurement" type activities like being on MFP, counting calories, etc. because it fuels the obsession that started the ED in the first place. Just a thought!
  • SummerSunBaby
    SummerSunBaby Posts: 7 Member
    I have to make sure im getting ENOUGH calories. Im slowly working on not counting anymore. small steps. I dont measure my peanut butter anymore and stuff so thats progress on some things. one day i'll stop counting
  • momof3and3
    momof3and3 Posts: 656 Member
    I would put yourself as slightly/moderately active and than add in your exercise seperate...you will than be given credit for the exercise, so you have a better idea of how many calories you need to be eating...

    Good luck with it all!
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    I'm not exactly sure how to answer this question for you. Actually, I asked the same thing about myself earlier!

    However, I noticed in your activity feed that you said you logged 480 minutes of cardio this afternoon, including 60 minutes of calisthenics, 90 minutes of pilates, and 3 hours of yoga. Your total calorie burn was 863, which I would definitely say falls around highly active.

    I say this out of concern - you're only netting 700 calories, which is not enough. Even if you eat all your calories, if you work out for eight hours and burn them all off, you're still starving yourself.

    Also, I noticed that you told MFP that you are 35. You might want to change that to say you are 18 (not sure if MFP accounts for age in calorie calculations at all).

    We want you to succeed and be healthy.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    I have to make sure im getting ENOUGH calories. Im slowly working on not counting anymore. small steps. I dont measure my peanut butter anymore and stuff so thats progress on some things. one day i'll stop counting

    That makes sense. Yeah I'm basing my analysis of your activity level on the amount of cardio in your life, and the fact that you're up and about much of the time.
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