Weight Loss

can anyone tell me what i should put for activity level? 

i do at least 20 mins of cardio on my elliptical every day..

walk 30 mins to an hour every day..

1 day a week i do yoga for 1.5 hours, 1 day of pilates for 30 mins per week

and i breastfeed a 8 month old baby who also eats solids. 

and i mostly sit on my ass the rest of the day :)

would this be lightly active? 

plz help :)

 oops.. im 5'4 28 yrs old and 122..

I am going to say 'no' based on something a fellow CCer gave me (Thanks Coach_K):

This is a good rule of thumb for you to determine your activity level (these do NOT include workouts beyond the pedometer stuff):

sedentary 0 (miles) or less than 9,400 (steps)

somewhat active up to 4 (miles) or up to 9,400 (steps) (lightly active)

active 4 to 10 (miles) or 9,400 to 23,500 (steps) (Moderately active)

very active more than 10 (miles) or more than 23,500 (steps)

What I do, is set my meter at sedentary and add in each exercise that I do. My sister (who works full time on her feet) thought she was light active, but after counting her steps she realized that there is no way she is walking 4 miles a day...and I think this has slowed her progress just a bit (by having the meter set wrong).

If you set it at sedentary, and add everything, you will get a more accurate count. Better safe than sorry :)

thank you kelleigh!! :) ill set it at sedentary then :) i was trying to make my deficit 500-1000each day.. this well help me make it more accurate.

thx for your help!

fidget84...

all i was asking is what my activity lvl should be set at...

i wasnt asking for you to help me lose weight or anything.. i know 122 is a healhty weight and so is 115 :D  so why even post something like that?

...........  rude

Original Post by kelleigh:

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If you set it at sedentary, and add everything, you will get a more accurate count. Better safe than sorry :)

 I like that. I just changed my setting to sedentary and will just continue to log in my exercise. Good one.

Thank you for that kelleigh!  I had mine set at "very active" because I run 35 miles a week... which actually averages at 5-6 miles a day... which is just "active."  Man, now I have eat even LESS!  I also do 30 minutes of strength training 3 times a week, but I don't think that makes it equal to more than 10 miles a day.

I personally don't like to set mine at sedentary and then add my exercise.  I've been running regularly for long enough to know I don't skip my workouts!  I also already log my miles on active.com, and I'm basically too lazy to keep 2 exercise logs!

I personally don't like to set mine at sedentary and then add my exercise.  I've been running regularly for long enough to know I don't skip my workouts!  I also already log my miles on active.com, and I'm basically too lazy to keep 2 exercise logs!

Right as long as you aren't logging it twice.... no biggie.