Burning calories at work? Should I set my burn meter to Sedentary?

So, I'm an art teacher. From 7:40 A.M. to 2:30 P.M., I'm on my feet, walking around my room (I have a rowdy population and circulating constantly is the only way to keep a good eye on everyone). When I'm not circulating in my classroom, I'm walking through the school, up and down stairs running errands or I'm standing outside for duty or circulating the lunch room for my lunch duty. Each day I get 45 minutes of prep time (which I usually spend prepping...standing over a paper cutter or running errands, rarely do I sit).

How many calories would you think I would burn? Right now at sedentary, my calorie meter is at 1300 and my burn meter is at 1710 (to go from 5'4 160 pounds to 128) Should I up my calories?

Tough question based on factors. Here is my best guess. You are probably burning according to my "lose it" program on my iphone about 224 calories per hour. If you are up and down alot, it may vary. I would you your walking pedometer and see what shakes out at the end of each day.  Keep up the good work.

M

Thanks iron-mike. I agree that a pedometer is a good idea...not sure why I never thought of that.

You are definitely at least lightly active - maybe even moderately! When I was a teacher, I would tend to drop weight over the course of the school year, and didn't start to gain until I switched to a more sedentary profession. I would suggest upping your calories to around 1500 and seeing where you go from there.

I sit at a desk looking at a computer all the livelong day.  MY job is sedentary.  I agree that you're at the very least lightly active, possibly moderate.  I'd change the setting and increase your calories.

Thanks. I upped my calories to 1507 and I'm pretty excited about the extra 200 calories a day. I think I'm going to keep it at Light so that I can still add in my workouts to get a reasonable idea of how I'm doing.