Yet Another One...

Hi! :) I need to ask for some CC community help about activity level analysis. A lot has changed since I started CC so I'm not sure and I value your opinions!

Here is my activity stuff...

Once a week I go to 45 minute aerobic step class at my gym.

Three times a week I have gym class at school right now it's light activity: badminton but it's been football, ultimate frisbee, basketball and self defense.

I work as a cashier (which is mainly standing and light walking) three times a week for around five hours a shift.

I usually go to the gym approximately two times a week and workout for an hour in cardio and weights. On days when I don't do this, I play Dance Dance Revolution. (Workout Mode- Workout Step- Difficult or Challenge mode.)

I think I might need to move my status up to "light" activity....but I'm not sure. WHat do you think?

Most definitely!

I would say moderate activity over light.  I have mine at Light activity and I work out for about 90 minutes 3x a week and do light housework for a good deal of time each day.  So I would say your atleast Light if not moderate activity.

Hmmm!! Would anyone like to break the tie?!

I say "Moderate".   

I keep my activity level at sedentary and then log my fitness separately. I find it gives a more accurate reading.

How many calories do you know to eat then?

Well the burner will increase your daily burn rate once you put in your activity so once you input it you will know what your daily burn is.

I do a similar workout so I know what that number is around anyway. 

I then eat 500 calories under that total number. So some days where my workout is harder I eat a bit more and on days that I don't go to the gym I eat less. The deficit of 500 a day is one pound a week.

That makes perfect amounts of sense! Thanks bunches! :D

I find this confusing, too! My problem is that I'm inconsistent. The only thing I'm very consistent on is that I walk to and from work every day (1 mile each way, fairly briskly).

On a good week I work out 3-5 days a week, in a lazy week it may be only once. I don't have a consistent workout, either-- most typically I run 2-3 miles or do a 5-minute warm-up run and 45 minutes or so of weights. But I also do long walks on the weekends sometimes (maybe 10 miles).

So I've embraced my inconsistency, classed myself as sedentary and just add on my activity for each day (including walking to work-- a whopping 130 calories!)

What do people think? Is this a silly approach? 

Well that is what I'm saying I do, so no I don't think it's silly. A lot of people on here do the same thing.

I actually schedule an enitre typical day of activity for myself (from sleep to cleaning house to work) to see how many calories I burned outside of exercise and light activity was the right number. It took a little time, but I wanted to pick the right level. Now I just list in any workouts I do.

I keep myself at my sedentary and add in my exercise too.  I'm not eighteen, so I have to calculate my sedentary burn here, and then set it to 'light', which gives me the correct number for my sedentary. :)