Many of the calorie needs calculators that i've seen, the have a section to choose your activity level, but none really explain what constitutes each level.
usually it's
sedentary,
lightly active,
moderatly active, or
Very or
Extremely active (the one i use)
Howstuffworks
three days a week i use the eliptical for 20 minutes doing HIIT and the fat loss 1 workouts. two days i do 25 minutes of HIIT on the eliptical. other then that, i have a desk job 8-10 hours a day and take my kids to the park and try and play fairly actively with them 4-5 days a week for 1-2 hours each time.
so what am i? i usually use sedentary or light, because while i am active outside work, for 8-10 hours a day, i'm in a chair. so according to that, i should have 3003-3123 calories a day, minus 500 for a pound of fat loss a week, so 2503 calories a day.... Right?
5'11", 260lbs, 27yrs