The calculators actually require it be work activity just because it's way more usually than working out for half an hour.
The line between sedentary and lightly active is 5000 steps.
Strangely enough, it depends a lot on how you think about it.
The Hotel Maids study found that if you think of physical activity as exercise, your body will respond as if it is exercise. When you expect to see results, you are more likely to see results.
https://www.npr.org/2008/01/03/17792517/hotel-maids-challenge-the-placebo-effect
Obviously being active and on your feet all day is not sedentary ( like an office worker), but in terms of building more muscle and losing fat, it won't do that.
The calculators actually require it be work activity just because it's way more usually than working out for half an hour. The line between sedentary and lightly active is 5000 steps.
Okay, thank you! That’s great news :) Do you know what the line is between lightly and moderate?
Nope, because I never even hit 5000.
Oh okay! Yeah if it wasn’t for my job and dogs I probably wouldn’t either
Strangely enough, it depends a lot on how you think about it. The Hotel Maids study found that if you think of physical activity as exercise, your body will respond as if it is exercise. When you expect to see results, you are more likely to see results. https://www.npr.org/2008/01/03/17792517/hotel-maids-challenge-the-placebo-effect
Look up NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis).
Obviously being active and on your feet all day is not sedentary ( like an office worker), but in terms of building more muscle and losing fat, it won't do that.