To best support your fitness goals, it’s crucial that the MyFitCoach app accurately estimates your daily calorie expenditure and basal metabolic rate. For this, we need information regarding your everyday activity.
Your everyday activity refers to activities that you regularly perform in your professional and private life, such as commuting to work or stretching in the morning. To enable an accurate estimation of your calorie consumption, the MyFitCoach app offers five different classifications for your everyday activity (excluding sports):
Sedentary (sitting or lying down only):
If your day mainly consists of calm activities like reading, watching TV, or surfing the internet, this is the appropriate category for you. Your calorie expenditure is very low in this case.
Mostly sitting:
Choose this option if you primarily work in an office or drive a lot for work. Your calorie expenditure is still quite low, but you do move around occasionally.
Sitting, standing & walking:
This category is suitable for teachers, students, or lab technicians whose daily routine involves a mix of sitting, standing, and walking. Your everyday activity can be classified as “moderate”.
Mostly walking & standing:
If you work as a waiter, salesperson, or craftsman and do a lot of walking or standing, this is the right category for you. Your calorie expenditure is higher as you might be carrying heavy tools or constantly on the move.
Physically demanding activity:
Choose this option if you are engaged in physically demanding professions such as a farmer, construction worker, or professional athlete. Your everyday activity leads to high calorie expenditure, which needs to be taken into account for your calorie recommendations. In this case, sitting and resting are more the exception than the norm.
An accurate assessment of your everyday activity is essential for optimizing the MyFitCoach app to your specific needs.
If you have further questions or suggestions, please email us at support@myfitcoach.de.