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Calories burned doing household chores

sheilaflocco4
sheilaflocco4 Posts: 20 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is there anyway possible to find out how many calories burned doing household chores. I wish my fitbit could tell me that

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  • Amanda4change
    Amanda4change Posts: 620 Member
    I don't log anything that I did while gaining the weight. I only log intentional exercise. I do believe that there are settings in the exercise section of the logging (I see it in my newsfeed from friends logging it).
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited February 2015
    Unless you're really getting your heart rate up for a lengthy period of time, probably not enough to matter.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Normal daily activity is already accounted for in your activity level. To count them, would be double dipping.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    No, I do housework while I'm fat, I do housework while I'm thin. It's not exercise, it's just a part of life.
  • notnikkisixx
    notnikkisixx Posts: 375 Member
    Like everyone else said, if it is something you did while you gained, then it clearly isn't a good enough calorie burner to lose.

    Now, if you're doing squats and jumping jacks while cleaning, maybe that's different ;)
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    It's irrelevant because it's already included in your daily activity level on MFP.

    Now, if you clean houses or office buildings for a living and are on your feet doing heavy intense cleaning every day, you'd want to adjust your activity level to account for that.

    But the normal housework that we all have to do? Just assume it's already in your allotment.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Chores should be accounted for in your daily activity.
  • opalsqueak007
    opalsqueak007 Posts: 433 Member
    Hi. I did very heavy and flat-out cleaning for a job for three years while I was getting fatter and fatter. I don't count it as exercise on MFP, because when I do, I don't lose weight.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Yeah I would imagine it would be so small, not worth logging.

    Unless by house work you mean chopping firewood, tiling a roof or digging a large veggie garden I wouldn't even think about it.

    Maybe attach 20kg weights to the head of the broom, vacuum or mop and you might get a heart rate up :p
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    I only log exercise that is outside my normal realm. For instance, I do not log in 76 calories an hour while watching television or sleeping.
  • ddsh03
    ddsh03 Posts: 1
    edited March 2015
    i just found a calories burned calculator and it will calculate anything, www.fitclick.com :) if you end up on the home page go to my tools and calories burned calculator. So far I haven't had to sign up to use it
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