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Logging cleaning

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  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    It's clean enough leave it alone!
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    I don't log it and look at it as extra burn, baby =)

    Then again, I also log that an hour of weight lifting or Zumba burns 1 calorie, so...
  • MelissaL582
    MelissaL582 Posts: 1,422 Member
    I never log cleaning. To me that's stuff your body is already accustomed to. Maybe mowing the lawn or something like that. Not doing dishes, mopping, etc. Just my opinion though. :)

    I'll have to agree. I'm a SAHM of 3 little ones and have a husband, so I'm always moving around. However, I have my lifestyle set to lightly active because of it. To me it just sounds like "you" are giving yourself extra calories to eat in my opinion.
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Eh, I log it (and cooking) if I need the extra calories. I have my lifestyle set as sedentary though, because it usually is. I don't clean everyday or cook... and I don't have a routine at the gym yet. Hasn't stopped me from losing weight yet! :wink:
  • kylamaries
    kylamaries Posts: 291
    I don't typically eat back my burned calories and when I log the cleaning, it's always less than 300 calories (since I don't log the entire time I've been cleaning), so even if I did eat it back it wouldn't be too much.
  • robjenga
    robjenga Posts: 175 Member
    i log pooping.
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    I never log cleaning. To me that's stuff your body is already accustomed to. Maybe mowing the lawn or something like that. Not doing dishes, mopping, etc. Just my opinion though. :)

    I'll have to agree. I'm a SAHM of 3 little ones and have a husband, so I'm always moving around. However, I have my lifestyle set to lightly active because of it. To me it just sounds like "you" are giving yourself extra calories to eat in my opinion.


    If you have your lifestyle set as lightly active because you clean... "you" are giving yourself extra calories to eat. Whether it is factored in to your TDEE or you leave TDEE at sedentary and add exercise in, the calories are accounted for. Only difference is that you add them in before you do the work. In my opinion.
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Bottom line is, if you are logging it....and losing at the rate the system says you "should," its working. Don't worry what anyone else thinks. This whole process has to be based on what works for you because ALL of it is estimates.

    I like this. Good point. :happy:
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