Question about calories and exercise

amyknightfrancoeur
amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
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I'm confused. I'll meet my 1,200 calories before the day is over, but I burned a lot today (cleaned my basement vigorously for nearly 6 hours). I'm not supposed to eat all of those calories, am I?

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  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    The consensus on mfp seems to be to eat back anywhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of exercise calories back. But of you're not hungry, why bother?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    MFP is set up so that you log exercise and eat at least a portion of those calories back.

    The debate of whether or not to log cleaning as exercise is a strongly debated one.

    Personally, I chose to consider it a bonus on the days I do extra cleaning like that and not eat them back. I feel it will even out over the week if I have a less than active day.
    I log regular, intentional exercise and eat at least a portion (actually most if not all) of them back.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Oh, and I'm suspicious of map's calorie burn counts for cleaning and housework, so I never log it.
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    when i log cleaning, it's vigorous cleaning without a break that increases my heart rate - sweeping, carrying heavier objects, mopping, scrubbing. standing in one place doing dishes, light dusting, putting away small objects i wouldn't log as it doesn't raise my heart rate or make me sweat.
  • niciabrighteyes
    niciabrighteyes Posts: 33 Member
    I typically only add specific Cardio and eat back a portion. Its pretty difficult to gauge the burned calories for cleaning..
  • amyknightfrancoeur
    amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks, all. I vigorously cleaned the basement. Carried/moved heavy bins, furniture, scrubbed, mopped, cleaned ceilings, etc. I don't log typical cleaning, but this got me sweating and stuff.

    I'm only going to eat my typical 1,200 calories. Thanks, all!
  • WakkoW
    WakkoW Posts: 567 Member
    You didn't burn that many calories.

    But, 1,200 is good if you're in a coma. So, without knowing anything about you, I'd say 1,659 per day.
  • amyknightfrancoeur
    amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
    edited May 2016
    1,200 feels good to me, and I'm not in a coma. ;).

    (For real, though. My doc recommended 1,200 calories for now. Thanks for the input, though.)
  • viajera99
    viajera99 Posts: 252 Member
    I gotta say, it's pretty unlikely you burned 1200 calories cleaning the basement. And you should subtract out the 100 cal/hour you would have burned if you were just sitting watching TV for a net of 650 at the most. I would be careful eating that back.
  • amyknightfrancoeur
    amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
    WakkoW wrote: »
    You didn't burn that many calories.

    But, 1,200 is good if you're in a coma. So, without knowing anything about you, I'd say 1,659 per day.


    Nope, you don't know anything about me.
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
    amyknightfrancoeur wrote: »
    WakkoW wrote: »
    You didn't burn that many calories.

    But, 1,200 is good if you're in a coma. So, without knowing anything about you, I'd say 1,659 per day.


    Nope, you don't know anything about me.

    She does know that you certainly didn't burn that many calories cleaning. Cleaning is not exercising and shouldn't be logged as such.
  • amyknightfrancoeur
    amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    amyknightfrancoeur wrote: »
    WakkoW wrote: »
    You didn't burn that many calories.

    But, 1,200 is good if you're in a coma. So, without knowing anything about you, I'd say 1,659 per day.


    Nope, you don't know anything about me.

    She does know that you certainly didn't burn that many calories cleaning. Cleaning is not exercising and shouldn't be logged as such.

    Listen, I realize I didn't burn as much as the entry suggested, but I certainly burned a lot of calories carring dozens of 50lb bins up stairs 25 times, wiping walls and ceilings, moving furniture, scrubbing floors on my hands and knees, etc. No need to be a dick. I didn't ask for any advice other than the question I asked.

  • amyknightfrancoeur
    amyknightfrancoeur Posts: 6 Member
    How can I delete this post? Clearly this community was the wrong place for me to ask advice. I'd like to delete and seek advice from friendly, supportive people.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    amyknightfrancoeur wrote: »
    How can I delete this post? Clearly this community was the wrong place for me to ask advice. I'd like to delete and seek advice from friendly, supportive people.


    Seriously?
    What post was not supportive? They were all friendly. They may have been cautionary but not unfriendly.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    amyknightfrancoeur wrote: »
    How can I delete this post? Clearly this community was the wrong place for me to ask advice. I'd like to delete and seek advice from friendly, supportive people.

    Wait. You don't want advice from this community but you're asking this community for advice on how to delete posts? Do you want advice or not?





    And if we tell you how to delete this post are you say more mean things to us for answering that question too?
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    amyknightfrancoeur wrote: »
    How can I delete this post? Clearly this community was the wrong place for me to ask advice. I'd like to delete and seek advice from friendly, supportive people.

    If we tell you how, are you going to call us out for it?
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