Miscellaneous Calorie Burn

mhwitt74

Hello, I am new to the community. I am just curious if any of you guys use the categories such as yard work or moderate house cleaning. Should I be including these in my daily exercise calorie burn on top of the calories I burn during workout. Are these there to help us feel better or should I definitely add these chores into my calories burned for the day?

Ready2Rock206

No one has gotten skinny just by cleaning their house. Those types of activities are included in your normal daily calorie burn. Eating back a bunch of calories from every single movement you make usually isn't going to result in weight loss.

malibu927

Some people assume that the "sedentary" setting means doing nothing but sitting on the couch all day. In reality it does cover a good portion of activity. So no, it shouldn't be logged.

cwolfman13

Your activity level setting is going to include quite a bit of that stuff, even if you're set to sedentary.

30kgin2017

I find that if I clean vigorously one day I tend to be extra lazy the next day so it evens out. I avg about 7k steps with day to day activity and desk job but can easily do 15k on the weekend just doing normal chores. Mainly due to the fact my laundry is located downstairs.

mhwitt74

Thanks for the answers. I workout 4 days a week and average about 4 miles of walking/jogging, 45 minutes of total body weightlifting each time. I was just curious as to why they put these normal activities in the program. I guess it is to let people see that they are actually moving more than they think.

DancingMoosie

I only use those entries when I have my activity setting as sedentary and do something out of the ordinary, like hand wash the whole car and wax it or deep clean the house. But then only use the lowest estimate.