Calories burned tearing out carpet & moving furniture?

funjen1972

I'm whooped! Tore out carpeting and moved furniture for about 3 hours. Any estimates on extra calorie burn? It certainly was a workout since I'm not used to it, especially moving the sofa into the garage by myself (((flexes)))

Female, 5, 7", 150lbs

funjen1972

I should also add I have my activity set at lightly active since I have a desk job.

seltzermint555

I would log that as 60 minutes household cleaning, heavy, or something like that.

I know people do this stuff differently. When I spend 2 hours cleaning my whole house top to bottom, I log it as 30 min light cleaning, 10 minutes heavy cleaning. When I've spent 3-4 hours helping someone move I logged it as a mix of light/heavy cleaning for 30/60 minutes each. I'm set to sedentary btw (desk job). I log things like a walk to the drugstore 5 blocks away, but don't log walking around the supermarket for 30 minutes.

funjen1972

Thanks, that helps. I don't log anything other than intentional exercise. I am also conservative on my time, pace and/or distance. I was thinking about logging about 200 calories since it wasn't constant exertion.

I'm not even sure why it matters to me, other than I like to see a larger deficit.

Calliope610

funjen1972 wrote: »

Thanks, that helps. I don't log anything other than intentional exercise. I am also conservative on my time, pace and/or distance. I was thinking about logging about 200 calories since it wasn't constant exertion.

I'm not even sure why it matters to me, other than I like to see a larger deficit.

The deficit is there, whether you "see" it or not.

VUA21

I think "moving furniture" is a listed exercise