Cleaning as exercise?

czechwolf52

I recently got a part time job as a housekeeper. I'm on a team with other people and we clean multiple houses daily. During that time I'm always moving, I'm either carrying equipment (trays, vacuums, etc), scrubbing, mopping, vacuuming, or moving stuff. By the end of my shift I am sweaty, but should I count this as exercise? For the past couple weeks I have been counting it as light/moderate cleaning and understating my time (I almost worked 3.5 hours today and logged it as 2 hours of cleaning). Should I continue what I'm doing or should I stop?

Cheeky_and_Geeky

Mfp has cleaning as exercise, either light to moderate or moderate to heavy, I think.

JDHINAZ

I would increase your activity level to moderate or active, this increasing the amount of calories your allowed in the day, and then log your actual exercise as exercise.

PhoenixStrikes

I would increase your activity level to moderate or active, this increasing the amount of calories your allowed in the day, and then log your actual exercise as exercise.

This. I have an active job so I set my activity level higher to allow more calories and then only log exercise.

czechwolf52

I would increase your activity level to moderate or active, this increasing the amount of calories your allowed in the day, and then log your actual exercise as exercise.

This. I have an active job so I set my activity level higher to allow more calories and then only log exercise.

I've been thinking about doing this. Right now I'm currently at lightly active, but right now I'm only working about 10 hours a week so I'm not sure if that's enough to justify raising my activity level.

salladeve

It is really your choice, but I would be careful about eating back your exercise calories.