How do i add Child care to my exercise "diary"?

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  • GadgetGuy2
    GadgetGuy2 Posts: 291 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"
    ^----This
  • spiritledyoga
    spiritledyoga Posts: 3
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    Child care and house cleaning should be in ADDITION to your regular routine. It is not in place of. Just think of it as the desert after a yummy healthy dinner! :)
  • tegalicious
    tegalicious Posts: 629
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"



    Bahahahahaha
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
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    I only log exercise if it's an activity I don't do daily, like going for a jog or a long grocery shopping trip (and a lot of people don't count that, but since I work from my laptop in bed all day I'm the most sedentary person in the world). You presumably take care of your children daily, so bump up your daily activity level to lightly active instead.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
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    Personally, I would not add things like child care, cooking, cleaning, etc. If I burn extra calories doing so, I call it a bonus. Because if it were a significant burn, there would be zero stay at home moms who are fat.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:

    Why you hatin?
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:

    Why you hatin?

    If you use bungee cords, it's resistance training as well.
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"
    But what if the leashed child pulls? Should it then be logged at 3.5mph?
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
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    I'd try to avoid using your daily routine as "exercise" and keep it separate and just bump your TDEE.

    Exercise should be something you do outside of your normal routine....which is clearly why some people never log steamy "encounters" as exercise
  • LosingExtraKristy
    LosingExtraKristy Posts: 164 Member
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    When I was on here before someone I was friends with used to log "standing" as exercise. I'm not even joking!

    I used to be friends with someone who went on a trip and logged driving! Like 1000+ calories burned for sitting in the car! Although maybe it was a Flintstone's car...
  • sassyrayofsunshine
    sassyrayofsunshine Posts: 499 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    omg - dying.:laugh:
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:

    Why you hatin?

    If you use bungee cords, it's resistance training as well.

    If the child is carrying weights and you drag the child, does that count as lifting? I mean, eventually you'll have to pick them up, right?
  • GadgetGuy2
    GadgetGuy2 Posts: 291 Member
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    I only log exercise if it's an activity I don't do daily, like going for a jog or a long grocery shopping trip (and a lot of people don't count that, but since I work from my laptop in bed all day I'm the most sedentary person in the world). You presumably take care of your children daily, so bump up your daily activity level to lightly active instead.

    This is good advice since I presume the OP doesn't have a device that actually measures how much moving around is done each day (it can vary greatly from day to day).
  • arghbowl
    arghbowl Posts: 1,179 Member
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    which is clearly why some people never log steamy "encounters" as exercise

    I always log my showers.
  • Vivian06703188
    Vivian06703188 Posts: 310 Member
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    I have 2 wee ones as well, but I am sorry it is NOT exercise....stuff like child care and cleaning etc didn't stop us getting fat in the first place!

    I disagree. House cleaning, gardening and household chores do count as exercise if you have set you activity level at sedentary. But if you have it set as anything above that it does not. I would rather have a more accurate account of my activity due to being disabled and limited in what I can do. I have lost 42 pounds in 5 months and believe me it counts.
  • LosingExtraKristy
    LosingExtraKristy Posts: 164 Member
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    I'd just bump up your activity level and then not try to add it as exercise.

    I'd have to agree with this one right here.
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:

    Why you hatin?

    If you use bungee cords, it's resistance training as well.

    If the child is carrying weights and you drag the child, does that count as lifting? I mean, eventually you'll have to pick them up, right?

    Depends, if you only pick them up once, it should be: Walking, carrying infant or 15-lb load

    If you are doing it for reps... then, curls?
  • LosingExtraKristy
    LosingExtraKristy Posts: 164 Member
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    If you put a leash on them, you could call it "Walking the dog. 3.0mph"

    :angry:

    Why you hatin?

    If you use bungee cords, it's resistance training as well.

    If the child is carrying weights and you drag the child, does that count as lifting? I mean, eventually you'll have to pick them up, right?

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
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    which is clearly why some people never log steamy "encounters" as exercise

    I always log our showers.

    Fixed

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