car washing - exercise?

mr_mitch
mr_mitch Posts: 176 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi

I'm probably gonna get laughed at.....

But I spent over 2 hours cleaning my car today, inside and out.

Washing, polishing, waxing, buffing, vacuuming, etc

Believe me I had a sweat on!

I feel like I would've burned a few cals, as as I've got mfp set to sedentary, I feel like I want to log it as excercise!

Should I? Or is that cheating?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,061 Member
    It's not something you do regularly. Log it. Just don't think it's a huge calorie burner.


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  • mr_mitch
    mr_mitch Posts: 176 Member
    Third time in my life ever cleaning a car. Lol.

    Might just log it as one hour light cleaning.
  • marylynn85
    marylynn85 Posts: 496 Member
    I cleaned my van a few weeks ago. Took over an hour. I wore my HRM and I burned 345 calories. I logged it, it's not something I do often so I don't see it as cheating.

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