I'm sure this has been asked before ;-) Exercise logging.

GingerKid

M- F, I workout at a 45 min hardcore bootcamp 4x week (sometimes 3 :embarassed: ). I take Wednesdays off. Other than that, my lifestyle is lightly active/sedentary.

Yesterday I cleaned the house for FOUR HOURS. :noway: I logged it as cleaning, light to moderate, and I only put in 100 minutes instead of the 240 I really did.

Am I cheating? :laugh: Should I have not bothered at all? Typically I don't log things like housecleaning. I only log my bootcamps. But damn it, that was a long time!

Whatcha think? :huh:

kao708

I would say if the extended house cleaning is not something that you do all the time, then log it. I would probably underestimate my time too, just to make sure I didn't count too much burn if I wasn't using my HRM. :bigsmile:

heatherhart

I rarely ever log my house cleaning either unless its alot. I only log my workouts so what your doing is fine

stormieweather

I would say it's ok. I generaly cut the time short and only do it when it's an extreme workout and unusual for me (ie: intense yard work or scrubbing a vacant house for inspection). I found that I only burn an extra couple hundred calories with my most intense exercise, apparently my body is pretty efficient.

FaithandFitness

What is your activity level set at? If is is sedentary then I know people will log their 4 hours of house cleaning and such. If you have it set for lightly or moderately active then I would skip the cleaning burn rate. I carried my 2 year old (about 25lbs) around walmart for 20-30 minutes. I thought "I deserve some exercise cals for this" but I like to know I have some extra calories burned in waiting in case I didn't log the correct portion size in my food log or such.

song2sing

I don't know what your "cleaning" consists of, but my vacuum is really heavy and cumbersome and when I take it from room to room and up and down the stairs, I am exhausted. Laundry is another biggie, and bending down and standing up to dust, pick up things, move furniture, shake rugs, etc., whatever! Whew I am tired just thinking about it! You go ahead and log your cleaning cause you are definitely getting a workout!! :flowerforyou:

Charli666

If i'm moving furniture around, or doing extended cleaning, like way over the usual, then i half the time, and log that - def dont think you're cheating!

ChessRonin

Log anything that's "movement" for a sustained period of 5 minutes or more. It's about calories in/calories out, and cleaning house is calories out, even if you only do it for 30 minutes.