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babydbones
babydbones Posts: 135 Member
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Do you calculate your calories when you clean?

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  • Stephanie08
    Stephanie08 Posts: 1,023 Member
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    Only if my HRM gets into zone 2.
  • thenewkarisa
    thenewkarisa Posts: 207
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    not if it's the daily routine... just when I do extra like stuff I rarely do (seasonal house detail, washing the car, bathing the dogs...)
  • thenewkarisa
    thenewkarisa Posts: 207
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    Only if my HRM gets into zone 2.


    good idea... some day I WILL have one of these!!
  • SusanneWhittington
    SusanneWhittington Posts: 339 Member
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    normal cleaning not, but when it is special, like cleaning windows, sweeping the garage or driveway, scrubbing the tiles with a brush, then yes, everything that gets my HR going up as if it is a workout.
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
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    I don't, but for some people, this IS a major work-out. Some people walking to the mailbox gets counted, you have to start somewhere. To each their own.

    I personally don't break much of a sweat while cleaning so I just count my breathy, sweaty cardio and lifting with HEAVY weights. :)
  • fiberartist219
    fiberartist219 Posts: 1,865 Member
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    I was cleaning my house when I gained the weight, so no, I don't track it. I only track the stuff that I'm doing that I wasn't doing before.
  • babydbones
    babydbones Posts: 135 Member
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    ok yea i wasn't sure what others do...i don't really count it unless it's a major deep clean either. just was curious!

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