Cleaning? Exercise?
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amandaruiz2011
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Do you guys count cleaning as exercise?
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I do because you are moving your body. The calorie limit is for when you stay in bed all day long and do nothing. This is why I count it.0
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If I break a sweat, yes! If I am sittimg down wiping a table, no. I think it counts as long as you are really moving around a lot. I also play music and dance around when i am cleaning..you know..multi tasking. Whatever it takes, right?:laugh:0
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I do because you are moving your body. The calorie limit is for when you stay in bed all day long and do nothing. This is why I count it.
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I only count heavy duty/extended length of cleaning because in my mind my everyday cleaning is included in my activity level. JMO0
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I did count it this past Sunday because I spent about a half-hour on it basically scrubbing the floors and was completely sweaty by the time I got done. If it's just some light dusting, straightening up the house, cleaning up the kitchen, no I usually don't.0
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I don't, but my activity level is set to "active".0
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nope I don't b/c I've always cleaned and never counted it so it went into my activity level.0
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NO!!!!! When you make your profile it asks about your lifestyle! If you clean everyday it should already be added toward your calories. Sorry but this is a pet peeve of mine! I feel like people are just trying to get extra calories or something. * This is my opinion.*0
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I only count it 1/week because I only do heavy duty serious cleaning once a week where I would break a sweat but otherwise i don't.0
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I agree with Mama. I count it when I am really working hard.0
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I highly recommend reading this post. It clearly outlines, when how and why "cleaning" and other such activities are logged as exercise.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/291071-activity-level-and-logging-exercise0 -
NO!!!!! When you make your profile it asks about your lifestyle! If you clean everyday it should already be added toward your calories. Sorry but this is a pet peeve of mine! I feel like people are just trying to get extra calories or something. * This is my opinion.*
This is my opinion too.0 -
I don't because my activity level is set to slightly active.0
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I add it if I feel like I'm exhausted after doing the cleaning - usually if its more than an hour.0
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My lifestyle is sedentary because I work in an office at a sit down desk 5 days a week with a total 2.5-3 hour commute. So on weekends I do count my cleaning as exercise if I do it continuously for longer than 30 minutes (I also usually have the music blaring and am dancing and beebopping around) - but I never count it as vigorous - always light. It is more movement than I would do regularly. During the week if I just do the dishes and throw a load of laundry in - I don't count it.0
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Only if I sweat for a sustained period of time. I like to rearrange and that usually gets me sweaty and sore; if I'm just reloading the dishwasher and wiping the counters, not so much.0
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yep, it's HARD work! ... don't forget typing, changing the channel on the remote, and going #2.0
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I log those activities if I clean like crazy and break a sweat (moving furniture to clean under it, and scrubbing the whole house), I also log food prep if I am cooking for a party of people... IE this past weekend was my son's birthday party and I logged my cleaning and food prep because it was TOUGH! I know that kneading and rolling out fondant was a good calorie burn!0
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if you do count it, just don't give yourself as much as MFP does. For example, if you clean 60 minutes and it says you burned 200 calories, I would only count half.
My reasoning is because I wore my HRM to compare and there was a big difference.0 -
only time I count anything as exercise is if My heart rate is above 120/130 and i am making an exerted effort outside of the norm.0
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