House Cleaning

EmmyLou1253

Hi, How many calories does one burn while housekeeping? I have seen it on another site but can not remember. I want to count this as it is my part of my weekend routine.

24Gummies

You can log it as exercise if you want too...MFP gives you that option : )

I logged my house cleaning yesterday lol

Astrowife68

Under Cardio Exercise look for Cleaning. Good luck in your journey.


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EmmyLou1253

Hi, Thanks, how many calories did you log per time spent?

EmmyLou1253

Thank you. I typed it in but it did not give me the calories burned for the event.

htmlgirl

I would think for something like this the number of calories can vary a lot so I would recommend getting a HRM to see how many you actually burned.

samntha14

I personally don't log my house cleaning because I'm on my feet all day at work, so I consider my house cleaning my "work" for the weekend. However, if you have a sedentary job where you are sitting most of the day, go ahead and log it under cardio exercises, and the HRM is a good idea. Too many people overestimate.

EmmyLou1253

Thanks, I found a website called calorie count. I do have a pretty sedentary job. Lots of time at my desk and on the computer. Wish my fingers could burn energy for the rest of me. Ha Ha! Time to go find out what HRM means.

samntha14

sorry, it's Heart rate monitor. Either a watch or the more accurate chest strap. (I had the same reaction the first time I saw it too LOL)
I paid less than $50 for my chest strap, and you can get inexpensive watches for even less.

EmmyLou1253

Thank you Samntha! My treadmill has a gadget that measures it although i don't know how accurate it is.

madmickie

Using a HRM to work out cals doing housework! jeez what next??

EmmyLou1253

Point well taken...but I can put some muscle into mopping a floor! LOL