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Housework

karen250463
karen250463 Posts: 16 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've just cleaned the house from top to bottom including hoovering, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, washing floors by hand etc. Is there any way I can record this as exercise as it was very strenuous.

thanks

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  • britexmom
    britexmom Posts: 145
    have you looked in the excercise database, i know that a lot of ppl do log housework. i dont log it since i hoover, mop, clean and do laundry everyday so i figure its part of my lifestyle. i do log yardwork when i am doing more than 30 minutes of heavyduty stuff.
    fitday.com has a good calorie calculator as do many other websites if you cant find it here on MFP>
  • tabethamturner
    tabethamturner Posts: 6
    I log it since I do every day at work cleaning up after 3-5 yr olds
  • karen250463
    karen250463 Posts: 16 Member
    thanks for the replies, I just earned myself almost 200 cals from logging cleaning.
  • microburst20
    microburst20 Posts: 130
    I log it because I am two tired after doing hours of housework to do any other kind of workout. Plus I have a sedentary job and thats how I determined by BMR on MFP, so I need to log most things that take more than a few minutes.
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