Thoughts about burning calories by cleaning?

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  • jessmart83
    jessmart83 Posts: 283 Member
    I dont usually log cleaning, its part of every day life for me, having a 5yr old i am always cleaning something! I guess if I did some heavy spring cleaning I would log it.
  • LadyBeryl
    LadyBeryl Posts: 344 Member
    Why would someone who tracks cleaning as part of their exercise routine negate the "sweat pouring off of you"? Why do you care? If YOU aren't counting them, how does it affect you? Other than allowing you to affect a superiority complex about it, of course? If people want to count cleaning as exercise, I don't care. I don't do it, but that's MY approach. More power to them if they want to...doesn't affect my net for the day.

    This right here. I have no strong feelings either way.

    I have a cleaning lady and if I did her laborious work, I would probably count it. However, I don't count my daily house cleaning, laundry, vacuuming, etc.. It is like any other hygienic routine. OTOH, I do count grooming my dogs. It wears me out so much that I'm not only sweating -- I have almost fainted.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    Just so you all know, the girl who started this thread, back in MAY, has deleted her account and is no longer following this thread.
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    I have to agree with you. I'm a stay at home mom and clean vigorously almost daily. I have never once logged it as exercise.
    It bugs me too when I pushed myself through a killer workout and then see someone burned the same as me by cleaning.

    Get this, I actually saw someone log 'meal preparation' as exercise. Come on now. lol
  • amandavictoria80
    amandavictoria80 Posts: 734 Member
    Just so you all know, the girl who started this thread, back in MAY, has deleted her account and is no longer following this thread.

    What do you mean? Her profile is still there.
  • IHopie
    IHopie Posts: 14
    I am disabled with rheumatoid arthritis and several other chronic conditions , especially neck and back spine damage. So if I spend an hour cleaning, I'll count that as 30 minutes even though it takes a lot out of me to do that much. I can't walk much but if I shop, that hour of walking around counts as 30 minutes to me. I could ride in a cart and take the easy way out but I don't. So don't deny me the time I spend moving. Any time I am off the sofa or out of bed is progress. It's not like I count the everyday tasks of picking up and putting away and wiping down. When I count it, it counts.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    I don't think that anyone is doing themselves any favors by logging the things that you would normally do (around the house) pre-diet/life style change.... cleaning, carrying around a baby, anything like that.. especially people that eat their exercise cals.

    That being said, I try to mind my own business on my feed.
  • 388gigi
    388gigi Posts: 485 Member
    I do a huge house clean once a week. I usually do it after a workout and taking my dog for a walk, so I am wearing my HRM. Since I already have it on, I usually log those calories. And that's because I actually sweat when I clean my house. Depending on how much cleaning I do, the burns range from 100-400 calories!

    However, I don't log a quick tidy up, or cleaning the kitchen after preparing a meal, or making my bed, or anything of the little day to day stuff.

    Also, I don't eat back those calories. It's more just out of interest, since they are calories I wouldn't burn every single day.
  • DrewyPoohLovesLife
    DrewyPoohLovesLife Posts: 1
    I'd like to have it as an option because I'm a housekeeper, so that really affects my daily calories burned, in reality versus on MFP if I don't take it into account.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I'd like to have it as an option because I'm a housekeeper, so that really affects my daily calories burned, in reality versus on MFP if I don't take it into account.

    If you mean your job is as a housekeeper then you can set your activity level to lightly active to account for those calories burned while you work. You might even go the next level up if you're a super duper housekeeper.

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