Cleaning Day?

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  • gshoemaker06
    gshoemaker06 Posts: 264 Member
    If you set up your profile as "sedentary" I would definitely log it (I do!).
    I would not eat back all calories though because sometimes they sound a little on the high side. But if it is out-of-the-ordinary cleaning I log it.

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  • MbiggsHFD319
    MbiggsHFD319 Posts: 427 Member
    I log days that I do extra cleaning like if I shampoo carpets and mop floors or any cleaning that is well above a normal day, but not just normal everyday tidying up stuff.
  • gentlebreeze2
    gentlebreeze2 Posts: 450 Member
    ok I feel like a cheater now. :)

    Each of us is at a different point in our journey... never feel like you are cheating. Those who are in excellent shape probably shouldn't count it, but those of us who are a work in progress may want to depending on your fitness level. I am recovering from radiation, and cleaning is really a challenge for me so of course I log it.
  • Eleisabelle
    Eleisabelle Posts: 365
    If it involves more activity than you typically do in a day, then yes, count it. If you're normally that active, I would say no.
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    Day to day stuff? No. But major cleaning that's measured in hours, yes. And I'll tell you why.... I wore my HRM one day when I went on a cleaning job (I do march-out cleaning) and it logged an average 200 calories per hour. Which pretty much explains why by the end of the day I'm sore from head to toe and starving. It's a pretty good workout.

    Now... to "eat them back" or not, that's a whole other debate. I don't set out to. But neither do I really worry about what I eat on those days - if I want pizza, I figure that's a good day for pizza.
  • pjbrundage
    pjbrundage Posts: 9 Member
    I log in my cleaning days if it causes me to work up a sweat and I am exhausted afterwards.
  • ameliasnelling
    ameliasnelling Posts: 46
    Maybe this will help my plateau. I've been stuck at 128.3 pounds for 4 weeks!!
  • LaurenFox1031
    LaurenFox1031 Posts: 3
    I logged cleaning my house once and my sister called me and said don't fool yourself sis, you're not doing yourself any favors. So, no, I don't log cleaning my house anymore, however I picked up a gig cleaning offices at night and I run around that place like crazy. I'm dripping by the time I'm done and feel like I've walked a mile and then some.

    Basically, it's completely up to you. If it helps you get your butt off the couch when otherwise you'd be stationed in front of the TV, then log it but DO NOT eat the calories back.
  • CanadianThunder
    CanadianThunder Posts: 84
    No. Cleaning got done before I lost weight, and will always need to be done.
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