Clean house ='s skinny??

Capt_Apollo

It's from logging all that cleaning as exercise.

i log cleaning all the time.

ShellyMacchi

not sure what the statistics are, but I have read that there is a correlation between lack of control in one area affecting a lack of control in other areas of ones life.

I know for a fact that my home was a direct reflection of how I was feeling when I was seemingly unable (unwillingly?) to take control of my weight once and for all. The more 'down' I felt about myself, (always weight related), the more of a mess my home seemed to become.

Once I finally took real control of my food choices, that same control started to manifest in all areas of my life, including work, volunteering, money, home, clutter etc etc

It may not be true for everyone but It actually is true for me.. when I start to backslide with eating choices too much I can always tell even before the scale shows me as it is visible in the clutter that starts to sneak up on me *lol*

AlexandraLynch

The state of my house has more reflected how well my pain was managed than my weight.

Now, yes, you can argue that when I'm medicated and CAN move more, that the house is cleaner and I lose weight, but it's not a direct correlation. Even when I was at my fattest, if my pain was controlled, I sat down only when my body said "do it or we put you in bed tomorrow" and I got the house beautifully clean and organized.

When it's a serious effort to move from a chair to the toilet and back, I don't do much cleaning. Of course, I also don't do much cooking, either.

AJ_Pete

It's from logging all that cleaning as exercise.

i log cleaning all the time.

You are living proof that one should log cleaning as exercise. Look what it's done for you....

fairestthings

I'd wager it's based on the fact that you're less likely to do boredom snacking, mindless snacking (in front of a soap opera/day time show), and you're moving. My house isn't spotless, but it's always been very tidy and clean and I was still chubby.

curvystormcloud

I've also heard that a messy bedroom means you're wild in the sack......

Haha, if that's true, my husband may actually be fearing for his life. :devil: :blushing: I love that theres smileys to choose from. :bigsmile:

Capt_Apollo

It's from logging all that cleaning as exercise.

i log cleaning all the time.

You are living proof that one should log cleaning as exercise. Look what it's done for you....

awwww shucks.

::flexes for you::

Ruger2506

I recently read that people who have the cleanest homes are the thinnest.

How clean is yours? What is your opinion on this?

By the way, I'm at a normal weight now but when I was heavier, my house definately wasn't as clean! Laziness mostly.

I have a very clean home and a thin wallet. I wonder if that has anything to do with the cleaning lady I use. Does that jive with the study results? Cleaning your own home is for suckers!

curvystormcloud

It's from logging all that cleaning as exercise.

i log cleaning all the time.

You are living proof that one should log cleaning as exercise. Look what it's done for you....

awwww shucks.

::flexes for you::

*note to self: clean vigorously.*

Nice pic.:blushing:

LolasEpicJourney

haha farce thru and thru!!!!


My house has ALWAYS been spotless - from 180lbs to 315 lbs and morethan half way back again
Im not OCD but I am VERY obessive about having a clean house.
Infact I just spent 2 hours scrubbing a not so dirty house...

oh and I also log cleaning as exercise

SmartAlec03211988

I'm not fat anymore. My house is still a mess.

magj0y

overweight typically means less energy among other traits that would lead to a messy house.
However, OCD doesn't discriminate people by weight!

My mom was usper anal about keeping a clean house and she was always over weight. Sadly, it was ALL in her belly. she has looked pregnant since I was 13!

Lyssa62

my house would be spotless if the four other people that live here picked up after themselves.

THANK u!!!! Preach!!! I've got only 1 (my gay son) who helps clean the house ! The rest of them are pigs. God I wish it were that easy to keep a clean house and be skinny..holy crap if it worked like that I'd be considered anorexic. I am sure keeping the house as "tidy" as I do has kept me from being any bigger..so maybe it's more of the "maintenance" level.

Ruger2506

THANK u!!!! Preach!!! I've got only 1 (my gay son) who helps clean the house ! The rest of them are pigs.

Why do we need to know he is gay?

penniemh

Not cleaning my house, perhaps. But, cleaning other people's and or 'hotel' rooms definitely helped keep me thin and in shape...I used to pick the 2nd floor rooms when I had my choice just for the exercise...sheets and towels weight *a lot* and when they are carried up a flight of stairs in stacks half as tall as I am (64") make for a nice strength training routine. *sigh* those were the days...I wore a size 5, first and only time. (and was told and believed I was fat, imagine that!)

GeekyGoddess

*looks around at dirty hell hole, looks down at fat self* correlation proven.

I tell my kid, I'm not a housekeeper or stay at home mom, you want to live in a clean house clean it yourself. Someone has to work for a living around here.

Sinisterly

So if I hire a cleaner, I'll become skinny?

Bahahaha...

I might be for hire.. MAYBE.. We'll see!

Heir0fFir3

I dunno, pre kids I was 7-8 stone and my house was a mess. I think both of those were more a factor of my fragile mental state than anything though

GertrudeHorse

Where did you read this? I'm assuming the logic is based on the old "fat people are lazy and dirty" trope...surely we've matured beyond that haven't we?

singingflutelady

messy house though my BMI is 20