How Many Calories did you burn "Cleaning House" last week?

HealedWholeLoved
HealedWholeLoved Posts: 7 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm Spring Cleaning & am totally sweating. I just sat down to take a break and realized ... Those Calories have to Count. I checked the Exercise Tracker & "Cleaning" listed as a Exercise. Pest Control is coming today & I have to clean, move furniture & put everything back in order. That's going to be a lot of calories burnt! So I have two Questions for you:

Q1. - Do you track your House Cleaning as Exercise? Yes or No
Q2 - How Many Calories did you burn "Cleaning House" last week? :smile:
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  • PureAdamic
    PureAdamic Posts: 185
    Q1. - Do you track your House Cleaning as Exercise? Yes or No
    No, I don't count things such as, but not limited to: Being a normal person.
    Q2 - How Many Calories did you burn "Cleaning House" last week? :smile:

    None
  • JGainingHealth
    JGainingHealth Posts: 194 Member
    I will likely be logging some this weekend/beginning of next week because we're moving... so it's kind of beyond the ordinary. Cleaning can be very rigorous regardless though - if I'm on my feet for hours on end, my heart rate is up and I'm sweating, I consider that to be exercise!
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    I only log cleaning as exercise when I do something out of my normal daily cleaning. I spent a lot of time cleaning yesterday, but only logged an hour (cleaning bathrooms, organized all 3 bedrooms/closets, cleaning floors). I don't log things like doing dishes or laundry because I do those things pretty much every day.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    No. I don't. I consider any extra calories a bonus.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    No. If it isn't something I had to put on my workout shoes and change my clothes for, I don't log it.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    I only log dedicated cardio. Not cleaning.
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
    Am I the only person who doesnt log these sort of calories?
    Neither do i log long walks.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Am I the only person who doesnt log these sort of calories?
    Neither do i log long walks.

    4 out of the 6 people who responded said they don't. So no, you aren't alone.
  • writetomab
    writetomab Posts: 226
    None... My cleaner did it! :wink:
  • RawMomma10
    RawMomma10 Posts: 89 Member
    I log it. I live in a two story house... so between laundry and mopping and gathering trashes and going up and down the stairs 50 times... ... Im getting a good workout.

    I only log housecleaning when I do my normal stuff PLUS floors.... because then that entails the mopping and vacuuming and carrying the vacuum up and down the stairs too...anything that has me running the stairs I will log even as just a few minutes..... PLus sometimes I need the calorie credit... especially if I had a cheat snack....
    :) If its just picking up and loading the dishwasher then no... lol...
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
    I don't log cleaning but am aware I have burned extra calories doing it. Two hours of hard work every week add up.
  • DandelionCupcakes
    DandelionCupcakes Posts: 234 Member
    I'm aware of the calories being burned but I don't log it. I see them as 'bonus calories'...regardless of logging them or not the workout still counts....I just don't think it's necessary to log my normal human daily activities.


    Edited to add, when I saw "Cleaning House" with the little " " I imagined you raising your eyebrows while you said it, so I thought it was going to be a codeword for something sexy.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Yeah...no. I don't log this stuff. I think the last time I logged "cleaning" was when I was taking down Christmas decorations, and only the outside ones because I was up and down ladders.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    If it was something I did on a regular basis, I would include at part of my activity level...but really, it's spring cleaning...at least for me, a deep clean like that is once or twice per year and qualifies as an isolated incident.. Incidental house cleaning, cooking, etc are all a part of my daily activity level so I don't log that stuff as exercise.

    What I might do in such an instance...and what I do when I have a good day out working in the yard...I enjoy a few more cold brews than I normally would.
  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    No, I don't track housework.

    I do know without a doubt that I did not burn as many calories cleaning as I should have! lol...
  • Loftearmen
    Loftearmen Posts: 380
    Cleaning your house is just living life, not exercising. The trend I have noticed is that people who are fat try to count everything as exercise to make an excuse for why they didn't get on a treadmill or lift weights. I deal with diabetic patients who try to play this card on me all the time and they're still going to die from complications of their diabetes.... Even though they did the laundry. People who are fit realize that cleaning up is just part of their day and should be included in their daily caloric expenditure.
  • chasetwins
    chasetwins Posts: 702 Member
    I clean constantly LOL so no...I would log yard work (raking, shoveling etc. and I may even log some calories this coming week when we revamp our pond since I am positive moving stone slates has got to be a burn) but household stuff regardless of what. kind...I do not log.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Nope, I don't log it. It's just bonus burn!
  • ThatSoundsHard
    ThatSoundsHard Posts: 475 Member
    Enh, rarely. If I spend the day moving furniture or something than yeah, sure I might count some of that as exercise. But for the most part, if I'm not going out of my way to do something specifically for the exercise then no.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I have a BMF. It gives me a estimate of my TDEE on a daily basis.

    An office day: 2200.
    A home day w/ lots of cleaning: 2900.
  • badtastebetty
    badtastebetty Posts: 326 Member
    I don't log cleaning, even when rigorous. It's just an added deficit bonus :)
    Also, things like walking to and from work, and cleaning help me go easier on myself if I ever have a day where I am slightly over my goal.
  • 2aycocks
    2aycocks Posts: 415 Member
    Am I the only person who doesnt log these sort of calories?
    Neither do i log long walks.

    I plan to log them, but I just started yesterday. They are in the exercise diary, so I will log them.
  • janessanessa
    janessanessa Posts: 299 Member
    Q1. - Do you track your House Cleaning as Exercise? Yes or No
    Q2 - How Many Calories did you burn "Cleaning House" last week? :smile:

    your daily caloric requirement be that 1600 calories, (more or less according to your calculations) is the number of calories needed to sustain your body and it's vital functions throughout the day even if your completely sedentary....so, I say yes, and my friend who is a fitness professional agrees as well, deep cleaning would count. all those little calories add up over the day.

    I log mine.
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    I wonder why MFP has it a an fitness option if it isn't considered exercise?
  • mryak750
    mryak750 Posts: 198 Member
    are u serious.....I'm overweight and I clean my house all the time....log everything you eat...thats more important
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
    I don't log wiping down the counter or that sort of thing that takes seconds. But I would log a proper cleaning session that lasts over half an hour and includes vacuuming, mopping the floors, and a lot of other activities. Basically, if I've spent my afternoon cleaning, I'm putting it down somewhere!
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    I don't log wiping down the counter or that sort of thing that takes seconds. But I would log a proper cleaning session that lasts over half an hour and includes vacuuming, mopping the floors, and a lot of other activities. Basically, if I've spent my afternoon cleaning, I'm putting it down somewhere!

    yuuuup...
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    I use exhaustion as my guide. :wink: If I'm totally pooped after I do it, I log it. You can log shopping (depending on your weight, you can log an average of 200 calories per hour), "toddler care" (believe it or not, you burn anywhere from 100 to 300 extra calories per HOUR!) or cleaning.

    It doesn't replace full-fledged cardio (I do that too) but it enables you to eat a bit more to cover the calories burned from unusual activity. I don't usually eat all of my exercise calories from any activity though--in order to cover me for any error in measurement of food or activity. :smile:
  • MissMormie
    MissMormie Posts: 359 Member
    None... My cleaner did it! :wink:

    Lol, yes same for me
    And my boyfriend did the rest... :)
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
    I use exhaustion as my guide. :wink: If I'm totally pooped after I do it, I log it. You can log shopping (depending on your weight, you can log an average of 200 calories per hour), "toddler care" (believe it or not, you burn anywhere from 100 to 300 extra calories per HOUR!) or cleaning.

    It doesn't replace full-fledged cardio (I do that too) but it enables you to eat a bit more to cover the calories burned from unusual activity. I don't usually eat all of my exercise calories from any activity though--in order to cover me for any error in measurement of food or activity. :smile:

    Oh yes, shopping. That's a good one, I'm in the UK and I can walk into town, walk round the stores, walk home, all carrying bags. I've covered miles this way!

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