is hanging up laundry considered exercise?

claudie1981

I do alot of cleaning at home, and i was wondering is hanging up laundry outside considered a exercise?I know most of you probably use a tumble dryer but in south africa most people hang up there clothes on sunny days

Schann7

I wouldn't think so..

phjorg

no.. its not

StArBeLLa87

I mean of course you will burn a lil calorie due to it takes energy but I wouldn't add it to your exercise for the day

mrsnecincy

I was told that everything outside of a normal routine would count. Is it on the database? If not then it probably doesn't burn much. A lot of peeps on my friends list log things like cleaning and food prep though. Personaly I have an active job and it can include anything from cleaning to building a shed to gardening and dog walking. I don't log anything now as I was doing it just to get more cals so I could eat more which isn't a healthy attitute to exersize in my opinion!

claudie1981

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

LittleMissDover

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

You should only log cleaning if your activity is set to 'sedentary', if it's set as lightly active then you shouldn't as it will be included already as daily activity.

Honestly, day to day cleaning doesn't get your heart rate up so I wouldn't log it.

TavistockToad

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

if you are using MFPs calorie settings you SHOULD eat exercise cals back.

Snow3y

also south african nope its not.. It might seem tiresome but I wouldn't think to add it as exercise.

Gracie1214

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

if you are using MFPs calorie settings you SHOULD eat exercise cals back.

I agree with this

selina884

NO.

IbiH

Get yourself a Fitit, you'll know then exactly how many calories a day you burn whatever job you do.

LittleMissDover

okay thanks just was curious. Its not on the database. well this is week 2 for me, i didnt even realise i was eating my exercise calories till one of my friends told me not to eat them up I do put cleaning as work out even a light one cause i clean a room in my house a day. Its still moving....but shoo carrying those heavy washing baskets out to the line i could feel my heart beating. lol

if you are using MFPs calorie settings you SHOULD eat exercise cals back.

Exercise cals yes but if she's set as anything but sedentary she shouldn't be counting everyday things such as cleaning as exercise anyway.

pkw58

Yes, anything besides sleeping is activity that burns more calories ... But you have to set your lifestyle to "sedentary" . A lot of us wear an activity tracking device (fitbit, ups, hrm, nike fuel band or body media or pedometer) as we go about our daily activities and then record it as our activity for the day.

For me, i do ore if i know it counts, and i walk or do yoga, barre3 in 10 to 30 minute s as much as i can during the day, with my 8 to 10 hours a day career, 1 to 3 hours a day music ministry I made the decision to log my food and get in as many steps a day as i could.

Rockstar_JILL

No...

glovepuppet

i think i'm going to sound really harsh here but...

i suspect your mindset is off and you're cheating yourself, kidding yourself that normal chores count as exercise, if you're really honest with yourself, is it a way to make yourself feel better about not doing enough real exercise? a way to convince yourself that you've earned that extra scoop at dinner?

if so, it'll make you feel better in the short term by making your log look lighter, but in the long term it will make you miserable by holding back your weight loss.

keithmustloseweight

I do alot of cleaning at home, and i was wondering is hanging up laundry outside considered a exercise?I know most of you probably use a tumble dryer but in south africa most people hang up there clothes on sunny days

Ignore all these jealous amerifats who use tumble dryers they don't know what it's like to do physical tasks. I used to sit down when riding the bus but realised that I can burn more calories if I stand up during the journey. Now I stand up on the way to work and sometimes on the way home too and log those extra calories. I always remember to eat back my exercise calories too

Elleinnz

No - think of it this way - were you hanging up laundry or cleaning while you were stacking on the weight - if you were it did not stop you from getting fat - so how on earth are those same activities now helping you drop the weight?

sjlocklear

Cleaning is on the MFP exercise database....

Rachlmale

I used to sit down when riding the bus but realised that I can burn more calories if I stand up during the journey. Now I stand up on the way to work and sometimes on the way home too and log those extra calories. I always remember to eat back my exercise calories too

You log standing up?...

pinkraynedropjacki

It is if you put the washing basket as far from the washing line as possible & hang one item up at a time per trip. Takes me about an hour to hang the washing. I then take it down the same way. With my fitbit I can get about 5-6 thousand steps just doing it each time..... enough that I do work up a sweat cause I'm going so fast. I just had to hang my stuff up inside cause it's raining.... washing at one end of the house...clotheshorse at the other...ONE item at a time. Took me 4000 steps to do half, I'm talking ONE sock, ONE underwear, ONE tshirt, ONE pair of pants..... per trip. So grab ONE...walk to line....hang...walk back empty handed....grab one...walk to line..... you get it now?


ANYTHING can be classed as exercise if you do it right..... you should see me clean the floors.


DO NOT LISTEN to those people who do NOT class it as exercise...... if you do it like I do then it's a bloody workout in itself. I didn't hang washing like that when I was fat.

Ralphrabbit

You could dance at the same time to lighten the load & then you may qualify for some exercise cals?!?!?

supplemama

No.

When the weather is nice I hang my clothes to dry. This is not exercise. You may feel your heart beating but are you breaking a continuous sweat? No.

pollyineedtobeskinny

It's not exercise BUT atleast you are being active :-) Better than sitting on your *kitten* and using a dryer :happy:

Rarity2013

What I've tried to do, particularly over the weekend where I don't want to exercise, is just mildly up my activity level.

In the past, I have spent Saturday and Sunday parked on my backside hardly moving, but this weekend, I made an effort to do extra bits of chores I wouldn't normally have done at a weekend.

I don't log this as exercise- I just think that a little extra activity keeps me ticking over. I only count cleaning as exercise when I do a big session.

pinkraynedropjacki

No.

When the weather is nice I hang my clothes to dry. This is not exercise. You may feel your heart beating but are you breaking a continuous sweat? No.

Sweating is NOT an indication of exercise at all. I sweat in my sleep.... I'm NOT exercising.

mikeyrp

Short answer - yes. Doing anything active is a form of exercise, and you are entitled to log it and eat it...

BUT - Unless you are talking about very heavy laundry or a very long walk to get to the line, its not going to be that many calories. I would consider this task to be closer to weight lifting than cardio work, and a gym session of dedicated weight lifting burns somethign like 200KCal per hour. So if you are hanging up washing for 15 minutes and you are working at a lower effort than dedicated wight lifting you are talking less than 50 KCals - probably 20 or 30.

Don't let that put you off though - Strength training is really good for you - building muscle strength will actually increase the amount of calories your burn doing nothing (because muscle requires fuel to maintain itself), will help your posture and will make you look more toned. Furthermore you could use the opportunity to do some really good strength work. Instead of bending down to pick up the laundry items, go down into a full squat - its better or your back to lift from your legs anyway. If you can, do one+ squat without the item then do one where you pick it up. Holding your arms out straight in front of you rather than bending them will build up tone in your arms and shoulders. If you want to burn more calories, jog on the spot during the whole thing (but personally I think this would be quite tricky!)

melindasuefritz

you guys are so mean.............
and WRONG
Calories burned for Washing 1 Load of Laundry and Hanging it out to dry

Edit Exercise

Category: Home Activities

(No Ratings Yet)





Washing 1 Load of Laundry and Hanging it out to dry








Submitted by:
Sarah


Last edited by:
Sarah


Calories burned by:
Audrey


Sarah


angel


nancy


Karen








Add Activity to Journal


















Washing 1 Load of Laundry and Hanging it out to dry burns



205 calories per hour

glovepuppet

No - think of it this way - were you hanging up laundry or cleaning while you were stacking on the weight - if you were it did not stop you from getting fat - so how on earth are those same activities now helping you drop the weight?

^^smart post.

ChrisGoldn

I think of it this way.... If you did it regularly and got fat, then tracking it now to give yourself more calories to eat wont help you get thin.

In other words, i have an active job, i dont count the calories i burn during my workday because i gained weight and still worked. If i go for a 10,20,30 min walk outside of my Daily activities then i count those calories burnt.

If that makes sense.

dad106

No - think of it this way - were you hanging up laundry or cleaning while you were stacking on the weight - if you were it did not stop you from getting fat - so how on earth are those same activities now helping you drop the weight?

^^smart post.

I'm with these two.

I live in america, but we have a clothesline in our basement to hang dry stuff that can't go in the dryer.

Do I count that? Hell no.. it burns maybe 3 calories if that.