House Cleaning count as Exercise?

RllyGudTweetr

I don't count it because I was still doing it while I was stuffing my face and getting chubby.

So, people (like me) who walked two or more hours a day and ate at a surplus to get heavier shouldn't log the walking they do once they start eating at a deficit?

kellijauch

I break a sweat cleaning half the time, so I think you could consider it exercise, but I wouldn't track it on here or replace my work out with it. That would be like saying the walk from your car into your building at work is exercise. It's not. It's just something you do.

nrod1988

i agree. I only use it when im doing deep cleaning

MyOwnSunshine

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my new exercise program is going to be - clean your way and wash dishes to fat loss in 60 days or your money back ...
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Would you like to hold classes at my house?

bearkisses

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

ndj1979

my new exercise program is going to be - clean your way and wash dishes to fat loss in 60 days or your money back ...
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Would you like to hold classes at my house?
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sure, I do it in the nude, but that costs extra...

Annerk1

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

Five miles every day. (Currently side lined with an injury for a few more days ) Takes me an average of about an hour. I walk faster than some of the joggers in my neighborhood. :bigsmile:

ndj1979

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

well my comment was not directed at you It was a wise as* reply to someone who said "anything that I do that breaks a sweat I log" so I was saying if you just step outside and start to sweat do you log that?

I would count power walking as exercise so go ahead and log it...

Momma2PrinceNPrincess

Hell yea I log it! But it's only on the days I actually spend 20 min or more on heavier cleaning...vacuuming my entire house, mopping the floors, scrubbing the kitchen, every bathroom, etc. Picking up toys, putting way laundry, doing dishes....no, those activities I don't log.

PinkEarthMama

If its part of what you do every day - don't count it.

If its out of the ordinary, count it. A friend of mine is over 400 and picking up the toys is HARD for her. If it makes her feel more productive, I am all for counting.

I count mine only if I'm doing the whole house top to bottom. I counted cleaning out the garage as housework, too.

bearkisses

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

Five miles every day. (Currently side lined with an injury for a few more days ) Takes me an average of about an hour. I walk faster than some of the joggers in my neighborhood. :bigsmile:

you are not burning 600 calories in an hour of walking

astrampe

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

Five miles every day. (Currently side lined with an injury for a few more days ) Takes me an average of about an hour. I walk faster than some of the joggers in my neighborhood. :bigsmile:

you are not burning 600 calories in an hour of walking

That's a little presumtious!! Do you know the posters weight, age, size fitness lever and lever of exercion to make such a comment.... It is quite possible to burn 600 cals an hour speedwalking.....

Mokey41

What is this deep cleaning everyone does? I cleaned out my dad's crawl space last night. Is that deep cleaning since it was under the basement?

I love the endless search for more to eat and the sweat equals calories burned theory.

movu101779

I only count it on the day I do deep cleaning for HOURS. Usually 4 - 5 hours. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, livingroom, dining room and kitchen.. So yes I count it. However, I still do my normaly daily workout. Get your heart rate up for a long period of time is the way to go..

Annerk1

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

Five miles every day. (Currently side lined with an injury for a few more days ) Takes me an average of about an hour. I walk faster than some of the joggers in my neighborhood. :bigsmile:

you are not burning 600 calories in an hour of walking

Wrong. Like I said, it's power walking. I walk faster than some joggers. It's highly cardio intensive and involves legs, arms, and core, It's not a stroll around the block. The numbers jive with both Map My walk and MFP.

italian_bella_xo

You are moving around and not being a couch potato! Anything you do moving is considered exercise in my opinon. I learned the other day that you burn calories when you click a mouse! haha crazy.

Mokey41

You are moving around and not being a couch potato! Anything you do moving is considered exercise in my opinon. I learned the other day that you burn calories when you click a mouse! haha crazy.

You burn calories sleeping and breathing and just existing, doesn't make it exercise.

newdaydawning79

Oh goodness.

These threads always become a snarkfest.

That being said...if you're logging it, eating those cals back and it works? Good for you. If it doesn't? Re-evaluate. What one person considers exercise another may not. That's the lovely thing about being different people taking this journey. :flowerforyou:

CarmenSRT

so if you walk outside in the summer and sweat do you log that?

I powerwalk outside in the summer. i sweat. I log it. Are you saying that I shouldn't log 600 calories worked off?

how many hours straight are you walking to burn those 600 cals!

Five miles every day. (Currently side lined with an injury for a few more days ) Takes me an average of about an hour. I walk faster than some of the joggers in my neighborhood. :bigsmile:

you are not burning 600 calories in an hour of walking

Wrong. Like I said, it's power walking. I walk faster than some joggers. It's highly cardio intensive and involves legs, arms, and core, It's not a stroll around the block. The numbers jive with both Map My walk and MFP.

I don't power walk. At age 46 however I can tell you that at my present weight of 164 lbs I burn ~100 calories per mile walked (Body Media Fit Link stats). 600 cals for 5 miles power walking passes the smell test.