Calories burn while preparing food
Littlesmile
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Hey Dere..
I have seen many people logging their cal burn as while Preparing food in Kitchen !!
Or while Doing Dishwasher..
i actually want to know how can u burn cal while prep food. i mean cutting/chopping vege can give you teary eyes but no cal burn !!
so is it correct to count house hold chores, dusting, food prep, cooking as Exercise and burning your cal ????
I have seen many people logging their cal burn as while Preparing food in Kitchen !!
Or while Doing Dishwasher..
i actually want to know how can u burn cal while prep food. i mean cutting/chopping vege can give you teary eyes but no cal burn !!
so is it correct to count house hold chores, dusting, food prep, cooking as Exercise and burning your cal ????
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I think that if it's out of the norm (catering for a party etc) then perhaps you could count it.
But I think many people add them so they can have a few extra cals to eat for the day:noway:0 -
Personally I don't count chores and cooking as exercise.....But for some people maybe it is something new and they feel that any little movement is exercise. Guess it's a personal preference thing but I'm with you and don't think that those things are exercise. Really!0
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the only thing I count is doing my garden and cutting the hedge! Its a big garden with a big hedge and it tires me out!!!
BUTTTT I only log like half to a quarter of the time i spend doing it0 -
I log stuff like mowing the lawns, but my lawn is massive and I go really hard at it an make it's good work out,
I wouldn't log food prep ,
Pretty sure stuff like that is basically factored in already
Some time I do log stuff to keep track of having done it but
Just change the calories burnt to 1 ( it won't let you put 0)0 -
You burn calories breathing. Of course, you burn calories preparing food and loading the dishwasher.
I don't log them, but I would if I have my activity level set to sedentary and preparing food, loading the dishwasher, or whatever the chore may be was not a daily activity.0 -
Just wanted to add that most people who log things like that have a set calorie goal and are not eating exercise calories back. They use it as reference on how active they were on some days and to get a more accurate TDEE.0
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My activity level is set to sedentary - so I probably log more things as exercise than someone who is more active. That said, I only log something like food prep when I'm canning (which involves hours of peeling, chopping, moving heavy pots, etc.) or when I spent 1 1/2 hours making lasagna. In other words - I only log things that are really out of the ordinary, and I don't eat back all of those calories - I just want to make sure I'm being accurate in my log.0
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YMMV, but I have found that I only log things that meet 2 criteria.
1. Activity outside the scope of an average day for me.
2. Gets my heart rate up.0 -
Never tried to log cleaning,preparing for food for exercise, even going to supermarket if walking. Sometime people log shopping. But isn't it what they have always done (means these activities). Logging exercise means real exercise or something giving high calorie burn and is not a routine..0
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I was sick for a long time, and didn't move much. To encourage and motivate myself to do more when I started feeling better I logged all movement that was newer to me.
My daughter had done the dishes and all the hh work. So seeing that I had spent 20 min folding laundry, 15 doing dishes, 30 vac the house made me feel I accomplished something.
There are a lot of people out there who are really starting from couch to life.
IMHO:flowerforyou:0 -
I do log housework as this is a great calorie burn, but I clean a 4 bedroom house 1 & 11/2 bath. But I don't log it everyday, just when I actually clean the whole house at once.0
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I only count things that I do specifically for health and weight loss. I obviously cooked and cleaned the whole time i was heavy and it didnt help my figure any, so why pretend its exercise now? I think it would just give you a false sence of how many calories to eat in the day0
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Personally i think logging everyday chores like that is a bit of a cop-out. Its not exercise, its just daily movement.
Having said that, every so often I have a big cleaning day at home. During this i scrub my whole house vigorously from top to bottom, vacum, move furniture to vacum underneath (I should add here that my vacum is VERY heavy), clean all the windows, mop the floors, clear out cupboards etc. I spend a long time doing this as vigorously as i can and I do log this because it is prolonged and strenuous.0 -
The only time I count cooking as exercise is if I'm spending the whole day getting ready for an event - and usually that will include cleaning floors, vaccuuming, doing dishes & cooking as a "general housework". But, on a normal day-to-day basis, I consider cooking to be a basic part of the day. Anytime I'm in the kitchen for three hours or more straight, that's when I log it.0
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Everything you do burns calories, but I only log real workout, not daily activities.0
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YMMV, but I have found that I only log things that meet 2 criteria.
1. Activity outside the scope of an average day for me.
2. Gets my heart rate up.
Exactly this is my point.. if ur heartrate is not increasing .. its not a workout.. u can be sweating in ur house only , if ac is not working... but dat doesnt count as exercise...0 -
Everything you do burns calories, but I only log real workout, not daily activities.
thats correct.. i find such updates of cooking food, choping veg, as a fake...0 -
I only count things that I do specifically for health and weight loss. I obviously cooked and cleaned the whole time i was heavy and it didnt help my figure any, so why pretend its exercise now? I think it would just give you a false sence of how many calories to eat in the day
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so why does MFP have options for such activities... of cooking food as cal burner. it will not be a true picture...0
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I think that people with a disability should be able to log what ever excersise they do that keeps them moving. I'm not saying it should be an everyday thing, I have arthritis and there are so many things I just physically can't do. Until I lose more weight and my joints don't hurt so much I will continue to log house work. As long as I am able to move that day it should count.0
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I only log planned exercise (gym, Zumba, squash etc), anything else is simply a bonus0
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Hendrix7 just burned 12 calories replying to this thread.
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People who are logging calories for preping food are fooling themselves. The most strenuous kitchen task I know of is kneading dough and I wouldn't log that.
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Ok, I'm done answering posts like this one - obviously the OP was not looking for actual answers to her question, just to bash other people to make herself feel good. :grumble: Do what works for you and stop criticizing others who may be at a different place in their journey. I've been on MFP for 40 days now and lost 14 lbs - so what I'm doing is working for me.
Good luck on your journey! :flowerforyou:0 -
Ok, I'm done answering posts like this one - obviously the OP was not looking for actual answers to her question, just to bash other people to make herself feel good. :grumble: Do what works for you and stop criticizing others who may be at a different place in their journey. I've been on MFP for 40 days now and lost 14 lbs - so what I'm doing is working for me.
Good luck on your journey! :flowerforyou:
Well AprilSWilliams, it was not a criticism, but a query.. of course who we r to stop anyone frm logging anything ...0 -
Ok, I'm done answering posts like this one - obviously the OP was not looking for actual answers to her question, just to bash other people to make herself feel good. :grumble: Do what works for you and stop criticizing others who may be at a different place in their journey. I've been on MFP for 40 days now and lost 14 lbs - so what I'm doing is working for me.
Good luck on your journey! :flowerforyou:
You keep right on doing what you are doing!! Great job!!0 -
That's how i feel, and it's nobody's business to make judgments on what i log.0
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If you don't want to log it, don't log it. Those of us who do log it don't need you to worry about us.0
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Personally...that would drive me CRAZY!!!
I work from home - run a daycare so in between doing "daycare" stuff I am cleaning - cooking - laundry - dishes etc etc. If I log cleaning / food prep I would have to log the things i do with the kids { walked back and forth 5 times getting crayons, paper , paint..changed baby..opened 6 playpens, closed 6 play pens etc etc) Screw that!! - LOL ~ If I logged every movement I made..I would get annoyed and stop logging altogether!
Only my actual exercise gets logged..if I wear my HR monitor..it goes on MFP
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