How do I add an exercise like "cleaning?"

I wouldn't....

I personally would not add cleaning as excercise unless it was real heavy spring clean,
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All the people saying they wouldn't log it, that wasn't even the question, maybe some people need a reading lesson, the guidelines say "Please stay on-topic within a forum topic" the topic is HOW TO log it, not your opinion on if it counts

Whoa! Calm down girl. If cleaning is their job, then their activity level should not be sedentary. Also, considering the fact that MFP overestimates calories burned, logging normal things like cleaning is MOST LIKELY just going to give an overestimated caloric increase, thus setting back their weight loss.

^^ this

When I had to add cleaning it was because I had my activity level set too low. I even counted washing up (and continued to lose more rapidly than mfp suggested).

Please follow the technical advice given if you mean you seldom clean, and perhaps go up an activity level if you will feel like you're starving if you don't log it.

You may work up a sweat washing your entire vehicle, interior and exterior, by hand. Who is to say that someone else does not work up a sweat by vacuuming and dusting an entire house? How big of a job are you talking about? One living room? Or an entire 3,000 square foot house? I know when I vacuum, I include the baseboards, grout lines, and all of the other little crevases. I do sweat. I clean my house on a daily basis, just keeping up with the daily clutter. I don't log that. But, when it is time to scrub the bathrooms, floors, walls, etc. (usually about once a week) I do log it. I sweat my @ss off when doing the major cleaning. And, no, we are not slobs. Just kids and a dog, lol.

My opinion, not that it really matters, is to each is own. What makes you sweat may not make me sweat. Personally, I don't wash my own car, I have it detailed. But, I do "detail" my floors myself, and it is a workout.

i dont think its neccesary to add regular daily activites asd excercise. i would just skip it and not bother...unless you were doing jumping jacks and burpess while washing your floor! lol

+1.

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I always add mine. It's hard work. I thik it's in the cardio area. I think it's like 300 calories burned for 60 minutes.

You may work up a sweat washing your entire vehicle, interior and exterior, by hand. Who is to say that someone else does not work up a sweat by vacuuming and dusting an entire house? How big of a job are you talking about? One living room? Or an entire 3,000 square foot house? I know when I vacuum, I include the baseboards, grout lines, and all of the other little crevases. I do sweat. I clean my house on a daily basis, just keeping up with the daily clutter. I don't log that. But, when it is time to scrub the bathrooms, floors, walls, etc. (usually about once a week) I do log it. I sweat my @ss off when doing the major cleaning. And, no, we are not slobs. Just kids and a dog, lol.

My opinion, not that it really matters, is to each is own. What makes you sweat may not make me sweat. Personally, I don't wash my own car, I have it detailed. But, I do "detail" my floors myself, and it is a workout.

I watch people count cleaning as exercise on almost a daily basis. You can't really tell me they are doing rigorous cleaning every single time.

I've had (note past tense) MFP friends who would log 6+ hours a day of vigorous cleaning per day, 4+ days a week. If it's that regular and you are very confident that the burn accurately reflects the work you've done, why not change your activity level? I also wondered why so much cleaning needed to be done. lol. The same friends would eat back all of the 'calories burned' from the cleaning, and wonder why they didn't lose anything. So be very careful.

I really think it's up to you, OP, to decide. I'd go with the suggestion of a HRM, or using it as a bonus burn. But yeah, it's in the database, but remember, it's only a random estimate. Be careful, and good luck.