Unless I sweat I don't log my activity.......right or wrong?

I'm pretty new to this, but I've been doing a lot of reading, asking and listening to others more knowledgeable than me this month. The problem is that when answering questions most people assume the questioner is exactly like them, and is doing things exactly the same way. Couldn't be further from the truth, of course.

From what I have learned to date, coupled with a hefty dose of common sense, it depends how you figured your baseline activity levels. If you figured in doing all your housework, etc... when you set your baseline, then it shouldn't be logged since you already consumed the Calories for it.

On the other hand, if you figured a completely sedentary lifestyle, then I'd definitely add in pretty much all activity of any kind. I'd say this is particularly important if you let MFP manage your caloric allowance, and you choose 'sedentary'. From what I can tell, MFP gives you a coma patient's nutrition (i.e. BMR). You're more active than a coma patient, right?

Many people probably have the same issue I do. Bar my work outs, I am almost completely sedentary Monday to Friday because I work a desk job. At the weekend, however, I am constantly active. I do a lot of heavy DIY, chores around the house, playing with my daughter, etc... It doesn't make sense for me to eat my M-F calories at the weekend, because I'd be severely under-fueled. I know, I tried it once and frankly felt light-headed and sick by the end of the day and nearly had a severe accident with a framing nailer. Not smart.

So now I have my TDEE worked out based on an average weekday, with a 20% deficit. At the weekend I log activity that is over and above what I do during the week, in order to buy me some more Calories without the demotivator of seeing all those red numbers.

So the answer is to add in calories for anything over and above your baseline activity level. If you are going with a fixed Calorie deficit, then log all the burned Calories. If you are on a percentage deficit, then multiply by 1-deficit and log that number of kCals (i.e. if you are on a 20% deficit from TDEE, add 80% of the calories burned in any exercise you did not factor into your baseline TDEE).

Nope, for those of us who have weight to lose (myself included), the day-to-day activities have clearly been insufficient to counter the food consumption so far, so why would I start logging it now?
It's already incoroporated within the minimum calorie requirements afaiac.

^^ this, although I do log stuff like walking the dog which is extra to my daily activities, I don't include the walk to and from work as I have been doing that on a daily basis. However, I totally understand logging everything, especially if you're trying to get a realistic idea of how many calories you need on a daily basis. Whatever works for the individual is the way to go.

I don't care what others log. I stay in my own lane and do what works for me.

Yep

I've set MFP as "lightly active" and I think that reflects my normal daily activity like vacuuming, dishes, picking up toys, laundry, breastfeeding. So, I only log my planned exercise for the day. (meaning exercise that gets me at my target heart rate.) That is a personal choice for me, and certainly not the only "right" way to do it.

I think you should do what keeps you motivated.

I didn't sweat the other day doing a 100 min walk. I burnt 650 cals so you can bet I counted it! X

personally i only log activities if it is a concerted effort by me to burn calories (if i go to the gym or for a run or a long bike ride or a really long walk).

I log things like cleaning when I'm doing stuff like brushing and vacuuming the couches (we have 3 cats) and scrubbing the bathroom with a scrubbrush. I don't log picking up pieces of trash or anything like that. Some do, and if they're still losing weight? More power to them. The idea is to lose weight at the goal you've set for yourself. Whatever anyone else does to get there? As long as they're not hurting themselves, it works for me.

My personal opinion is that logging food preparation or doing dishes as exercise is only fooling yourself! I mean I'm pretty sure we all did those things anyway prior to starting MFP. I'm on my feet 8-9 hours a day in work 5 days a week and constantly moving around but I don't log this as exercise because I was doing it anyway before getting started on here! I basically only add in anything that I would not normally have done like going to the gym or going for a walk or my C25K. If I want to succeed I have to be honest with myself so doing dishes or any household activities does not count for me!

This is similar to not logging your food intake until you hit the bathroom and #2 .... Doesn't matter what goes in or what workout you do... It all counts for something! Daily activity such as walking to your car or cleaning your house are more than likely included in your normal intake ... Just log what you feel is necessary. But just because you don't break a sweat doesn't mean you didn't burn any calories in the process.0

I only count activities that are outside of daily life. I won't count house cleaning, laundry, dishes etc. But I would count raking my 1/2 acre yard because I don't do it that often and it's a freaking hellish chore. Anything else logged has to be actual excersize to me; running, gym workouts, weight lifting etc.)

Haha great minds think alike...no point in lying to ourselves though, we'll be the only losers if we do and I don't mean losers of weight!

You and I were typing the exact same thought at the same time :-)

My personal opinion is that logging food preparation or doing dishes as exercise is only fooling yourself! I mean I'm pretty sure we all did those things anyway prior to starting MFP. I'm on my feet 8-9 hours a day in work 5 days a week and constantly moving around but I don't log this as exercise because I was doing it anyway before getting started on here! I basically only add in anything that I would not normally have done like going to the gym or going for a walk or my C25K. If I want to succeed I have to be honest with myself so doing dishes or any household activities does not count for me!

I only log in my heavy cleaning days as exercise. I can spend a good three hours at once cleaning and scrubbing the bathroom and kitchen, vacuuming and mopping. I don't count three hours of it and it's my every other week serious cleaning. The maintenance cleaning I don't count. I don't count walking the dog either, although I did at first. Then I realized how stupid it was to log that since I have been walking him for almost 12 years now and don't consider that any extra exercise.