Cleaning Calories?!?

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  • mommy055
    mommy055 Posts: 4
    lol
  • thedescentofhope
    thedescentofhope Posts: 118 Member
    Think you should quit moaning about other people and focus on yourself.

    As Teddy Robinson once said 'If you ain't got something positive to say, say NUTHIN!'
  • missferoux
    missferoux Posts: 118 Member
    well that just was not very nice. Some folks, unlike yourself, can not afford to go to a gym. ( your picture is discussing by the way. Very unattractive)

    WTF? How do you know I CAN afford to go to the gym? Most of my workouts are running outside or doing a cardio routine at home. And why is my picture 'discussing' and unattractive? Wow.I'm drinking a cup of coffee in Amsterdam showing off my engagement ring form 3 years ago. Why the living hell is that 'discussing'?
  • mommyang2
    mommyang2 Posts: 3
    While I may or may not agree with things being said in this forum, to call someones picture "disgusting" when it clearly is not is a bit distasteful!

    Just because you do not agree with someone does not mean their picture should be attacked.

    While I do not count my calories for cleaning or child care ( I run after a 14 month old and 6 year old all day every day, while cleaning daily, laundry daily etc) if you want to so be it! But, I think you are only huting yourself especially if you are eating those calories, Unless you are doing a spring cleaning (which is not what I am talking about).

    I was always told exercise is something you intentionally mean to do: going to the gym, for a walk, exercise video, exercise from your chair if you are unable to do anything else, etc.
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    Must say, quite a few different views. And to the ones saying 'don't post on it' THATS WHAT A FORUM IS FOR...is it not?

    I was genuinely curious what other peoples views were, so thanks for answering. I don't actually get proper worked up over this, I use MFP for support and give support to people and expect it back. So I'm not gonna sit there chanting Way to Go on someones activity if it's cleaning. therefore I am not being supportive. Hence the delete.

    You should totally say way to go to me for cleaning, I hate to clean...In fact I cheer on everyone who logs cleaning calories, not because of the "burn" but because they were visibly productive at home instead of sitting on the couch eating bon-bons like I would much rather do.
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    If you can log cleaning, why can't you log sex?

    You can, I can't remember what it is under though, there was a thread about it a month or two ago.
  • mruntidy
    mruntidy Posts: 1,015 Member
    That's nothing, I log 1 calorie each time i open the fridge, you don't even wanna know how many calories I burn blinking :wink:
  • Daysednconfused
    Daysednconfused Posts: 975 Member
    Am I the only one who gets totally annoyed with people logging cleaning as an exercise? I'm turning into a bit of a cowbag about it and deleted people off my friends list because seeing it genuinely miffs me off.

    I mean seriously - logging over 600 calories for light cleaning? Seriously? Come on - tell me i am not being unreasonable thinking it's a cop out?

    To answer your question, yes, in my opinion you were being unreasonable. While I don't log everyday cleaning, who am I to condemn someone else for doing it? Your former friends are probably better off without you - and you without them, because you obviously weren't much of a friend.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    I don't do a lot of cleaning (it's why I have kids, LOL...) but when I'm out there busting tail on washing, waxing, and detailing my car and/or the hubs' truck? It's the only label I can find that fits. :)

    To each their own, tho.

    If it burns calories, I log that stuff.
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
    My BodyMedia FIT device records the calories burned while doing housework and yardwork, just like any other activity. Of course it depends on how much effort you put into it but it's definitely possible to burn a respectable amount while doing the chores. Certainly more than you do tapping at a keyboard...
  • heypurdy
    heypurdy Posts: 196 Member
    You're not the only one. I don't get it either.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    That's nothing, I log 1 calorie each time i open the fridge, you don't even wanna know how many calories I burn blinking :wink:

    I'm sorry...I just about blew water on the monitor after reading that. LMAO! :laugh:
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    I feel a little bit sad for the people doing it. I don't think it's a successful fitness or weightloss strategy. That being said, it's really none of my business.

    Now that I think about it though, I don't think I'm friends with anybody who does that anymore.
  • muffle1969
    muffle1969 Posts: 96 Member
    Generally I do not log cleaning. However, when I spent 90 minutes scrubbing the tile floor in the den, I absolutely logged it, since I was sweating like I'd just come off the treadmill. I was even sore the next day.

    I also tend to log rehearsal with my 80s rock and new wave band; however, I'll call it 90 minutes of slow walking for four hours of practice. I just know that with all the equipment moving and jumping around I'm getting actual exercise. In this case, I'm likely underestimating, but I'm okay with that. :)

    I have also logged particularly exuberant sex. (Not the man-on-top-get-it-overwith-quick type.) I think that's my favorite exercise. :D
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I don't log it unless it's a super-intense cleaning session, which I think has happened once. I really just wore my HRM that time to see what the burn was and just logged around 1/2 of what it said. Yard-work, however, I log as my HR usually get above target range during those activities.
  • meredith1123
    meredith1123 Posts: 843 Member
    I dont log every ounce of cleaning I do either.
    What i do log for cleaning however is if I am doing vigorous cleaning for a job. sometimes I help a friend with her business - she cleans post construction buildings after they are done being built and boy is that a work out - and its always 5 to 8 hours at a time. It's the real dirty kind of cleaning. .... not the 'hey my floors need to be mopped' kind of cleaning.
    That's the only cleaning I log. I dont feel I burn enough for cleaning just on a regular basis. I couldnt imagine how fat i'd be if i logged those. Hell I already struggle losing weight, i'd hate to try and count those calories earned just from normal cleaning around my house! lol
  • hollybug1016
    hollybug1016 Posts: 8 Member
    I have a full time office job so I am sitting in front of a computer a lot. I also have a husband & daughter to take care of. Most days this means that I can't get out & do a traditional work out. The majority of my activity comes from cooking, cleaning, laundry etc... I dont log those specific activities but I wear a Fitbit and that tracks it for me. It's surprising how many calories I am able to burn on a daily basis just being a wife & mother. As long as you're moving, you're burning. It may not be much and it may not be impressive but it's all some of us are practically able to do. Every little bit counts. :)
  • MystikPixie
    MystikPixie Posts: 342 Member
    It counts if you really really clean hard. But the way I've seen most people clean I can't imagine them burning as many calories as they say. But it's still movement, it counts.
  • FitCowgirl8
    FitCowgirl8 Posts: 175 Member
    I don't log cleaning anymore although I have to say when I started my journey I did. I logged cleaning and yardwork and everything I did. Maybe not the best strategy but it got me motivated and kept me adding new things and now I have a workout routine at the gym 5 days a week. So maybe for some if they get the support instead of judgement they will keep going and add more and more activity to their days. Everyone has to start somewhere. Also, I have to say any sort of activity no matter how menial is a lot better than sitting in front of the TV with a bag of chips so good for them for not hiring someone else to come in and clean their house so they didn't have to. And I agree with a lot of previous posters that sometimes cleaning can be quite a workout depending on what exactly you are doing...
  • tami101
    tami101 Posts: 617 Member
    When I first started on MFP I was not physically fit enough to do long heavy workouts. Discovering that I can use cleaning as a way to burn some calories helped motivate me to get off my butt. I also lost weight eating back those exercise calories. NONE of my friends on my FL judged me for it. That's why they are my friends! I'm glad you're not my friend. Now that I am able to sustain longer workouts, I no longer log those calories. Of course, if my friends log the cleaning calories, I do not judge them. Instead, I cheer them on! Everyone has to start somewhere.
  • damaged_glitter
    damaged_glitter Posts: 14
    I log some cleaning, but not all. I look at the 1200 calorie allowance that MFP gives me as just enough calories to maintain myself if I don't move at all. I think logging cleaning is fine, if it is actual physical labor. Dish washing probably not worth logging, vacuuming, hanging laundry on the line and weeding, yes.
  • MiNiMoNkI
    MiNiMoNkI Posts: 447 Member
    If I can get up and do anything today I'll log it. Usually I don't worry about what other people do, I figure it's their business.

    HERE HERE!
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    My question for the OP is this: Did those "friends" of yours meet their goals?
  • raspberryblonde
    raspberryblonde Posts: 40
    I'm a hotel manager, so much of my day is spent in the lightly-active category, but on those occasions when we're really busy and it's all-hands-on-deck, I might be cleaning rooms, making beds, or wrestling with industrial laundry machines. I log these as exercise, because they are over and above my normal daily activities. I do not, however, log my everyday home cleaning activities, unless they are especially strenuous.

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