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MrsNakai
MrsNakai Posts: 10 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Where the exercises are for the "light" cleaning, and the "hard" cleaning, what are the differences between the 2?

When I think of light cleaning for my home. I think, Go to each room and pick up and dishes, trash, and toys, separate into baskets according to what go where. Then after I finish with one room, I move to the next, and if I have anything in the baskets that belong in that room, I put them away, until the rooms are clean. Then I vacuum, sweep, and spot clean floors with either the carpet cleaner or mop. This is an everyday thing. (Thank the lord, My place isn't too big!)

Now heavy Cleaning is either once a week, or every other week. That involoves all off the above, but not after I dust everything, clean the windows, vacuum the corners of the ceilings, Rearrange furniture if needed, then after I clean everything, I mop, or use the cleaners on all the carpets. I even go out and clean the porch area of my apartment, then I move into the laundry room, and I clean the machines, and vacuum, than lastly I wipe off all the bottles of cleaners I have in there.

Now my husband thinks I am a little too anal when it comes to cleaning and that my "light" version is considered "heavy".
I hope anyone who reads this can help me out. Should I keep my "light" cleaning LIght? Or move it up to Heavy? If so what should I move my "heavy" to?

Sorry this has been so long. Have a great day!

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  • jhner
    jhner Posts: 66
    Most people are going to tell you they don't log their cleaning, because it's sort of an everyday activity. They only log deliberate exercise. This is what I do. I don't log anything unless it's actual "exercise." Unless I go out and do something I wouldn't normally do, say push-mow the yard.... then I'd log that.
  • MrsNakai
    MrsNakai Posts: 10 Member
    I guess I also need to add that even thought I am not rearranging furniture everyday, I do lift them every once to vacuum underneath.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Exercise is when you go to the gym, go for a run, ride a bike, jump through hoops. Cleaning your house is life, not exercise. Housework is already figured into your daily budget.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Exercise is when you go to the gym, go for a run, ride a bike, jump through hoops. Cleaning your house is life, not exercise. Housework is already figured into your daily budget.

    This.
  • mallen404
    mallen404 Posts: 266 Member
    Are you just using the calories as ones you eat back?

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  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    cleaning isn't excercise. don't log it.


    if you aren't sweating or straining, then you need to rethink what you log as "excercise".
  • MrsNakai
    MrsNakai Posts: 10 Member
    I do put up a good sweat :) I have to do it fast during the babies naptimes. 2 hours max. I consider it as my exercise time. Then at night after they sleep again, I do some walking around the block.
  • MrsNakai
    MrsNakai Posts: 10 Member
    Also, I'm a stay at home mom, and most of the day I'm on my butt feeding the kids or playing with them. My profile reads sedenary. I just don't want to effect my milk production by not logging in my cleaning as exercises
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    House cleaning is part of your every day life. Don't log housecleaning as exercise. Exercise as already stated is going to the gym, walking, weights etc.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Also, I'm a stay at home mom, and most of the day I'm on my butt feeding the kids or playing with them. My profile reads sedenary. I just don't want to effect my milk production by not logging in my cleaning as exercises

    If you need to add calories for breastfeeding, then add it to your budget. The few calories you burn cleaning are not likely to affect your milk supply. Also, sweat is an indicator that your body is too hot, not that you are burning calories.
  • MrsNakai
    MrsNakai Posts: 10 Member
    Okee dokee! Thank you all!
  • LoveMy3Boys
    LoveMy3Boys Posts: 562 Member
    I consider things like washing walls, scrubbing base boards and hand scrubbing the floors of my 3,000 sq ft home to be heavy cleaning... These are not daily things I do. I would consider cleaning all 3 bathrooms on the same day light to moderate cleaning.

    But, basic picking up and everyday things I do not log (even mopping my entire house with a mop I do not log).

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