Cleaning....

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  • Blueyedtine
    Blueyedtine Posts: 52 Member
    :flowerforyou: i count it when i am doing a once a week moving furniture & cleaning under cabinets & in cabinets where i am climbing up & down, scrubbing bathrooms polishing floors, scrubbing ovens, cleaning fridge, changing bed linens, washing clothes & pulling on wet clothes. all this activity that lasts for hours on end yes that counts!

    Same as here. And I always count it as "light". Hey some days that is all you have time for and I'm set to sedentary activity level.
  • airant
    airant Posts: 146 Member
    Seriously... what? I know some people track it, as I have seen it on their journals. So, I was curious how many people do and how they dedicate it....
    Light/Moderate VS Heavy/Vigorous....

    In your opinion - how do you differentiate when trying to calculate your exercise for the day?

    Seriously...?
  • xkdrowex
    xkdrowex Posts: 107 Member
    omg, when i'm on one of my 'weekend missions', THAT counts as a workout, and for sure I log it! When we're talking handwashing and scrubbing floors, washing walls, vacuuming stairs, cleaning out the pantry/garage/basement, and climbing the stairs countless times, you bet i'm sweating and huffing and puffing. do that for 3 hours straight, you feel it, so heck yes, log it!

    swiffer/sweeping/regular mealtime cleaning doesn't count lol...

    ^ this. My hubby is a neatfreak we clean the whole house daily. On Thursdays I clean my cousins house which takes me a minimum of 4 hours it is huge with wood floors and marble everywhere. I do log that. Well.. I used to but now I just let my fitbit make the calorie adjustment for the steps which is usually pretty close to if I logged it as light/moderate. I also don't think we should log "food preparation". o.O
  • airant
    airant Posts: 146 Member
    Seriously... what? I know some people track it, as I have seen it on their journals. So, I was curious how many people do and how they dedicate it....
    Light/Moderate VS Heavy/Vigorous....

    In your opinion - how do you differentiate when trying to calculate your exercise for the day?


    I count it on saturdays when i do my heavy cleaning, no to eat it back just to keep track and make sure i dont under eat, since im set up as sedentary, and eventhoe i do track it i steel workout ...

    Seriously...?
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Seriously... what? I know some people track it, as I have seen it on their journals. So, I was curious how many people do and how they dedicate it....
    Light/Moderate VS Heavy/Vigorous....

    In your opinion - how do you differentiate when trying to calculate your exercise for the day?


    I count it on saturdays when i do my heavy cleaning, no to eat it back just to keep track and make sure i dont under eat, since im set up as sedentary, and eventhoe i do track it i steel workout ...

    Seriously...?
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    I log cleaning only when it is something well beyond ordinary daily or weekly cleaning, AND it goes on for an extended period of time. I have logged cleaning as exercise maybe twice in the last four months.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    How about not logging calories since HRM's are only marginally accurate anyway and don't account for the period post-exercise in which you're metabolism is still on overdrive, use the TDEE method of calculating your calories, and simplify your lives by not worrying about logging exercise and crap like "oh I swept up cat litter and picked up my husbands dirty drawers off the ground, that's worth 100 calories right?" TDEE is so much easier and just as accurate folks, if not more accurate.
  • Brad805
    Brad805 Posts: 289 Member
    Now if the OP has rigged up an olympic bar to have either a mop or broom I might count it, otherwise sounds a whole lot like one might be trying to justify stuffing some extra food down.
  • gourmetgal77
    gourmetgal77 Posts: 73 Member
    Not at all trying to justify overeating... Simply curious that is all! Like I said to other people who have responded... I was looking to hear from those that do count it and if they do how they determine how to count it. Simply curious.... nothing more, nothing less....
    Now if the OP has rigged up an olympic bar to have either a mop or broom I might count it, otherwise sounds a whole lot like one might be trying to justify stuffing some extra food down.
  • gourmetgal77
    gourmetgal77 Posts: 73 Member
    Can you enlighten me... what is the TDEE method? I don't think I have heard of that before and would be interested in learning more.....
    How about not logging calories since HRM's are only marginally accurate anyway and don't account for the period post-exercise in which you're metabolism is still on overdrive, use the TDEE method of calculating your calories, and simplify your lives by not worrying about logging exercise and crap like "oh I swept up cat litter and picked up my husbands dirty drawers off the ground, that's worth 100 calories right?" TDEE is so much easier and just as accurate folks, if not more accurate.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    TDEE, Google is our friend!
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Can you enlighten me... what is the TDEE method? I don't think I have heard of that before and would be interested in learning more.....
    How about not logging calories since HRM's are only marginally accurate anyway and don't account for the period post-exercise in which you're metabolism is still on overdrive, use the TDEE method of calculating your calories, and simplify your lives by not worrying about logging exercise and crap like "oh I swept up cat litter and picked up my husbands dirty drawers off the ground, that's worth 100 calories right?" TDEE is so much easier and just as accurate folks, if not more accurate.

    TDEE is Total Dailey Energy Expenditure. It incorporates your daily activity, and I believe height, weight, and bodyfat% (been a while since I've had to calculate it myself) and tells you what you should be eating. You don't have to worry about eating back exercise calories burned and all that nonsense. I apologize if I'm coming off as harsh. The reality is that HRM's are a swag at best and in many cases a HUGE swag. Just Google HRM's and accuracy and you'll find plenty of articles about it. I think a brisk walk or something like that was the most accurate calorie measure. However, your body is still highly metabolic after exercise and the HRM does not account for that, so counting some calorie "burn" and not the other is kinda' silly in the end. Heck, I've talked with many pro-trainers (not local gym trainers) that don't even have their clients count calories in the first place, just get them on a better eating plan. It will absolutely simplify your life and make your goals easier to get to, instead of worrying about tracking very calorie "burnt". :)
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Purely for the sake of curiousity, I wore my HRM during my usual Saturday afternoon clean. Vacuumed 3 levels, plus stairs, changed linens, did laundry, dusted etc. I was at it for a good 2.5 hours.

    My HRM said I had burned 167 calories. My house looked great, I felt great with how clean it was, but I was never under any impression that these Saturday afternoon cleaning sessions were workouts.

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