House Cleaning count as Exercise?

I think that it depends on what one's activity level is set at. Sedentary? Yes. Active? No.

I normally don't log cleaning UNLESS it is extreame cleaning like moving furniture, moping under it...climbing up and down a ladder to wash windows etc. It has to be for atleast an hour before I would log it either.

Just a personal choice, i think my body is already used to and well adapted to picking up around the house daily no need to log it.

I agree with you--deep cleaning or spring cleaning, where you (me, anyway) are at it for several hours at a time, constantly moving, does count as exercise, particularly when you have a sedentary desk job like I do. If it's normal everyday pick-up, then no. I'm in the process of moving and I do actually feel a little sore from all the packing and box lifting that I'm doing, and I have been logging it as exercise.

I do believe you burn calories cleaning house but i never count it....i only log my exercise programs....i dont see the need to add that just to get more exercise calories just to eat more....kind of a waste..

No, its daily routine

I count it when I'm doing heavy cleaning... ex: bathroom, spring cleaning etc.. stuff that I don't do on a regular basis... you're moving & burning calories so why not count it?

If you want to eat more just eat more, don't try to justify it by calling cleaning exercise. To get any major calorie burn you need to be maintaining your heart rate at a significantly high level for 20 minutes or more. While you may be bending and sweating your calorie burn won't be much bigger than taking a leisurely walk.

Yes, it counts. I log cleaning as exercise. I sweat more when cleaning/mopping/sweeping than anything else lol

I always work up a sweat while cleaning. So, as an experiment, I decided to wear my HRM while cleaning one day. Turns out I actually burned more calories than MFP estimates. So, to me, it is a form of exercise. I may not always log it, but I consider it to be a calorie burning activity.

just because your not working to the level of that Insanity workout doesn't mean that it is not excercise. That being said, I don't think that standing at the sink washing dishes counts, but I do count putting laundry away. Let me explain, I put one thing on a hanger and walk from the laundry room all the way to my bedroom closet and then back. I do each garment separately. I consistantly stay in motion. I also count vacuuming, gardening, and occasional cooking experiences. Anything that gets you up and moving should count, IMO. But, I do sit at a desk for 9 hrs and a car for 1 hour on weekdays so I am very sedentary.

No. I consider exercise to be exercise.

If you work up a big sweat doing some major house cleaning, just consider it a bonus.

Exactly how I look at, too. House cleaning is part of my normal activity. Why cheat myself by trying to log it so that I can eat an extra cookie?

I don't count it because I was still doing it while I was stuffing my face and getting chubby.

This is among the activities that I just let a pedomiter give me credit for taking X-number of steps. For me, I'm usually talking lawn care or, with my current to-do list, painting rooms. It's activity, but it's really too irregular for me to try logging it, specifically, with any expectation of accuracy.

I wear a Body Media Fit Link. It tracks every thing I do and reports it to MFP. MFP gives me credit for my activity level depending on how far above (or below, I can lose consumable calories if I'm being a couch potato) my normal activity level I am. For me, it can be counted, depends on how awesomely I'm doing it. :happy: