Housekeeping

Nope

No. You would select your activity level higher.

Yes. My DD works in hospital environmental services cleaning patient rooms, and she's been losing weight without really watching her calories. It's exercise.

No. My mother does exactly that. You don't lose weight unless you maintain a caloric deficit. She just needs to calculate her TDEE using the moderately active setting, and eat her exercise calories back. I am talking about her workouts, not about work.

Yes. My DD works in hospital environmental services cleaning patient rooms, and she's been losing weight without really watching her calories. It's exercise.

No. My mother does exactly that. You don't lose weight unless you maintain a caloric deficit. She just needs to calculate her TDEE using the moderately active setting, and eat her exercise calories back. I am talking about her workouts, not about work.

exactly. no one is saying that's it's not physical labor. what we're saying is that if you start logging 8 hours of your job as exercise, you're going get get a crapload of calories to eat back, and you're going to get fatter. every single time.

I'd say no. I mean-- have you had this job for a bit? If so-- you were doing those same things, and still gaining weight (I suppose?!) So unless this is a brand new thing, I'd say it's a great physical activity, but not a workout. I only count 'exercise for the sake of exercising' ... meaning, if I change into exercise clothes, change my shoes and set out to burn some cals-- I count it; Nothing else!

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[thats why its a category her e on my ffitness pal.. yes.................

^^ But anyone can add an exercise and share it on the database - just like adding a food. I'm not trying to argue the point-...add in the housecleaning if you want, or gardening, or raking some leaves, or food prep... you only have yourself to answer to. Who cares what we think - but you know if you're truly going above and beyond your 'norm' .
I just thought I'd mention it in case you weren't aware of this feature.

I would say no,

1) if you always do this activity then it is already contributing to the weight that you are now and you will need to burn EXTRA calories to lose weight.
2) if this is a regular activity it should be already accounted for in your BMR/TDEE (when you joined MFP you should have put your activity level as something other than sedentary/slightly active)
3) I know it is HARD work and I bet you feel exhausted at the end of the day but I bet a lot of it is really more of a strength/tone/endurance activity than a fast-paced cardio activity which are the calories you need to be counting. If you kept your heart working at 80% for 8 hrs straight it would probably explode! (hyperbole, relax). So although components will be cardio, not much of it is burning a stack of calories

I think a category like this exists for people who, for example, spend a Saturday helping a friend move house (but really, really quickly!).