Can cleaning the house/vacuuming count?

slaceylaw
slaceylaw Posts: 1 Member
edited January 25 in Fitness and Exercise
I notice on the cardiovascular choices there is general gardening and lawn mowing but cannot find anything for cleaning and vacuuming or hoovering the house. I know its not very sexy but it can take as much energy and time as gardening and can be as vigorous as mowing - so am I missing something ?

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  • laurasuzanne2006
    laurasuzanne2006 Posts: 103 Member
    i dont count it. The way i look at it is that it is normal activities i do all the time and in the past have never helped with weight loss. If they help you burn a little extra i just take it rather than "counting" it.
  • craziecritter
    craziecritter Posts: 200 Member
    From what I have read on these posts that should be under your 'normal daily activities' in your profile when you picked sedentary, lightly active, active and very active. You be the judge!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    I notice on the cardiovascular choices there is general gardening and lawn mowing but cannot find anything for cleaning and vacuuming or hoovering the house. I know its not very sexy but it can take as much energy and time as gardening and can be as vigorous as mowing - so am I missing something ?

    it's listed as:
    Cleaning, light, moderate effort
    OR
    Cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort

    I choose based on how much I bent over or squatted, how sore it seems like I'd be the next day, whether it was regular daily stuff or spring cleaning type effort. Also how much i sweated which is bad really cause we are headed into summer and I'm gonna sweat more doing the same exact things, so IDK?
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