housework counts!

rtamayo
rtamayo Posts: 85 Member
edited September 18 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok here is good news. house work counts as exercise (great for those of us that are busy and don't always have time to do both! Found a website that calculates calories burned. you put in your weight and enter the minutes and it tells you. I spent 75 minutes cleaning this morning, burned 328 calories!
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
Also found this article on the subject:
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/01/26/tem_tem2a.html

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  • rtamayo
    rtamayo Posts: 85 Member
    Ok here is good news. house work counts as exercise (great for those of us that are busy and don't always have time to do both! Found a website that calculates calories burned. you put in your weight and enter the minutes and it tells you. I spent 75 minutes cleaning this morning, burned 328 calories!
    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
    Also found this article on the subject:
    http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/01/26/tem_tem2a.html
  • Wortle
    Wortle Posts: 5
    Alternatively you could just type it in this site, under cleaning and get the answer the way the rest of us have.
  • Razboo
    Razboo Posts: 439 Member
    I like to cross reference activities when I can. This site's entries are pretty acurate, but it's always good to see a second opinion.
  • Xtracrispy69
    Xtracrispy69 Posts: 55
    They are good to log occasionally but should not be considered a replacement for true fitness. If thats all you can do in a day truely, then great. If not hit the workout!
  • deanea
    deanea Posts: 1,437
    Isn't it neat to see how many calories you can burn just by getting off your butt! I did 60 minutes of snow shoveling today and a few web sites said I burned almost 300 cals.
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