So, is housework considered exercise or is it not?

36jessica · July 2013

How many of you count housework as exercise or when you don't meet your daily 'calorie expenditure' goal, calculate in some clandestine numbers just to round out the numbers?

nat8199 · July 2013

Nope. I don't count house work, playing at the park with my kids, or anything like that. I only count intentional exercise.

RumpusP · July 2013

I log it if it's hard housework.

Like, I don't log wiping down my stove and counters and stuff at the end of the day...

...but I do log when I spend an hour sweeping, mopping, moving boxes, scrubbing walls, etc.

Basically, if I feel like I worked out then I log it but if not I don't. I think shoving my couch around the room and such qualifies.

schnarfo · July 2013

It's activity not exercise but depends on what u have ur activity level set to for whether u should log it or not

princessputz · July 2013

If I was going to wash all my walls by hand for 4 hours yes I would count it... Otherwise no.

ShannonMpls · July 2013

Only on MyFitnessPal have I seen people consider cleaning and food preparation to be "exercise."

GetSoda · July 2013

Don't count it.
If you start losing weight too fast, then start counting it.

RedRita32 · July 2013

Nope...

corrieville · July 2013

If you're heart rate is nice and high and you're sweating then..... maybe but I never count that as exercise.

FakingFitness · July 2013

Only on MyFitnessPal have I seen people consider cleaning and food preparation to be "exercise."

HaHa! Really.

cruzcrzyMarie · July 2013

It would not be for me.

WaterBunnie · July 2013

No. Anyone with a FitBit will tell you that sedentary on MFP is not true sedentary and does already include usual everyday activity.

pastryari · July 2013

__Di__ · July 2013

How many of you count housework as exercise or when you don't meet your daily 'calorie expenditure' goal, calculate in some clandestine numbers just to round out the numbers?

No, I never count it.

AlongCame_Molly · July 2013

NO.

xmeganxtarax · July 2013

HELLNO! Sorry for the caps but good god this drives me nuts when ppl log cleaning as exercise. If you didn't jump on a treadmill and have an accelerated heart rate from working out then you aren't really burning any cals. Get a hrm and put it on and you'll see you barely burn anything. Others may disagree with me but its not exercise. Sorry

knitjogread · July 2013

I wouldn't count it unless I was doing a lot of yard work, washing cars, etc. To me, I have to laugh when I see people logging anything that is basically them off the couch. If you mark your activity level as moderate or light, it should already account for some of this.

bgelliott · July 2013

nope, it's not!

holly1283 · July 2013

What gives anyone the right to laugh at someone putting housework down? I am not a neat and tidy person so when I actually get to cleaning-cleaning I count it. It is not part of my usual routine. The normal stuff that is, I don't count.

81Katz · July 2013

Exercise, examples: Walking (and not to and from the kitchen) biking, swimming, tennis, weights, rollerblading, jump-roping, etc.

NOT exercise, examples: Washing dishes, folding underwear, chopping onions, boiling a pan of water, putting 3 pairs of socks into a dresser drawer, walking down aisle 5 at Wal-mart while pushing a cart.

so ...... :glasses:

Cutemisscoco · July 2013

No, I never would count housework.

Contrarian · July 2013

What gives anyone the right to laugh at someone putting housework down? I am not a neat and tidy person so when I actually get to cleaning-cleaning I count it. It is not part of my usual routine. The normal stuff that is, I don't count.

No one is laughing. It just isn't exercise.

CBeland2013 · July 2013

I believe that if it induces a sweat and it's outside of your usual routine, you can count it. If you spent 2 hours deep cleaning all the carpets and moving furniture and it left you tired, count it. If you spent 2 hours baking for a bake sale of something, count it. It's not your usual routine, you are tired from it, and it burned calories. If you want to count it, log it.

If you know you overate that day and you're just looking for ways to round it all out in your journal, I would say it's not legit. It shouldn't count.

Tiff050709 · July 2013

Depends.
Maybe I will wear my HRM one day and see how many calories are actually burned. But I don't usually count it. Unless it's cleaning the garage or basement.

Lili0817 · July 2013

NOO! People that do... you're really just cheating yourself big time! Congrats on cleaning your house and possibly burning additional calories while doing it, but please don't count it as your "workout". I'm wondering if the people that log it in are the ones that don't truely work out.?? Hmm...

pastryari · July 2013

What gives anyone the right to laugh at someone putting housework down? I am not a neat and tidy person so when I actually get to cleaning-cleaning I count it. It is not part of my usual routine. The normal stuff that is, I don't count.

No one is laughing. It just isn't exercise.

Yup.

technobunny · July 2013

Ready2Rock206 · July 2013

I have yet to find anyone who got skinny doing housework.

PamShebamm · July 2013

Only on MyFitnessPal have I seen people consider cleaning and food preparation to be "exercise."

HaHa! Really.

I've seen people log standing as exercise...

skullshank · July 2013

I believe that if it induces a sweat and it's outside of your usual routine, you can count it.

by this logic, having the flu is exercise.

JellyButter · July 2013

I would log it down if im pouring down sweat and my legs are giving out

So, is housework considered exercise or is it not?

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