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So, is housework considered exercise or is it not?
36jessica
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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?
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Nope. I don't count house work, playing at the park with my kids, or anything like that. I only count intentional exercise.0
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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.0 -
It's activity not exercise but depends on what u have ur activity level set to for whether u should log it or not0
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If I was going to wash all my walls by hand for 4 hours yes I would count it... Otherwise no.0
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Only on MyFitnessPal have I seen people consider cleaning and food preparation to be "exercise."0
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Don't count it.
If you start losing weight too fast, then start counting it.0 -
Nope...0
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If you're heart rate is nice and high and you're sweating then..... maybe but I never count that as exercise.0
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Only on MyFitnessPal have I seen people consider cleaning and food preparation to be "exercise."
HaHa! Really.0 -
It would not be for me.0
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No. Anyone with a FitBit will tell you that sedentary on MFP is not true sedentary and does already include usual everyday activity.0
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Just in case you weren't aware of this feature, when you go to the message boards section, there is a button called search and you can type in a keyword/phrase (ex: cleaning exercise) and you can see the threads that have already been created on the topic. Good luck! :flowerforyou:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1041514-lots-of-anti-clean-eating-sentiment-on-the-boards-today?hl=cleaning#posts-15986965
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/702245-house-cleaning-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise#posts-10298910
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1032915-does-house-cleaning-count-as-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=1#posts-15843048
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1032915-does-house-cleaning-count-as-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=2#posts-15905777
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1033292-does-house-work-count-as-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise#posts-15848154
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1028251-legit-question-housework-exercise-or-no?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=6#posts-15781174
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1025696-confused-about-what-counts-as-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise#posts-15744129
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1025992-house-work-cleaning?hl=cleaning+exercise#posts-15736716
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/319326-does-grocery-shopping-count-as-exercise?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=4#posts-15722407
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/966255-do-you-count-house-yard-work-or-shopping-as-exercising?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=6#posts-15685009
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1020622-logging-cleaning?hl=cleaning+exercise&page=2#posts-156463950 -
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.0 -
NO.0
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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. Sorry0
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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.0
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nope, it's not!0
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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.0
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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:0 -
No, I never would count housework.0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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...0
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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.0 -
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I have yet to find anyone who got skinny doing housework.0
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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...0 -
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.0 -
I would log it down if im pouring down sweat and my legs are giving out0
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