House cleaning and food prep as exercise

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  • ninjakitty419
    ninjakitty419 Posts: 349 Member
    I dont log any of it, personally. Whatever I burn (which probably isn't much) can just be bonus points.
  • 4_Lisa
    4_Lisa Posts: 362 Member
    I don't, its an added bonus burn
  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    the calorie burn of cleaning above your tdee is so insignificant that it's not worth logging. it's really just denial when you get down to it.

    All depends on what you actually did. Ran the vacuum for 10 minutes chasing dust bunnies, no, I don't count it.
    Moved every single piece of furniture in the house, spent 3 hours mopping and waxing, before heading out to spend 4 hours cleaning out the garage which includes moving the motorcycle with a locked up rear wheel in and out of the building, filled 4 large trash bags, took down every single box full of books off the shelving unit and then replaced them after a good cleaning, and at the end of the day hurt worse than after a 10 mile run.... yeah, that I count.

    Hey, but both times, I was just cleaning, right?
  • svsl0928
    svsl0928 Posts: 205 Member
    I have used both occasionally. I volunteered to work (clean ) a Habitst for Humanitis house. I was on my knees scrubbing , I did window and raked scrubber to put in a bag. I did not log the entire time but I did count this as my exercise for the day. I also volunteer at a church that sells dinner. I am usually there for 5 hours. I fix the plates and empty/refill bowls. I put this down for an hour and 30 minutes. .
  • april27kelli
    april27kelli Posts: 338 Member
    I wouldn't count those things... prepping food and cleaning my apartment and other normal daily/weekly activities never helped me lose weight before... they aren't going to help now.
  • lilmiss_sunshine29
    lilmiss_sunshine29 Posts: 136 Member
    i use house cleaning as an exercise if I'm doing like full blown cleaning. if i just loading the dishwasher or making the bed or cleaning off a table i don't count it but if I'm vacuuming, sweeping, mopping and scrubbing the walls and floors and toilets then i log it because im usually working up a decent sweat and i don't want my calories to be off if i dont count it

    this!!

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