Cleaning as an exercise??

I think its all relevant as you are moving! I personally don't count it, I just think of it as a secret little bonus at the end of the week when I weigh in.

don't ... think of it as bonus. and since you're not loggin it.. that will motivate you to do something else that you will log. plus that "extra" will help balance out the margin of error for weighing food, that extra cookie, etc..

Usual day to day cleaning I won't add as exercise, but if I do a big cleaning and I'm doing lots of moving around I'll put it in. I can spend 2 to 3 hours vacuuming, washing floors, going up and down stairs doing laundry.

If I break a sweat doing it, I count it. Such as rearranging the furniture or deep cleaning

I think it depends on personal preference. For me, I have my settings on "Sedentary" because most days I'm behind my desk. But when I do walk an extra 20-30 minutes or clean for 30 - 60 min, I will add that because my default is "sedentary." It should be noted that I am also a firm believer in eating your exercise calories. You may not see as fast a weight loss as others, but I think it contributes to me being more comfortable and sticking with the program long term.

I have my activity level set to sedentary.. I don't log normal cleaning.. 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there etc.... but i will log if i spend a whole chunk of time doing something.. deep cleaning the kitchen for example.

If I break a sweat doing it, I count it. Such as rearranging the furniture or deep cleaning

Absolutely! You are bending, twisting, lifting heavy objects. Why not count it as an exercise? However, if you are munching on a donut while pushing the vacuum, that might be a bit much. :bigsmile:

I dont. I set my level to lightly active seeing as im at home with 2 kids under 3 and run the household/cook/clean all day so I include it all in my activity level. The only things I log is actual workouts, but its up to the person on what they choose to log

When I vacuum and wash floors or move furniture, I definitely log it as exercise.

I don't count my daily cleaning at home, but I do clean my office every weekend for extra money and I do count that. It is a little harder work than just my chores at home and I usually try to do it quickly and break a sweat.

Cleaning is just another part of the day. I don't log it. Loggable exercise to me is what I do in addition to my daily activities. For example, I wouldn't consider things like, getting out of bed, brushing teeth, getting dressed or breathing as cardio. Even mowing the lawn and working in the garden don't qualify in my book.

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I sometimes log it, it sounds really bad, but I clean about once or twice a week and then do it all in one hit sometimes. Or I do it when I have less time then I'm running around like a moron

I dont count cleaning as exercise. I have been cleaning for years and still putting on the pounds. So I just consider it a part of my routine. However, twice I did add snow shoveling as cardio. We have a big driveway and it really felt like I had a real work out by the time I was done.

If you are set to sedentary I say go ahead an add it... I don't add it because my fitbit does for me. This last week and a half, I added on average an extra 200-500 calories a day by doing cleaning. But I have both profiles set to sedentary, as I am sitting most of the time at my desk. And if anyone gives you flak for it... just ignore it.

Since it is not a daily thing for me, and when I clean I normally get active enough to break a sweat, I count it....I just don't enter it as I let my BodyMedia take care of that.
I don't count walking around gather plates and cups...I mean, sweeping, moping, scrubbing the bathroom, vacuuming, hauling stuff from room to room, shifting furniture so I can get under it, etc. The day after my last party I could feel the effects of all the activity, and since the wildest we got was playing board games, I don't think that was it. And per my BM, I burnt more calories than on days I go to the gym and lift weights.