Do YOU count cleaning?

I have my activity level set as sedentary, so if I clean hard enough to sweat I do count it. Have also been moving furniture, etc. in my home and prepping/painting rooms. I count that as well, since it is replacing my structured workout and I am sweating while I do it.

If I had my activity level set for anything other than sedentary, I would not count it.

Exactly this - although a "friend" clearly mocked me for this last time I did it! I spent about 3 hours cleaning/scrubbing/moving stuff etc., so logged 1 hour (thinking any extra cals burned were a bonus). I also have my activity level as sedentary as my job is mainly office based.

Judging by the OP's ticker, they're here to try and lose weight. So why try and justify sabotaging yourself? I've seen people here ask if they should log standing, I kid you not!!
You log exercise activities. Doing the cleaning has never and will never be classified as "exercise"
All you're doing is trying to fool yourself and alleviate the guilt from having those extra cookies. You think that by logging phantom exercise you can have those little extra treats and not go over your calorie allowance for the day.
Wake up and realise all you're doing is damage to your weight reduction plan. Even if everyone on here said it's ok it's still down to you and your own mental will power to say no.

With weight reduction being the goal here and the way to do that is to eat at a deficit, wouldn't it be prudent to only ever add proper exercise activities and think of anything else as bonus calories towards your deficit? Why run the risk of potentially going over your allowance by logging something you're not sure of?

Why contribute to a conversation if you are only going to belittle or judge? Are you a certified fitness instructor? Are you a doctor? Your idea of "proper" exercise seems to contradict many reputable studies. Depending on where someone is in their fitness journey, cleaning may very well be a valid exercise. For those that are fit but want some extra burn, there are ways to ramp up cleaning to make it work your body more effectively.

These are links that can provide more information about making cleaning into a workout. These are from reputable resources, including doctors and fitness specialists:

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/spring-cleaning-calorie-burn

http://www.sharecare.com/health/everyday-activities-fitness/is-cleaning-your-house-exercise

http://www.hivehealthmedia.com/10-household-cleaning-chores-exercise/

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/tips/expert-advice/how-many-calories-do-you-burn-with-household-chores/

The following is a breakdown of calories burned per hour:

Make It Burn
Exactly how many calories are we burning while scrubbing? Here’s a breakdown of approximately how many calories we burn per cleaning activity per hour:

•Sweeping: 240
•Packing/Unpacking: 220
•Scrubbing floors on hands and knees: 325
•Cleaning, light (dusting, wiping down counters, picking up clothes): 100
•Cleaning, general (washing dishes, doing laundry): 200
•Cleaning house, heavy effort (vacuuming, hanging laundry, repetitive bending over): 260
•Child care: 205
•Shoveling snow: 415
•Raking lawn: 235
•Mowing lawn: 325
•Moving large household item: 400
•Cooking: 150
•Grocery shopping: 90

I wouldn't count walking around the mall, so why would I count cleaning? Both are equally as "difficult" Unless I'm going for a run, following along with a workout DVD, or lifting heavy things, I wouldn't count it. If I did track it, I certainly wouldn't eat the calories back.

Let me put it this way, I'm going to Disney soon. I am going to be walking around all day. I am not going to log how many calories I burned.

I wouldn't count walking around the mall, so why would I count cleaning? Both are equally as "difficult" Unless I'm going for a run, following along with a workout DVD, or lifting heavy things, I wouldn't count it. If I did track it, I certainly wouldn't eat the calories back.

Let me put it this way, I'm going to Disney soon. I am going to be walking around all day. I am not going to log how many calories I burned.

Because you don't believe you're burning calories above what you'd burn sitting on the couch, or. . .?

Because it's pretty miniscule, in the grand scheme of things.

It depends. If it's my daily grind…dishes, laundry, vacuuming, dusting, etc., then no, I don't count it. That stuff usually takes up about 2 hours out of my day, off and on, not continuous work. If I spend 4+ hours cleaning the entire house, rarely taking a break, working up a sweat, I figure I burn about 200-300 extra calories and may count that. I definitely count things like yard work and cleaning up the basement (which entails hauling heavy boxes up stairs multiple times, etc).

Also, to the person going to Disney who won't be counting their extra activity/walking. I suggest wearing a pedometer. It's a lot of fun to check it at the end of the night and see a whopper of a number. Plus, you may rethink logging that activity. It's not unusual to burn an extra 1k calories/day with all that walking and you may change your stance on "not logging" (i.e., not eating back some of those calories burned).

I only have one time I think, because I just wanted to see what would come up. A lot of the time, I'm doing it in bits and pieces instead of a non-stop cleaning session.