Do you count cleaning as exercise?

I never clean long enough to care lol. But, if I do something like that that I feel deserves some extra calories, I'll add about half the amount of time using the entry for walking 2 mph.

Personally, I don't log cleaning or mowing etc....the only thing I log as exercise is when I set out to do a workout. A lot of people do though especially if you selected a 'sedentary' or 'lightly active' lifestyle in MFP settings. It's personal preference! You're definitely keeping busy and getting lots of exercise with the lifestyle you have on a day to day basis. If you need extra fuel to keep up with that lifestyle then I say....log it!

I don't, just because I'm more likely to eat ALLLLL those calories back. Oh, look, I burned 200 calories pulling weeds? Guess who's getting piiiiieeee?!

That's just me, though. I can understand logging out-of-the-norm activities. I've just operated under the idea that regular chores contribute to activity level rather than logged exercise.

I do but only because it is such a rare activity for me.

Since mowing the lawn makes me break a sweat and then some, I count it!

Just wondering if anyone adds cleaning or push mowing to exercise? I normally don't for the daily pick ups and sweeping, but I am wondering when you clean for 3 or so hours to you count it? Also push mowing, is this something that you would add or would you do that and exercise besides that in a night?

I don't count any cleaning because even with a heart rate monitor I would not know how much I was burning. Heck, I don't even count my walking or weight lifting,and nothing except my cardiio workouts and that reading comes off my heart rate monitor.

nope

I don't every day cleaning, but Yesterday I did major spring cleaning for 4 hours so I logged an hour. Mowing, I would use walking if they don't have mowing in the database but I would only log half. Only because I'd rather err on the side of burning more than I think rather then vice versa

I just spent all day pulling weeds and using the pressure washer to clean the outside of my house and deck. You better believe I put that down! With that said I don't plan to eat back my calories from it.

If it's a sustained and heavy effort (like helping a hoarder clean out part of a room, lol, or maybe cleaning out the storage closet of mine) I've counted it ... but I'll only log it as light effort and for half the time, usually. And I have been known to log things like vacuuming, when I'm 7+ months pregnant, because it's more difficult then and I need to make sure to get enough calories (but again, logging only as light and for half the time). All of the light cleaning, like picking up after my kids, dusting, general vacuuming, etc falls into my activity level instead.

I'd probably say the same for mowing. (Out of curiosity, by "push mower," do you mean gas powered but not self-propelled, or that it actually works/blades spinning from you pushing it? Though both can take considerable effort). I log the time I spend "gardening" - which right now is literally digging up the grass around my rose bush area. Light effort stuff like sitting and pulling weeds, I probably wouldn't log.

The bottom line is find what works for YOU. Try logging 1/2 time for your heavier effort chores if you want to, and see how it works. If you slow in your weight loss, though, that'd be the first thing I'd change.

If it is a sustained daily thing (like the mother who posted above) it should be counted in your daily activity level rather than added on as exercise.

Personally, I don't count anything I'm not primarily and specifically doing for exercise. If I burn extra calories doing these things, cool, but I wouldn't eat them back and don't track them.

Cleaning your own home and cleaning homes for a living are two different things. I do both. I don't log cleaning at home because it involves answering the phone, stopping to talk to hubby and kids, getting bored and taking a break, etc. Work cleaning is non stop moving, carrying buckets, vacuums, up and down stairs, etc, all with the pressure of cleaning every room of a multi storey house to a time limit, often 4 to 5 hours. Don't tell me it's not a work out.

I do but only because it is such a rare activity for me.

:laugh: That's why I have kids! I do dishes, cooking, and laundry, and the boys and hubby have assigned "zones" for the rest of the chores.

ETA: Oh, to answer the OP--No, I do not count cleaning as exercise. It's about the same amount of "effort" as my normal daily activity.

No. I don't really think it counts. I only really log exercises that I am doing for intended exercise... whether it be going to the gym, swimming, or going for a walk. If I burn calories while cleaning then that is an awesome added bonus, but I personally don't see the point in logging cleaning or some other activity that I do everyday, but that's just my opinion, to each their own.

If I do it vigorously, yes.
If I do it at easy or moderate effort, no.