Cleaning...Light or Heavy??
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I log cleaning, but also I don't have my settings set above sedentary and I also don't eat my calories back either from cleaning. with that being said this is your choice to log it and on't let other tell you that you shouldn't I log anything i do like cleaning, walking around stores, or the va (as that is a lot of walking to many different clinics from one end to the other end of the hospital and parking garage) I use this log as a way for me to look back and see what was working for me to achieve certian goals I wanted. Ie in 2012 I could not stand very long to do dishes. Now I can stand for an hour doing dishes (if I have that many) This just lets me know how far i have come too. My point is you log what you want not what others say. as for which is which. I would say light cleaning is things most people do on a daily basis ie washing their dishes and putting them away, wiping down counters and microwave in the kitchen. Other things like vacuuming, sweeping, cleaning tub scrubbing the floors, washing walls washing cupboards, etc as heavy. However, MFP does seem to over estimates on the calorie count so I would cut the time in half and then enter that in if you are looking for a calorie count burn.Perhaps no one can answer your question on what is light cleaning vs. heavy cleaning because no one logs it.... because you shouldn't.
Who are you to tell me what I should and shouldn't log? Surely its my choice if I want to or not.0 -
I don't understand this site...
I asked a simple question which I thought would have a simple answer. Hmm I guess not, as everyone decides to add their opinion on if i should log it or not - which I did not ask for.
Why do people post things in the Discussion Forums, if they do not want answers and opinions???? The fact is each and everybody here has an opinion and is stating it. Of course they are also taking their time to try to answer your question. And in my opinion, very few people have been mean, or sarcastic. I think overall, everybody on the site wants to be helpful, because we are all learning.
Now whether you log it or not is up to you. But what a number of people seem to be trying to say is that depending on the activity level you chose when you put your information in, (How active you are, or are not,) basic movements may already be being calculated into that number, so logging any activity, just to log may be doing you a dis-service. (i.e. - due to mine, I walk the dog every night, but I do not log it. While I realize some people do, based on my activity level, the one I chose, I do not. I feel like if I did, I would only be cheating myself, thinking that I am burning more calories than I might actually be burning. Now you might say that I am being conservative, but if that is true then that is a benefit to me on this journey.)
So in the end whether you call it Light or Heavy is entirely up to you, and what you think it should be, based on how many calories that you know or think that you are burning.0 -
I lol'd at this thread.0
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Log it! I'm with you!0
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Hi...I log everything I do...not matter what. If it burns calories, I log it.
Yea, but sitting on the couch doing nothing burns calories....
I forgot to log breathing again0 -
great response!0
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Hi...I log everything I do...not matter what. If it burns calories, I log it.
Yea, but sitting on the couch doing nothing burns calories....
I forgot to log breathing again
Now you can have that devilish Oreo cookie you have been craving once you log your breathing time.0 -
Stick with the good people on this site! Go for it, log it, do whatever you want to!
I cant believe how mean some people are to this girl who was just asking a question. What happened to the support?!
Best of luck to you!0 -
I don't know about other peoples family, but i have six people. These dirty clothes are heavy!
Moms don't really get much appreciation for cooking and cleaning, so it actually makes me feel better to log it. I am sort of getting some credit for doing all this at least. I try to do extra each week also...... washing the car, raking leaves, mowing grass, tending the garden, etc. So, say what you will, i am loggin' it. (smile) 0 -
Stick with the good people on this site! Go for it, log it, do whatever you want to!
I cant believe how mean some people are to this girl who was just asking a question. What happened to the support?!
Best of luck to you!
Disagreeing with someone =/= mean.0 -
Stick with the good people on this site! Go for it, log it, do whatever you want to!
I cant believe how mean some people are to this girl who was just asking a question. What happened to the support?!
Best of luck to you!
No one was being mean. Please point to a specific example.0 -
Hi...I log everything I do...not matter what. If it burns calories, I log it.
Yea, but sitting on the couch doing nothing burns calories....
I forgot to log breathing again
Now you can have that devilish Oreo cookie you have been craving once you log your breathing time.
Score! I bet I could have two just from excitement. Excitement elevates heart rate which should transfer to increase calorie burns, right?!??!?!0 -
Can we stop saying cleaning doesn't matter? MFP a few months ago even posted a blog about how those little things continue to count up.
What's light for you is something that doesn't make your HR go up - what's heavy is something that makes you sweaty and your HR go up. Pick what's best for you. Just be weary of the calories burned MFP gives you because they aren't EXACT to what your body did or did not burn.
I know what worked for me is before I got a HRM I ate back half of what MFP gave me. I found that to be a really good rule of thumb and never gained but was still eating back some that was burned.0 -
I give up. Everyone just use an HRM for cleaning. They are SUPER accurate for stuff they weren't intended to do.
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Can someone explain to me the difference between:- Light Cleaning and Heavy Cleaning please
Thank you
Clean the oven the same day that it has been used.
Clean the oven after leaving it for a year. That's why I have a self-cleaning oven. 0 -
....just guess. Make a number up. Do it as many times as you want. Or dont. It'll remain an infinite mystery as to the exact caloric burn for cleaning. Maybe the calorie burn fairy will come to you tonight and whisper you sweet nothing of that mysterious number.
The answer to all life's questions in the mean time is: 42
Siri told me it's 37.
Siri's a dirty liar! I'mma tell it to her computer face. Clearly, she has no taste for good books!
I just asked her the meaning of life and she said she can't answer that now, but give her some time to write a really long play in which nothing happens….
Man, Siri is snarky and mean.
As long as it's followed by the life of Brian... I'm still in, Siri.
You rang?0 -
Log it! I'm with you!
I'm with both of you. I have my activity level as sedentary and if I move and it burns calories, I log it. I also don't eat those calories back.0 -
Log it! I'm with you!
I'm with both of you. I have my activity level as sedentary and if I move and it burns calories, I log it. I also don't eat those calories back.
Do you log your typing? Just curious.0 -
What's light for you is something that doesn't make your HR go up - what's heavy is something that makes you sweaty and your HR go up.
No.
No. No. No. NO.
That is COMPLETELY WRONG. Doing activity X at a certain weight burns the same amount of calories whether it makes you "sweaty" or not. How hard you "feel" you are working is COMPLETELY irrelevant to what your body actually burns.
If you are doing something that is easy to do, and you're working up a sweat, your body isn't telling you that you're burning lots of calories, it's telling you that you're a lazy *kitten* and badly out of shape.
Bloody ****ing hell....0 -
I don't understand why people log this. It's just a daily part of life. It's not exercise. <--Though, exercise, real exercise, should be a daily part of life.0
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Stick with the good people on this site! Go for it, log it, do whatever you want to!
I cant believe how mean some people are to this girl who was just asking a question. What happened to the support?!
Best of luck to you!
No one was being mean. Please point to a specific example.
Yes, please show us an example.0 -
I think the main point is, if it is cleaning that is far out of your ordinary day (deep cleaning for the in-laws arrival for several hours) then go ahead and log it; if it's just tidying up, then think twice, and make sure you're really burning those calories you're tallying up. For instance, I never cut the lawn... but the one time I've ever done it, I logged it- it is an activity above and beyond my usual that took up a good amount of time and I worked up a sweat doing. I however do not log doing the dishes, or scrubbing a toilet here and there - because that takes less then 10 minutes and they don't take up enough time to really make a big difference in my caloric total output.
I definitely agree with generally underestimating caloric burn and overestimating caloric intake, if I don't know the amounts exactly.
Cheers and good luck on your journey!0 -
Stick with the good people on this site! Go for it, log it, do whatever you want to!
I cant believe how mean some people are to this girl who was just asking a question. What happened to the support?!
Best of luck to you!
The overwhelming majority of people here are supportive in that they want to see others succeed, and so will give advice which will help achieve that goal. The first step to success is to cut out the delusions, misconceptions, and bull****.0 -
I give up. Everyone just use an HRM for cleaning. They are SUPER accurate for stuff they weren't intended to do.
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:laugh: oh gawd. just snorted everywhere.
I never knew HRM were only meant for consistent cardio. Myabe it's common knowledge - just not for me. When I first got my HRM I would wear it to clean or mow the lawn just for poos and giggles. Was always a bit confounded by the number. You just explained it away. Thanks for posting that li'l gem.
Edit b/c puncuation & spelling is hard.
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Log it! I'm with you!
I'm with both of you. I have my activity level as sedentary and if I move and it burns calories, I log it. I also don't eat those calories back.
Do you log your typing? Just curious.
Wow...what an *kitten*. So glad I don't most of you people in real life...what horrible people you must be.
So someone above messaged me a moment ago to tell me I am a bully because of this thread and considered a mean person.....hmmmm but it is okay to call people such names??? Not only once but more than twice.
Oh the sensitivity here is unbelievable!!!0 -
I would like to say in my own defence, personal I have taken offensive to some comments and the way things have been said/typed. just because you think you haven't said anything rude, nasty or offensive doesn't mean that it hasn't come across that way to me.
I have stated why I wanted to know yet people still keep going.
I have thanked the people that I appreciate the advice from.
I didn't realise it was such a complicated question, my bad.
But I have learnt that I won't be posting questions on here anymore...thanks guys :drinker:
Probably best. You seem to have a difficult time sifting through the comments without getting defensive. That, to me, means you should just stick to asking your FL, which should be full of people who will just tell you EXACTLY what you want to hear!! :drinker:0 -
Wow...what an *kitten*. So glad I don't most of you people in real life...what horrible people you must be.
It was a serious question, but okay.0 -
Log it! I'm with you!
I'm with both of you. I have my activity level as sedentary and if I move and it burns calories, I log it. I also don't eat those calories back.
Do you log your typing? Just curious.
Wow...what an *kitten*. So glad I don't most of you people in real life...what horrible people you must be.
Well, I can safely say that I've never called anyone names. Can you say the same?0 -
Hi...I log everything I do...not matter what. If it burns calories, I log it.
Says the woman who lost 2 lbs since May.
(Sorry...it made me laugh. I'm a bad person. :devil: )0 -
Great, now the thread will probably get locked because someone wasn't mature enough to keep the name calling out of it and broke the TOS.0
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