Cleaning...Light or Heavy??

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?!??!?!

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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....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?

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.

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.

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!

I give up. Everyone just use an HRM for cleaning. They are SUPER accurate for stuff they weren't intended to do.


:insertsarcasm:

: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.

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:

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?

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.