Doing the laundry

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I moved a bookshelf yesterday, should I log that as 500 calories?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    I moved a bookshelf yesterday, should I log that as 500 calories?

    498
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    I moved a bookshelf yesterday, should I log that as 500 calories?

    I'm thinking 394 here...
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I actually lift my 40 pounds of laundry up and down stairs and WALK it through the neighborhood to the laundry mat. Still not counting any calories burned. That's my life.

    That really sucks.
    I'ts great for some extra NEAT and jazz but it just sounds time-consuming and a PITA

    That is why I rarely do it. Most of the time I bring it in the shower with me and get all washing done at once.

    Well that's one way haha
    There's actually a backpack laundry bag. One of my residents had it in college, made it easier to bring it down to the basement to do laundry
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I actually lift my 40 pounds of laundry up and down stairs and WALK it through the neighborhood to the laundry mat. Still not counting any calories burned. That's my life.

    That really sucks.
    I'ts great for some extra NEAT and jazz but it just sounds time-consuming and a PITA

    That is why I rarely do it. Most of the time I bring it in the shower with me and get all washing done at once.

    Well that's one way haha
    There's actually a backpack laundry bag. One of my residents had it in college, made it easier to bring it down to the basement to do laundry

    I wait so long to do it, it would never fit. I did just get a cart though. Darn...less calories burned.
  • evsplava
    evsplava Posts: 35 Member
    I count doing my laundry as exercise. However I lift a cart up a flight of stairs, then carry my laundry up the flight of stairs and pull my cart two miles to the laundry place and then when I'm done do everything in reverse. By taking each individual piece of laundry and putting it in your car and after you wash it take each individual piece of laundry from your car to the dryer fold it and then put each piece away separately you would experience a workout
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I actually lift my 40 pounds of laundry up and down stairs and WALK it through the neighborhood to the laundry mat. Still not counting any calories burned. That's my life.

    That really sucks.
    I'ts great for some extra NEAT and jazz but it just sounds time-consuming and a PITA

    That is why I rarely do it. Most of the time I bring it in the shower with me and get all washing done at once.

    Well that's one way haha
    There's actually a backpack laundry bag. One of my residents had it in college, made it easier to bring it down to the basement to do laundry

    I used to use a huge duffel. Laundromat was only a mile away so it was a quick downhill walk there, then uphill to get back home. Clean clothes are oddly lighter than dirty.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    My laundry is down stairs- both washer and drier- to I get to log the steps up and down with the basket as part of my weekly runs?
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    JoRocka wrote: »
    My laundry is down stairs- both washer and drier- to I get to log the steps up and down with the basket as part of my weekly runs?

    Only when there is bedding included.
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    I make my own detergent... how many calories do I burn grating 2 bars of soap once a month.
  • kazaargrandcru
    kazaargrandcru Posts: 152 Member
    QHjr wrote: »
    let's say – you don't have a washer that works the dryer yes. so you have to load the basket put it in the car wash the laundry taking 30 minutes by machine come home with fresh washed clothes 10 times heavier in the basket. then dry these clothes with your dryer taking an hour or two plus folding putting them away . How many calories would you say this would be?


    I was told there'd be no math
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  • DavPul wrote: »
    Wait, only the gym is exercise? WTF am I doing the T and L for?!

    i have no idea what the T and the L are but i could stand to hear more about this
    Terrible Jersey Shore joke on my part.

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GTL

    I'll just wait out back to be shot.

    Hahahaha I loved the shore reference!!! #gtl for the win!!
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    edited February 2015

    Burn 0 calorie:
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    Burn 66919745 calories:
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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I actually lift my 40 pounds of laundry up and down stairs and WALK it through the neighborhood to the laundry mat. Still not counting any calories burned. That's my life.

    That really sucks.
    I'ts great for some extra NEAT and jazz but it just sounds time-consuming and a PITA

    That is why I rarely do it. Most of the time I bring it in the shower with me and get all washing done at once.

    Well that's one way haha
    There's actually a backpack laundry bag. One of my residents had it in college, made it easier to bring it down to the basement to do laundry

    I wait so long to do it, it would never fit. I did just get a cart though. Darn...less calories burned.

    That's pretty brutal, honestly, I'm so thankful I have laundry in my building (on my floor, like 30 seconds from my door).

    What about going more often with less stuff (like this hasn't occurred to you, but I have to ask)?

  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Burn even more calories:

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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    MOARRRRR laundry gifs!!!!!!!

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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    LOL jennifershoo
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    LOL jennifershoo

    Too much time on my hands!
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    LOL jennifershoo

    Too much time on my hands!

    Disagree, it's the perfect amount lol
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    LOL jennifershoo

    Too much time on my hands!

    Disagree, it's the perfect amount lol

    Heheh!
    A last one for the road, then:

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    LOL jennifershoo

    Too much time on my hands!

    Disagree, it's the perfect amount lol

    Heheh!
    A last one for the road, then:

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    Milhouse definitely earned the cookie!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i had a friend on here who would log washing dishes and cooking dinner and random *kitten* - 2,3,400 calories each time. then complain she wasn't losing weight.

    gee, i wonder why :/

    i unfriended her.

    i wonder how many calories i burned typing that. Can i log that? ;) LOLOLOL
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited March 2015
    i had a friend on here who would log washing dishes and cooking dinner and random *kitten* - 2,3,400 calories each time. then complain she wasn't losing weight.

    gee, i wonder why :/

    i unfriended her.

    i wonder how many calories i burned typing that. Can i log that? ;) LOLOLOL

    I work at a music school and my good friend is the office manager/receptionist. She is also a pianist and had to come in to accompany one of my classes. She wanted to log the piano playing. It's not like she was doing Jerry Lee Lewis stunts. If anything, the work was slightly more vigorous than clicking around on the computer. I told her to knock it off and go do some jumping jacks.
  • Basically I believe that a household chore can be counted as exercise, if it doesn't occur more than once every 2 weeks or once a week, if it's unusually strenuous & takes at least twice the amount of time, than usual. Like how I mentioned earlier, if 1 has a toddler that expects you to carry them around in the clean clothes basket for fun; while also having to go up/down stairs. I logged snow shoveling because so far this Winter, I've only done it twice; not more than once or twice a week.
  • FunkenWagnel
    FunkenWagnel Posts: 131 Member
    Burn even more calories:

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    I'm going to start doing this. What is the exact number of calories it will burn?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Burn even more calories:

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    I'm going to start doing this. What is the exact number of calories it will burn?

    5,982
  • FunkenWagnel
    FunkenWagnel Posts: 131 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Burn even more calories:

    GIF-Doing-laundry.gif

    I'm going to start doing this. What is the exact number of calories it will burn?

    5,982

    Dammit! I only put 2,000
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