How many of you log housework/cleaning?

If your going past the quick vaccume light dust of an every day cleaning log it if you want. Keeping the house neat is one thing but cleaning is a work out, I clean other peoples homes 2-3 times a week I'm wiped out after 4 hours.

I have my activity level set to sedentary since I work at a desk job. So if I do a lot of cleaning, like sweeping and mopping the whole house (all but the carpeted bedrooms of a 3400 square foot house), then I'll log it. It takes a fair amount of time and definitely burns some calories that I wouldn't on a typical day. I've never logged the normal day-to-day stuff like laundry, dishes, or wiping down the kitchen. I do think those might apply for some people, but it's more trouble than it's worth to me to pay attention to how long it takes and bother logging it.

This is definitely one of those subjects that can stir up some disagreements. I think it's a personal decision and you have to figure out what works for you. If you're logging activities like this and are seeing the progress you want, then obviously it's working for you.

For me it depends how vigorous it was... if I work up a sweat, or am tired. I give myself some credit. I figure if could use the calories to keep me from going under calorie.

Just regular everyday sweeping, vaccuuming, wiping cupboards and doing laundry, dishes etc, no.

Steam cleaning all the carpets, raking the lawn, scrubbing both bathrooms top to bottom, washing window on a ladder, yep.

The day I went to the warehouse club and spent $500 dollars.. yes! I lifted those cases of food at least 5 times each, in the cart, onto the belt, back in the cart, in the car, out of the car and then put them all away (up and down stairs to the basement).... If that was not equal to a gym workout, I don't know what was.

You have to use common sense on this one....

I dont because I wory if I do I may end up eating to much. I factor cleaning into my activity level (moderate).

I only log housework/cleaning if I have reorganized the house or "spring cleaning" otherwise the little everyday stuff I don't bother.

I log it only if it was heavy cleaning, and only log half the time I actually did it

I only log it if I'm deep cleaning - the same with gardening. I don't log regular watering/weeding - unless I'm out in the garden for hours and doing more than just the usual...like when I dug up some bushes, that was a lot of work and I was starving afterwards. I do only log half of the time as well....

I don't log it. I consider it daily routine.

For me to consider any activity exercise....I have be working solely for the purpose of burning calories. Workout shoes on, workout bra, etc. And If my hair isn't wet, I didn't exercise to my ability. For me exercise is always about pushing myself to see how far I can go compared to how far I tell myself I can.

I look at it this way. When I think about losing my weight, I don't say to myself "I think I'll go clean something really well". I got fat while still cleaning my house. For me, exercise is always a physical effort outside my regular routine. I may sweat at time cleaning, but it's not exercise. And for me it never will be.

If I were to log cleaning...would I then have to log sex? walking to the car? washing the car? shopping? Sadly I can do all those...well except the one LOL. But I consider those freebie calories burned. They make up for the foods that are harder to track (no labels/homecooked), or little things I may have missed. I think of those calories burned as cushions for any intake I may have missed or miscalculated. But never exercise.

I do occasionally, but only on the days when I go buck-wild and deep clean everything, because on those days, the only way I can spend the time in cleaning is to put the baby on my back and do it while wearing her. She's about 22lbs now, so deep-cleaning for 2 hours while hauling her around is more of a workout than some of my "real" workouts.

Now that would be a workout!

I log it; I log everything! I think the whole idea is "activity" which equals movement, increased heart rate, blood flow, even perspiration. It does not have to be "exercise", which face it, to some people is a bad word like "diet". It is important when going from sedentary to more active that you log your activity - that's progress. So, in my opinion, activity is what's most important, whether gardening, walking the dog, vacuuming, dusting, playing with the kids.

I do not usually log it but I did when I cleaned out the garage because that was a major undertaking. I have a small house so I can clean almost the entire thing in like 2 hours.

I just don't clean so I never have to struggle with this decision.

Wow, there is so much judgment towards those of us who log housework. Maybe you just don't clean the way I do? I have worn my hrm while cleaning and it goes almost as high as it does while walking. Since I log my walks, why wouldn't I log my cleaning? Your body doesn't know when you are at a gym and doesn't burn calories any differently. Why is there something magical about a gym? do they pump skinny juice into the water?? O_0

My profile is set to sedentary as I work at a tech company.... cleaning my apartment is no mean feat. I don't log when I put a dish in the sink, but I log when I clean the kitchen or the bathroom. Y'all need to chill about this. For serious haha

I wholeheartedly agree.

Wow, there is so much judgment towards those of us who log housework. Maybe you just don't clean the way I do? I have worn my hrm while cleaning and it goes almost as high as it does while walking. Since I log my walks, why wouldn't I log my cleaning?

Well, some of us (me :bigsmile: ) are too lazy to log that in, too. And no, I don't clean hard. My place is small.

On the Livestrong site, I logged everything I did, bumping up from total sedentary. OMG, it took over my life and I was on that site 5+ hours a day.
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I didn't catch a whiff of any judgement though...maybe my gauge is off today?

I don't think house cleaning should be considered a "workout"...house cleaning is part of your everyday life and if you want to have a clean house, you should clean it. Now if you want to lose weight ...you should do a "workout"

lol someone who actually cleans for a living, would think much differently.. not to be negative, but I'm quite compulsive when cleaning, and I tend to break a sweat. yes.. IT COUNTS.

yesterday was the first day that I ever have. I'm going on vacation and I wanted to clean my whole house so I don't come home and feel the need to clean. I even used a timer and once it started going I didn't stop moving, I went from one chore to the next and went for an hour and a half. I'll only be logging house work when I do things like that. Otherwise I won't.