what do you count as "exercise" what do you log????

i only count things that i actually set out to do as exercise...ie walking, running, strength training. Im not a fan of counting house/cleaning as exercise. for me it feels like im "making up" exercises. but to each his own!

I think most people count only planned exercise. If you burn some calories doing chores its a plus but I would not enter it as actual exercise.

I don't count the little things. I only count my gym workouts where I'm actually really sweating.

I don't count housework because I am set to lightly active, and I think that takes it into account already. I do count stuff that is out of the ordinary, like gardening, shoveling mulch, walking at the zoo, basically stuff I don't do on a regular basis.

If I work up a sweat doing housecleaning or yard work I definitely count it. If you are moving, your are burning calories... and you should feel good about that

When I started this journey, I was NOT active at all and I counted everything I did. And it worked.

Now, I'm more active (way more active) and I work out and have better stamina so I don't count my daily chores/walking etc.

I think it depends on your intent. If you are thinking, i am gonna shake my butt and put effort into scrubbin this tub and mopping these floors and you break a sweat, heck yes! Count it! I count it..and i count it when i Mow the lawn for 30 mins and break a sweat! You are burning baby!

Zumba (aerobics, high), stationary rowing with a resistance band, upper body work with a resistance band (arms, shoulders, back), crunches, sit-ups, ,push-ups, straight-leg lifts, knee lifts, squats, calf raises (seated and standing), shadow boxing (not listed, so I use boxing with a punching bag at half the time).

I treat ''cleaning'' or shifting heavy stuff etc as an extra bonus, nott he meat and taters of exercise. anything that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat is good for you at the end of the day, but exercise is exercise and cleaning is cleaning!

I don't set out to Exercise by mowing the lawn and gardening, but I count those, believe me, I count that. To me it's work and I sweat...

I don't count everyday housecleaning, I just count the heavy scrubbing & moving days... same thing goes for cooking. I don't count making turkey burgers for lunch or dinner, but if I'm in the kitchen for 3 hours between cutting, chopping, turning, flipping, washing... all to prepare / cook / put away (freeze) multiple portions of food for the next week (or longer), yes, that I count (sometimes).

But ~ I put myself down as always sitting - the lowest activity you could - because I sit all day at work and I sit while I'm driving to and from work (1.5 hours total)... but I'm always running back up the stairs because I forgot something, going outside to water the plants, go upstairs to get laundry, go back upstairs to get the vacuum cleaner, go back upstairs to get my hair tie so I can exercise, go back upstairs because I left my glasses on the night stand... so sometimes I add in some exercise that might be routine items... I think it all balances out then.

I count anything over and above. Like if I clean vigorously for two hours before I go to work, I'll credit myself with an hour of cleaning. I do not count cleaning on my days off as I feel it takes the place of the 8 hours I put in at work, UNLESS, for whatever reason, I've been going at it for more than 8 hours...Clean house, cut grass, weed garden, etc. Some days are actually like that. I will then give myself credit for two-three hours of labor. I always count our long bike rides. That is exercise I picked up specifically b/c I am trying to lose weight. If I don't count that, what's the point? Anyway, I may not be losing weight fast (28.4 in 130 days) but I don't restrict my foods, so the method must be working OK.

I only count house cleaning as exercise if I do above and beyond my regular cleaning. I also use the moving boxes up and down stairs because I have an Ebay store and I carry large amounts of inventory up and down the stairs about once a week. Not a regular routine thing. I log gardening when I'm turning dirt because its such a chore, but I don't do it for pulling weeds. So I guess you just have to determine what is normal activity and what is not and log what is not. Oh I also log washing my Jeep when I do it by hand. Now that's a chore and half!!!!! I guess its good for those that really don't get much exercise, but for those of us that exercise often it really isn't a good burn.

The only time I counted cleaning/scrubbing and moving heavy boxes as exercise was on the day I moved out of my dorm room two weeks ago. It was well above my usual activity level because I probably spent a combined total of about two hours constantly moving: packing, carrying very heavy bins down the stairs to the car (my dorm room was on the third floor), vacuuming, and lots of scrubbing. I was working up a pretty good sweat by the end of it.

I normally don't do this, though. I usually only log my planned exercise, which typically consists of speed-walking and/or stationary bike.

As a rule, the only thing I count as exercise is true exercise. I don't count ANYTHING that I do on a daily basis towards my exercise - I figure if I'm doing it everyday, it is counted in my activity level. However, I WILL count scrubbing floors on my hands and knees, steam cleaning or whatever intense as exercise. If I'm sweating like I've been at the gym and the a/c is running full blast -- I count it. Today I closed up our camper, carried a canoe, and a handful of other out of the ordinary activities. They aren't logged because I'm not sure HOW to log them.

Anything I set out to do as exercise, plus I add a little for my work if I dance at all or walk into town. I try to underestimate though.