What do you count as 'exercise'?

I tend to only count actual exercise as exercise. Day to day activities including walking to and from the car or even walking the dog are included in my sedentary lifestyle setting.

I would change my settings to lightly active or even active. Don't count it as extra exercise if it's what you already do...extra exercise would be like running on a treadmill or in the park. What you're describing is just day-to-day activities, but can affect how active your lifestyle is.

If that makes sense.

I count any actual workout and when I play sports (organized recreational team sports like softball or flag football).

My actual cardio time spent at the gym, and anything outside my typical day where I am breaking a sweat and breathing hard. Today, I spent 2 hours gardening. If I am just pulling stray weeds, I don't count it. Today, though, it was trimming and yanking and pulling and shoveling and I was sweating and exhausted so I counted it. I consider most other household chores to be part of my typical day.

I always add in anything 'extra' to my day. My daily life is pretty much sitting in front of a computer or sitting in another form so when i actually move it's a total change from my day-to-day burn.

Like most others commenting here, I only count actual, true, planned exercise that goes above and beyond my normal, daily routines. Anything that happens to burn off as a result of chasing my toddler, running to catch the garbage man, or participating in my daughter's toddler gym class is just a "bonus burn". It may not count towards my exercise calories, and I dont get any extra calories to eat, but it surely isnt hurting me in the long run.

I count only planned exercise unless it is a day spent out doing something.

If I spend the weekend camping I won't be doing actual exercise, but I figure spending an hour hiking while carrying a child plus the rest of the day moving almost non-stop I need to eat a bit extra.

I will count an hour of cleaning as exercise if I have spent the day reorganizing closets and taking all of the out grown clothes down stairs or a similar activity.

Most of the time I don't log exercise anyway, I have a hard enough time logging all of my food on here. I keep a note on my phone with what I have eaten.

Actual planned exercise.

My activity level is set to sedentary. I count climbing the stairs at work and walking the dog, in addition to what I do at the gym. I find that logging the stair climbs and dog walks encourages me to do them more often. The calorie burn is low but due to lifestyle changes I can't get to the gym as often as I used to, so I need every little bit.

I usually only count my actual workouts. The rest is a bonus

I don't log anything that's not done specifically as exercise or out of the ordinary as exercise.

I live in NYC so I walk a lot too. I don't count walking to the subway or the grocery store, etc. These are norm activities. I too have my setting on sedentary cause my day is spent glued to a desk. But if I walk the mile to the mall, that I count because it is a significant extra amount of activity, mile there mile back, that counts. Anything out of the norm, and of course gym work,

Sweat inducing, focused exercise for fitness purposes. Otherwise, it should be included in your activity level, ie: sedentary, lightly active, active, very active, etc.