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    Calories burned cleaning carpet?

    Posts: 93 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Anyone know how many calories you burn cleaning the carpet?
    I spent 3 hours yesterday and 2 hours today pushing and pulling around a heavy duty rented carpet cleaner and it was definitely exhausting lol.
    I don't normally count cleaning but that's not something I normally do, its a lot nore than normal cleaning and it definitely wasn't easy.

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    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      100 calories extra an hour? 300 calories?
    • Posts: 1,804 Member
      There's a "cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort" option. Sounds like what you're describing.
    • Posts: 13,342 Member
      I wouldn't count it at all personally, but you will have earned yourself extra calories which is a plus.
    • Posts: 4,658 Member
      Assume it was part of your daily activity and move on. Enjoy the thought that you have just burned extra calories.
    • Posts: 93 Member
      I wasn't necessarily going to add it to my log...just more out of curiosity
    • Posts: 13,342 Member
      stephaniej2888 wrote: »
      I wasn't necessarily going to add it to my log...just more out of curiosity

      in that case, around 200-250 calories per hour (fairly low estimation) height and weight alter the burn.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      Every day activity, I wouldn't even put it in there.
    • Posts: 2,171 Member
      What you're describing isn't your normal activity for you. People who do this every day wind up laying themselves as "active" or"very active" and get a significantly higher calorie allotment to begin.

      As had been suggested, use one of the "cleaning" entries.
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