lets ban light house cleaning from mfp

Have you ever tried to climb the steps of a lighthouse? Not even thinking about mopping each step as you go and scrubbing the walls! Anyone who has committed to lighthouse cleaning has undertaken a serious task and you should be ashamed for making...er...light of their work!

Oh my! I'm SLOW. LOL I read about 5 comments including this quote before I finally "got" it. LOL That's too funny.

I would like to start a movement to eliminate the laziness of some of our fellow mfp pals. Lets help them help themselves!!!

Just a thought, but some people clean for a living... I am far from lazy, and I log due to it being part of my job.. .

I have worked up a sweat house cleaning! Especially if I am mopping or cleaning the kids rooms or the bathroom. Deep cleaning the bathroom in not easy! Neither is cleaning the garage!

Same here, I work up a better sweat cleaning, bending and scrubbing than I do walking at a moderate pace for 20 mins. Not to mention the soreness I can sometimes feel in my butt, thighs and arms after a big clean of the house.

:noway:

Plus we all know that some use light cleaning as a euphemism for another activity.

Have you ever tried to climb the steps of a lighthouse? Not even thinking about mopping each step as you go and scrubbing the walls! Anyone who has committed to lighthouse cleaning has undertaken a serious task and you should be ashamed for making...er...light of their work!

This! Lol just what I was going to say :)

You can not judge what people consider exercise. Each of us is at our own personal stage. If light housekeeping is banned then slow walking should be as well, then what, when YOU get to YOUR next level are you going to ban the next thing??? Instead of calling others lazy, maybe you should encourage.

Very well put. Its not something I would log but if someone has done it and its above normal activity for them then good let them log it.

Wow, I bet it's fun to be YOUR friend. WTF do you care what someone else considers exercise? Frankly I NEVER clean my own house, I pay someone to do it. So those rare times when I do a deep clean I have worn my HRM and I do break a sweat. Of course I'm a fat@ss so what's strenuous and burns calories for me probably wouldn't do a thing for someone as fit and awesome as yourself.

It's actually quite fun being his friend
I see his point and I see yours also. The bigger problem is the fact you got so worked up over a silly post
Also light housecleaning does not do anything calories burned wise bc if it had I would be in great shape because I clean a mean house DAILY!

So if I run 5 miles a day a shouldn't count that as exercise? Great logic.

I dont log my daily cleaning but when im shampooing rugs and washing walls and windows and mopping my whole entire house and my heart rate is up and sweat is dripping off me you are damn sure i count that as a work out!!!!

Breathing burns calories, should we ban that too?
Burning calories is burning calories, and 'Light housecleaning' is better than sitting on the couch and flicking the remote buttons. Keep it, it's not like many people rely on it to make or break their week. Besides, does that effect your success in any way if others log 'light housekeeping'?

I would like to start a movement to eliminate the laziness of some of our fellow mfp pals. Lets help them help themselves!!!

With all due respect, and in all fairness... It's NOYB!

Judge not lest ye be judged.
~Matthew 7:1~

Wow, I bet it's fun to be YOUR friend. WTF do you care what someone else considers exercise? Frankly I NEVER clean my own house, I pay someone to do it. So those rare times when I do a deep clean I have worn my HRM and I do break a sweat. Of course I'm a fat@ss so what's strenuous and burns calories for me probably wouldn't do a thing for someone as fit and awesome as yourself.

Oh, Susie-Q. I love you.

I log housecleaning and I am most certainly NOT lazy!! By the time I mop several hundred square feet of tile, shampoo 3 flights of stairs plus carpet in my 4 level home, I am sweating and burning calories. Plus the laundry is on the lowest level of my house, so I am taking my so-called lazy self up and down the stairs several times a day, every day, while lugging a large laundry basket, and sometimes lugging my 3 year old child. Do the workouts you want to do, and leave everyone else alone.

I second that- I really do - I understand the concept that any movement helps, but my question is - was the house always a mess before the journey of weight loss started - how about the cooking and preparation of meals, really?

Any movement does help but the every day chores are every day chores.

I am going to the dark side for being judgmental... *sigh*

If I am cleaning and working up a sweat, then I consider it exercise, especially vacuuming. I vacuum more so that I am working up a sweat...And sometimes I put on some workout music so that I can "exercise: while dusting, etc-- jogging in place,dancing around--you get the idea........... But I find that cooking is not an exercise. Sweating in the kitchen means that the kitchen is hot........

You know, it makes more sense to MY judgmental side to actually work toward a productive goal such as getting your house clean or your clothes washed than to exercise with a DVD in front of your TV... just sayin'.

Super Like. Tho I do both exercise vids and housework.
I saw a post like this before get deleted because some people commented and started to get really mean, calling stay at home moms lazy. Saying how logging breast feeding is stupid and counter productive, etc.

I wish people would lay off the housework log. If someone wants to log calories burned whether burned or not, it all comes down to their success. I see people lie about their food intake often. People exaggerate or diminish the calories they eat, never mind the calories burned during exercise. But hey, if they stay fat and I lose weight and I'm logging cleaning...