vacuuming / hoovering the house

c1aireee
c1aireee Posts: 269 Member
edited December 21 in Fitness and Exercise
I have just been vacuuming for an hour really out of breath now and sweating! so I am logging it as a workout but there is not a vacuuming option in cardiovascular exercises only cleaning light moderate or vigorous , so what does any1 else log it as or do u log it at all???

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  • michellematteson
    michellematteson Posts: 134
    I would do it under light cleaning, especially if you were cleaning for an hour or more.
  • shelbsie
    shelbsie Posts: 5 Member
    I have a calc for that!:

    http://www.fitwatch.com/phpscripts/viewexercise.php?descr=vacuuming&mets=3.5
  • Leslie85
    Leslie85 Posts: 265 Member
    I don't log anything like that. I work on a college campus, so I do a lot of walking (to and from buildings and to and from my car) and I don't log that either.

    The way I look at it is this: if your calorie count is a little off, or you forget to log a little snack or something- it's taken care of. Also, I usually try to use nutrition labels to compare with what is in the database, but if I don't have the nutrition label, sometimes I wonder if it's all that accurate.
  • ready2tryagain42
    ready2tryagain42 Posts: 202
    If I am dripping sweat after cleaning or gardening at my house...I log it.
  • c1aireee
    c1aireee Posts: 269 Member
    If I am dripping sweat after cleaning or gardening at my house...I log it.

    what do u log it as?
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    If it's something that I did regularly before I decided to get fit, then I don't log it.

    If it was enough to keep me fit, I wouldn't need this site.
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