Does it actually count? I've been a right busy bunny today, which makes a change usually when the kids go out I say I'll gut the house, but never do!

Today I...
-hoovered and swept downstairs
-mopped kitchen and dining area
-decluttered downstairs
-ironed
-cleaned windows inside and out!

Definitely got my heart rate up! I keep getting a shock when I walk upstairs and look out the window cos it's so clean and you can see straight through it

According to MFP yes you can burn cals doing it, go get them tracked I did some painting yesterday, now got glossing to do this morning then gut the downstairs cupboard. That'll definitely burn a few

Yeah if it gets ur heart rate up then def a good calorie burner!! I hate it tho, regardless of losing calories!!

If you are moving you are burning. I did yard work this past weekend and it said I did like some 800 calories in an hour or close to it. Every time I do housework I end up sweating since I need to get through so much, kind of wish we had a smaller house.

Typically housework doesn't really count as exercise, especially cardio. It's rare to be working hard enough to actually qualify. Any activity burns calories, though, so I would definitely count it. It's just not as many calories as you'd think, since it's not a sustained activity.

Why not just keep a walker on your body while you are moving about, you should be able to count paces by that and calculate calories burned over the time spent running between rooms. I guess I tend to speed clean (we have a four bedroom house over two floors) so I always break a sweat.

Avidian has a great idea with the step counter. I think many people would be surprised to know how many steps they take during the course of a day. I might even try this myself! Thank you for sharing!!

Last time I tried a pedometer it didn't work properly for me, my legs are really short and it didn't pick up my steps properly! Although that was a fair few years ago now, so I'd imagine they'd have got better since then! Would love to try it and see how many steps I actually take!

Definitely invest in one, they are great. I've got a WW one and for my height/weight it tells me how many steps I need to do a day to be in a healthy range and anymore than that I earn activity points for too!

Are they expensive? I do lots of steps because of my little legs, I usually take 2 steps to my OHs 1!