Burning Calories through Cleaning

I'm trying to get my house together in preparation for us going to Orlando. Does anyone else clean their house before a trip? I just can't stand to come home to a messy house. And I'm always scared our house will be broken into and everyone will see our house looking crazy. To be fair, that has actually happened! I came home from a rotation at the VA to find cops in my driveway. Someone broke into the house and stole the TV and my laptop-just grabbed what they could from the first room. The laptop really, really hurt because it was mine and I was using it while doing my Dietetic Internship so it had ALL my school stuff on it. So, yeah, the house was a wreck that day and I had to tell a cop "No. It is ok. It always looks like this!"

So today I'm getting my calorie burn from house work instead of the treadmill. It definitely doesn't count as cardio exercise, but light to moderate cleaning actually burns a decent amount of calories. I got curious about how many calories are expended, so I made this table!

Based on 60 mins of: 125 lbs 150 lbs 175 lbs Sweeping Floors 131 156 183 Mopping 143 170 199 Light Housecleaning 86 102 119 Moderate Housecleaning 143 170 199 Washing Dishes 74 88 103 Vacuuming 143 170 199 Cooking 86 68 80 Ironing 74 88 103 Laundry-Standing 57 68 80 Scrubbing Floors/Tub 160 190 199
source Calorie Lab is a great website to figure out calories burned. They have millions of activities to choose from. Ok. Now I need to stop talking about cleaning and actually get to cleaning!