Calories Burned Doing Housework

Calories burned doing housework calculate calories burned by doing different types of housework based on time and weight.

The best activity to stay at home and burn calories is doing housework, doing housework can lose calories unknowingly.

All of the housework including doing dishes,  mopping the floor, or taking care of the kids, all burn calories.

The MET for doing different housework varies from 1.8 to 6.5.
The greater the MET value is, the more calories burned.

How to Calculate Calorie Burn

To calculate the calories burn, use the following formula:
MET x Body Weight x 3.5 / 200 x time, where
Body weight unit = kg
Time unit = minutes

Calories Burned Doing Dishes

Some housework requires less energy such as standing washing dishes, which has a MET value of 1.8.
For one hour, it burns around 129 kcal for a person who weighs 150 pounds (68.04 kg ).

The calculation is:
1.8 (MET) x 68.04 kg x 3.5 / 200 x 60 (Minutes) = 129 kcal.

Calories Burned Scrubbing Floors

Some housework requires more energy such as scrubbing floors, and the bathroom on hands and knees in vigorous effort,
which has a MET value of 6.5.
It burns around 495 kcal for a person who weighs around 160 pounds (72.57 kg) to do the housework for an hour.

The calculation is:
6.5 (MET) x 72.57 kg x 3.5 / 200 x 60 (Minutes) = 495 kcal.
That is about the same calories you burn from regular jogging or race walking.

Calories Burned doing Multiple Housework

The MET value is between 2.8 to 4.3 if you do multiple housework at once, depending on how much effort the housework takes.
For example, it burns 347 kcal to 532 kcal for a person who weighs 130 pounds (58.97 kg) by doing 2 hours of multiple housework.

The calculation is:
(2.8 - 4.3 ) x 58.97 kg x 3.5 / 200 x 120 (Minutes) = 347 kcal to 532 kcal.

Housework activities and MET value Source: https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/Activity-Categories/home-activity