How many calories does screwing burn?

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  • ChristinaT0507
    ChristinaT0507 Posts: 123 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    i was kind of hoping you were asking what we thought you were asking lol. im curious to see that answer! :P
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    i was kind of hoping you were asking what we thought you were asking lol. im curious to see that answer! :P
    There was an epic discussion on that very subject...that got deleted.
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  • ChristinaT0507
    ChristinaT0507 Posts: 123 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    i was kind of hoping you were asking what we thought you were asking lol. im curious to see that answer! :P
    There was an epic discussion on that very subject...that got deleted.


    booo! why? its human nature and MUST burn calories!
  • NYIceQueen
    NYIceQueen Posts: 1,423
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    i was kind of hoping you were asking what we thought you were asking lol. im curious to see that answer! :P
    There was an epic discussion on that very subject...that got deleted.

    Yes, and I blame you for that one, dude :laugh: :devil:
  • LotusF1ower
    LotusF1ower Posts: 1,259 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    I have no idea, personally I wouldn't count that as exercise as the calories would be precious little more than you would burn sitting watching telly, even if putting the unit together did cause your arm to ache.

    If you did decide to count it, don't forget to take off the amount of calories you would burn just sitting in the armchair for an hour as MFP has already accounted for those in your daily calorie allowance.
  • cmw72
    cmw72 Posts: 390 Member
    Phillips-head of flat-head? o.O
  • Flawlessk
    Flawlessk Posts: 68
    Lol, you guys are so funny!

    Aaah, i see. Well i don't DIY often and i didn't eat the calories for it. Tbf i was also squatting and lifting pieces of wood that seemed heavy to me haha.

    It was indeed a phillips, but the screws were a tight fit ;)
  • jb_sweet_99
    jb_sweet_99 Posts: 856 Member
    LOL.. I would say it was the same as housework, I mean it feels about the same as scrubbing out the shower or something.

    >>I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant? <<

    for a second there I thought you were having happy times with a vibrator :happy: LOL

    Lol, me too but I didn't wanna say it!!! Bahaha:bigsmile:
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    My arm gets sore after a little too much DIY too.... :laugh:
  • DancingYogini
    DancingYogini Posts: 377
    Thanks everybody :wink:

    As you said it didn't burn calories as carpentry does i decided to put it in for half the time.

    On another note 365 calories per hour huh? Now i just need to divide that so i can work out how much gets burned in ten minutes lol xx

    I've been married for 18 years...take that down to 2 minutes every other week :laugh: :sad:

    Oh, and LOL on your title...I needed a good laugh :drinker:
  • bbygrl5
    bbygrl5 Posts: 964 Member
    Hey guys,
    I was doing some DIY today....what did you think i meant?

    I had a nightmare of a corner unit to put together with about a million screws. My arm is killing me and it took a little over an hour therefore i consider it exercise.

    I can't find a category and wondered if anyone has any ideas?

    Thanks x

    My arm gets sore after a little too much DIY too.... :laugh:

    LOL! :)
  • DancingYogini
    DancingYogini Posts: 377
    Wait....Apple has an "intercourse" app :laugh: What is the world coming to??
  • chrissym78
    chrissym78 Posts: 628 Member
    ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really had to read twice when I saw that you were doing DIY work.... thought that really was gonna be TMI :-D Thanks for the laugh!!!
  • JLRoberts
    JLRoberts Posts: 2
    must admit, i had this question just yesterday, (being new to mfp) i was logging in exercise and my fiance asked me if i counted our "together time" and i hadn't thought of that yet, so i started looking as to what i could count it under.. i chose low impact aerobics... 20 mins was 127 calories... so according to other posts, that adds up right... so from now on thats how i will count it! thanks for the help guys!!
  • arorra1
    arorra1 Posts: 16
    I, too, was expecting to read a much different type of post. I was surprised to see someone was bold enough to post the answer to most people’s question and also curious to know.

    Thanks Tenah for sharing.

    Flawlessk - "Now i just need to divide that so i can work ot how much gets burned in ten minutes lol xx" - TOO FUNNY!!! Hope that is not always the case. :-)
  • DawnOf1969
    DawnOf1969 Posts: 726 Member


    As for the 10 minutes, I don't even think I could count that... I really don't do all that much of the "work" :wink:
    My thoughts exactly after 23 years...
  • crjugrl
    crjugrl Posts: 172
    60 MINUTES OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BURNS 356 CALORIES IF YOU ARE 187.0 APPLE HAS A CALCULATOR APP

    i guess you didnt read the post lol

    LOL :drinker:
  • FozzyUK
    FozzyUK Posts: 21 Member
    HAHA - nearly spat my coffee all over the screen :)

    I saw a DIY category in the searches so must fit in there somewhere - Problem I've always had is that I never see stuff like DIY or cleaning as exercise so I'm not logging it - running on treadmill or walking or doing weights - Yeah no problems, but normal run of the mill daily stuff I need to work on :D
  • alantin
    alantin Posts: 621 Member
    LoL
    One arm is a pretty small muscle group so I don't think it amounts to much..
  • ChuckgM3
    ChuckgM3 Posts: 302 Member
    Oh look....

    http://caloriecount.about.com/activities-sexual-activity-ac14
  • alantin
    alantin Posts: 621 Member
    I wonder how my previous comment comes through to someone who didn't read the OP.. :tongue:
  • ChuckgM3
    ChuckgM3 Posts: 302 Member
    I wonder how my previous comment comes through to someone who didn't read the OP.. :tongue:

    I read it... Was just being funny... But that... Now that is funny!
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