sexual activity

I think it depends on how much energy you expend while doing it, so it would be tough to answer that question b/c everyone does things differently..

In the past, I have logged it as physical activity @ 100-200 calories.

why is this not included under exercise? anyone know how many calories are burned?

search under "sex"

I log mine as dancing - general :laugh:

You know it is so funny that it is such a taboo topic and we all want to know. I am soooo tempted to try it tonight with my HRM on to really get an idea. I wonder if my hubby would be up for it? If he is I will tell you what the calorie burn was.

Have home wear one too so we can know who does all the work in your relationship

Jk but I'm sure it would be different for both people even though you're doing the same thing at the same time.

Personally, I wouldn't log it... I'd just consider them bonus calories.

Search "Horizontal Recreation"

Search "Horizontal Recreation"

The debates around this I feel center around the whole "worthy of logging daily movements" category.

I bet if we tried to use less utilized and more esoteric positioning we can skip horizontal and go straight into max calories burned in mutual flames.

This is a great discussion - here are a few things to watch for

How much more deeply you need to breath - any aerobic activity causes you to draw extra oxygen - the deeper the breathing the more calories you burn...
Whether you break a sweat - the sweatier the more calories
How long you do it for - and how sustained the physical effort is... how frequently you do it
How hot you get - again heat is a by product of metabolism - just as after a run you feel hot - same principle with sex - the hotter you get the more calories you've burned.
Do your muscles ache the following day - if so - you've given yourself a pretty good workout

Have fun everybody checking this out...haha

haha i was wondering the same thing the other day. i actually looked it up, and came across this site: http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

It has all kinda of exercises and sexual intercourse is one of them I guess most people are just too embarassed to admit they had sex. haha

Or maybe they are too embarrassed they DIDN'T!.:)

Do your muscles ache the following day - if so - you've given yourself a pretty good workout

Well I never had DOMS from it so I'm obviously not working hard enough!!

I don't bother logging it either, even the days that I can't walk the next day! LOL I just figure its part of my daily activities and I don't log cleaning unless its the days I do floors or cleaning out closets and that mess. I just look at those calories as bonus calories that way if I underestimated my portion size or MFP wasn't accurate on some of the food, I'm covered!!

Well, if its a taboo thing I wonder why you can log this (search for yourselves):

Sperm: Men, 1 Ejaculation, 5 calories



On the other hand your food diary isn't published on your wall, where as your exercise log is....

"Today Mike burned 10 calories doing doing 37 seconds of cardio exercises including "Sex""

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I do not count the calories from sex.

I just selected "extremely active" for lifestyle :P

Where can I get me a piece of that ....

WOW! By the time you "earned" a pizza, you would be too tired to eat it. I guess that would be even better. Burn the calories but don't eat to compensate.

lol why wasnt she happy? Surely its a good workout for her also.

I have looked for this too. My husband and I joke that one of us should wear our heart monitor watch and band when we have sex to track the calories. I WON'T LET HIM DO THIS!!! He totally would if I let him.

Honestly, I would never want to have sex just for the calorie burning benefit, so I look at sex calories burned as icing on the calorie burning cake. I know they were burned, but I don't track them. Sometimes we just have an after sex snack or drink.

It is also worth noting that just the act of having sex burns some calories, but having an actual orgasm is where the real benefit is (calorie burning and otherwise)!