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Don't know how to ask this but....

Posts: 26 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Does anyone consider sex as a form of exercise??? If you do how do you log it on MFP!

Thought id put it in this forum as I don't wanna sound stupid on the other forums

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  • Posts: 259 Member
    Depends on how you have sex! I use aerobics high impact.
  • Posts: 26 Member
    Thanks for the response Miguel.
  • Posts: 791 Member
    not really worth logging a few minutes here and there is it ? ;)
  • Posts: 5,589 Member
    Only when not by myself.
  • Posts: 26 Member
    Lol true pips but it's never a few mins ;)
  • Posts: 791 Member
    yeah yeah thats what they all say then its ooo im sorry thats never happened before!!
  • Posts: 26 Member
    :#:#:#
  • Posts: 1,756 Member
    I think I would just lump sex in with your BMR unless sex for you is very rare :(

  • Posts: 191 Member
    I never log it, it's never a few mins and would be considered a good work out but it's like a secret work out that burns extra cals lol
  • Posts: 2,628 Member
    Exercise should be something new that you do - not something that you did along the way to get to your current weight. Seriously - house cleaning - light to moderate effort??? ROFL. (It's there - look it up!) Count this sort of thing is you want to post messages in a few weeks asking why you are not losing.

    Jump on a treadmill, elliptical, go for a 3 mile walk/run/bike ride, do calisthenics, lift weights...now that counts.
  • Posts: 1,819 Member
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  • Posts: 1,053 Member
    I don't count any household activities..sex, cleaning, laundry, running around with my child..none of that. I didn't even count tiling my tub surround or installing doors.

    I will log tennis, cycling, hiking, lifting, etc.
  • Posts: 1,280 Member
    Wear your heart rate monitor ... Report back after the ....errr ... event and let us know how many calories you burned.
  • Posts: 5 Member
    Calculator for calories burned during sex: http://www.sexcalculator.co.uk/

    You can log it as whatever aerobic exercise you like and change the calories you've burned.

    You probably shouldn't log sex you were having anyway as that's part of your baseline calorie burn. However, if you're doing new, inventive, and more frequent things with your suddenly skinny body, count those calories as a job well done. ;)
  • Posts: 26 Member
    Thanks all.

  • Posts: 2,228 Member
    530roman wrote: »
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    lol
  • Posts: 26 Member

    Feeling well embarrassed now
  • Posts: 5,589 Member
    There's no need. At least you're not logging cat food.
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  • Posts: 1,819 Member
    Only when it's with someone else. Make sure you log oral in your food diary. I make sure I hit my daily Marcos there.

    I think ours has more protein than theirs. Theirs gives me a high carb count (so sweet) :#

    ^^^^*kitten* got a little too vivid I think? I may edit this soon...^^^^
  • Posts: 5,589 Member
    Only when it's with someone else. Make sure you log oral in your food diary. I make sure I hit my daily Marcos there.

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  • Posts: 3,250 Member
    https://www.google.com/#q=how+many+calories+burned+sex

    http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/sex-workout
    Men burn 100 calories in the average sex session, while women expend 69
    ...
    “The level of intensity that is exerted from sexual activity could be higher than that of walking at [3 miles per hour] but less than that of jogging at [5 miles per hour]”
    ...
    To calculate how many calories you burn the next time you have sex, multiply the time in minutes by 4.2 (for men) or 3.1 (for women).
    100 / 4.2 = 23.8 minutes
    69 / 3.1 = 22.3 minutes
    So it looks like the men are doing it right, making sure the woman is taken care of first... :smiling_imp:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2534869/Forget-gym-sexercise-best-way-slim-Making-love-burns-calories-30-minute-jog.html
    The study, Energy Expenditure During Sexual Activity In Young Healthy Couples, found that, on average, men burned 4.2 calories a minute during sex compared to 9.2 on the treadmill. Women burned 3.1 calories a minute during sex and 7.1 jogging
    ...
    both men and women reported that sexual activity was highly enjoyable and more appreciated than the 30-minute exercise session on the treadmill.
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  • Posts: 114 Member
    why even log exercise
    srs
  • Posts: 3,250 Member
    You probably shouldn't log sex you were having anyway as that's part of your baseline calorie burn. However, if you're doing new, inventive, and more frequent things with your suddenly skinny body, count those calories as a job well done.
    I :heart: this answer!

    The next obvious question then becomes:
    At what point do you stop logging it as activity & figure that it's included in your daily activity?
    After how many weeks/months of the new activity (any new activity) occurring how frequently, for what duration?
  • Posts: 114 Member
    Calculator for calories burned during sex: http://www.sexcalculator.co.uk/

    You can log it as whatever aerobic exercise you like and change the calories you've burned.

    You probably shouldn't log sex you were having anyway as that's part of your baseline calorie burn. However, if you're doing new, inventive, and more frequent things with your suddenly skinny body, count those calories as a job well done. ;)

    lmao body types for males go up to "average joe"
    lmao @ the max setting for "over half an hour"
    .uk of peace
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  • Posts: 4,646 Member
    530roman wrote: »

    I think ours has more protein than theirs. Theirs gives me a high carb count (so sweet) :#

    ^^^^*kitten* got a little too vivid I think? I may edit this soon...^^^^


    I can't stop laughing. Goof balls!
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