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Burn calories while in a hot tub?

jackerly510
jackerly510 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone ever seen info about burning calories while soaking in a hot tub?

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  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    edited October 2016
    When I weighed 98lbs more sitting in a hot tub did absolutely nothing. I hear about people wanting to count cardio burns for saunas, but I'll admit this is my first hot tub question.

    NO. Don't try to log a calorie burn or eat more because of this. Sitting in the hot tub is not going to help you lose weight.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Sitting doing nothing relaxing in the tub? Not enough to try and log.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    jackerly510 wrote: »
    Has anyone ever seen info about burning calories while soaking in a hot tub?

    are you thinking of logging calories while having a bath as well?
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
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  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    The question is: are you running in the hot tub? No? Then it's about the same burn as using your cellphone.
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    you may lose water weight, but no this is not true weight loss. Same principle as a sauna. You will gain it back with fluid replacement.
  • Lone_wolf46
    Lone_wolf46 Posts: 2,709 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Sitting doing nothing relaxing in the tub? Not enough to try and log.

    I try and bring a friend... then there's a way to burn calories! ;-)
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  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    I wish, this is a weight loss program I could really buy into.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    makingmark wrote: »
    I wish, this is a weight loss program I could really buy into.

    Heh, I had the same thought.

    To paraphrase Sun Also Rises, wouldn't it be pretty to think so?
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    What ever happened to the idea people actually had to do something to burn calories?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    What ever happened to the idea people actually had to do something to burn calories?

    Sounds like crazy talk to me!
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    edited October 2016
    Well I shrivel up in our hot tub.. so I might be smaller when I exit the hot tub, never measured afterwards.. ;)
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  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Turn the heat up and just sit there burning calories, not gonna happen.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Several thousand per minute. Almost as much as you burn grating cheese.
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