This is probably going to sound really stupid....

mytys1969
mytys1969 Posts: 26
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
My husband and I are having this arguement about how many calories
you burn while having sex...
he says you burn alot (I think it is because he wants more sex)
I say not alot (Because I dont want to have more sex)

Any answers please!!!!!!!!!!
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  • My husband and I are having this arguement about how many calories
    you burn while having sex...
    he says you burn alot (I think it is because he wants more sex)
    I say not alot (Because I dont want to have more sex)

    Any answers please!!!!!!!!!!
  • mrsjo79
    mrsjo79 Posts: 123
    I say not alot (Because I dont want to have more sex)

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I heard you burn a lot also.
  • Widdy1961
    Widdy1961 Posts: 100 Member
    Take a look here for all you need to know. :glasses:

    http://www.weightlossweblog.com/archives/22

    Widdy :smile:
  • mydogmesa2
    mydogmesa2 Posts: 205 Member
    I think it depends whos on top!:laugh: Shape says its 300 calories an hour! Thats not bad considering its the funnest exercise ever!:blushing:
  • zenmama
    zenmama Posts: 1,000
    I alos think it has to with the type of sex...is it crazy sex or casual sex...are you breaking a sweat...LOL...funny
  • carajo
    carajo Posts: 532 Member
    I say not alot (Because I dont want to have more sex)

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I heard you burn a lot also. LOL!!! I'm with ya....My husband is trying to convince me as well!! I am going to say not alot as well:wink:
  • "According to most sources, the "average" lovemaking session (30 minutes) burns between 50 and 100 calories"

    That quote if from an article that was just put out today at:
    http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/cmi_2427971/code_30171

    But there are a ton of factors that determine how many calories you burn during sex.

    I say give in... it may not be a lot of calories burned but t'll be your most 'satisfying' workout :happy:
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    Just tell him it only counts if you can do it for the full hour. :wink:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Well it's not *that* much, and if you're....um...on the bottom...:embarassed: ...you won't burn much since you're not doing the....pumping, ya know. :embarassed:
  • One comment says it doesnt burn alot if you are on the bottom what if you are moving with him?:blushing: Example you are moving back and forth while he is on top?
  • I just went to that website that was funny. I was cracking up so hard I started crying.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    One comment says it doesnt burn alot if you are on the bottom what if you are moving with him?:blushing: Example you are moving back and forth while he is on top?

    Yea, it might burn a bit more...but you're still lying down, so you might burn about as much as if you were sitting up with the added movement in there. But if you're on top then it'd be much more, and it can really be an ab workout. :blushing:
  • If laughter burns calories, I should be skin and bones right now!! :laugh: Thanks for the chuckle and maybe I should check that out and see what the scale says in the morning:blushing:
  • I think it depends whos on top!:laugh: Shape says its 300 calories an hour! Thats not bad considering its the funnest exercise ever!:blushing:

    Good God; 300 calories for an HOUR. Let's see; by that chart I compute I would only burn 15 calories and then would be asleep.
  • zenmama
    zenmama Posts: 1,000
    k9powerlifter...............toofunny!!! :laugh:

    dd
  • dulceluva
    dulceluva Posts: 728 Member
    Well I went to another website and it was only like 200 an hr...and well wow that must be some marathon sex going on for an entire hour.
  • I saw a site that gave a really low number too. Whomever came up with that doesn't know what I know!:love: Been in a few marathons, I've "hit the wall" as athletes say....and the floor, and the dresser, etc. Tae Bo has never left me completely unable to move!
  • :blushing: :blushing: :blushing: Have him chase you around the house and if he can catch you then he can have his way with you. Just think of all the calories you'd burn with a chase and then sex.
  • Just tell him it only counts if you can do it for the full hour. :wink:

    :laugh: you're so funny
  • mydogmesa2
    mydogmesa2 Posts: 205 Member
    I saw a site that gave a really low number too. Whomever came up with that doesn't know what I know!:love: Been in a few marathons, I've "hit the wall" as athletes say....and the floor, and the dresser, etc. Tae Bo has never left me completely unable to move!


    WORD!
  • flachix
    flachix Posts: 256 Member
    if you are on top, that will work your quads and butt muscles. whew. make it interesting and see how many ummm muscles you can work out!! :laugh: now we have thighs, and butt, and quads, any ideas for the abs? oh, don't forget the leg lifts. :tongue: does screaming "Oh God" burn any calories? I love this site. :heart:
  • yea i'm pretty sure my husband burns more calories than me since he does all the work:tongue:
  • that is what my husband says all the time that he does all the work and I just lay there, :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Sex:

    For a 170 pound person____________________15 min._____1hour
    Active sexual activity - vigorous effort _____________10______ 39
    General sexual activity - moderate effort___________ 6______ 23
    Passive sexual activity - light effort, kissing, hugging__ 0______ 0

    This from calorielab.com : they have just about any form of exercise you can think up! Except "On Top" vs "On Bottom,"........(you could alternate :wink: )

    http://calorielab.com/burned

    :blushing:
  • icandoit
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    My husband and I are having this arguement about how many calories
    you burn while having sex...
    he says you burn alot (I think it is because he wants more sex)
    I say not alot (Because I dont want to have more sex)

    Any answers please!!!!!!!!!!


    Check this out
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/4583-somebody-had-fun-doing-this-research
  • I love this asnswer :flowerforyou:
  • Why doesnt someone put on a heart rate moniter and tell all of us how they did. :smile:
  • MTGirl
    MTGirl Posts: 1,490 Member
    Also check out calories per hour . com - they have #'s for almost every activity under the sun, including sex!
  • Georg
    Georg Posts: 1,728 Member
    Here's a place to look up some interesting data...
    http://caloriecount.about.com/activities-sexual-activity-ac14
    I use that site to find nutritional info for my recipes.
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
    men burn Kcal because we first have to chase the girl down then we have to talk you into having sex then there's playing around because we all know she needs time to get ready. by this time we have to go back to talking you into it, then head to the kitchen for snack because she has to get ready for the 10 sec of intense cal burning. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa forget it never mind I gota go to work in the morining
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