For all those on MFP who are sexually active

No. It really isn't that many calories burned. It just seems like it should be. Going up and down stairs for 5 minutes would burn more calories than relations for 30 minutes unless you're working REALLY hard at those relations.

wrong, it is quite the amount of calories burned
a 150 lb person burns 288 calories during one hour of sex.

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

Uhm... I will be honest enough, while still remaining tactful, to say that an hour of sex after 9 years of marriage and two kids is a bit unrealistic of a goal. To be honest, I don't even know anyone who spends an hour at a time having sex in real life.

No. It really isn't that many calories burned. It just seems like it should be. Going up and down stairs for 5 minutes would burn more calories than relations for 30 minutes unless you're working REALLY hard at those relations.

wrong, it is quite the amount of calories burned
a 150 lb person burns 288 calories during one hour of sex.

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

Uhm... I will be honest enough, while still remaining tactful, to say that an hour of sex after 9 years of marriage and two kids is a bit unrealistic of a goal. To be honest, I don't even know anyone who spends an hour at a time having sex in real life.

Ok, so that's about 4.8 calories per minute, so let's say it actually only lasts about 5 minutes, that's only 24 calories, not really worth logging! Dh & I have been married for going on 17 years (yikes, I feel old) and with three kids~11-14, things vary. I burn more calories watching t.v. for an hour with dh and than 5 minutes of relations!

I figure any calories burned were eaten back anyway.

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SEX is just a bonus... Maybe I need to hit the sheets more because the scale isnt moving =(

No. It really isn't that many calories burned. It just seems like it should be. Going up and down stairs for 5 minutes would burn more calories than relations for 30 minutes unless you're working REALLY hard at those relations.

wrong, it is quite the amount of calories burned
a 150 lb person burns 288 calories during one hour of sex.

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

Uhm... I will be honest enough, while still remaining tactful, to say that an hour of sex after 9 years of marriage and two kids is a bit unrealistic of a goal. To be honest, I don't even know anyone who spends an hour at a time having sex in real life.

*cough* Really? I can't imagine fitting it into a 20 minute slot, personally :P

Just really full stop? Seriously? You don't know the right people. I find it weird to the people that finish straight away or within 5 mins, it's just strange! One of my fave things is putting a 2 kilo chicken in the oven to cook and coming back down to find it's almost ready. Now THAT'S a session.

Kindly log it as something else. For those who treat it like an Olympic sport, go for it, just under a diff name. On that note, I am not a fan of logging housework, holding babies, etc.

my wife puts weight on after sex ,,,,,strangely enough it all comes back off after about 9 months :sad:

how many calories are there per battery?

THIS.

I don't consider sex to be planned exercise - I consider it to be entertainment/pleasure... or household activity (like laundry? lol).

So, no. I don't track that stuff. I only track the things I do specifically to burn calories. Mowing the lawn, cleaning the bathroom, etc. shouldn't be counted. We have to do that stuff regularly - we're not doing it to get healthy.

I don't consider sex to be planned exercise - I consider it to be entertainment/pleasure... or household activity (like laundry? lol).

So, no. I don't track that stuff. I only track the things I do specifically to burn calories. Mowing the lawn, cleaning the bathroom, etc. shouldn't be counted. We have to do that stuff regularly - we're not doing it to get healthy.

I only started mowing the lawn because it burns so many calories! LOL! Otherwise, I'll leave that job to my husband. :P

I don't think we should have sex --- the partner may not be fully trained, some people throw out their backs, some people are too extreme, some people scrape up their ankles and hands.... wait, that's Cross Fit - never mind. Carry on...

you can count sex if you really want to. it does burn quite a significant amount of calories (if you're not just in missionary). Tell your friend to research her question. it has been discussed on many talk shows such as The Drs. If I am correct, it can burn close to the same amount of calories as swimming. Interesting.

Nope, don't count those calories. Here's a link with some good info:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-health/How-many-calories-do-you-burn-during-sex.aspx

All I can say is WOW...60-80 calories burnt per orgasm ...guess there are times that it is good to be a woman afterall!

I don't count it, but Masters and Johnson detrermined that the female orgasm burns between 60 and 100 calories, not counting the sex itself, so i guess you could if you wanted to.

a female... orgasm??? dafuq is that?

My wife ate that thing that kills sex drive. You know.......wedding cake. So I wouldn't know.