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    Okay, so someone told me...

    Posts: 12
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    ... that sex was one way to burn a lot of calories, but what if you're not really sexually active? What are some things to do to help? Comments/Opinions?

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    • Posts: 1,428 Member
      Start having sex.
    • Posts: 22
      Start having sex.

      That's a good one!
    • Posts: 161 Member
      Well, without being sexually active.....it may be difficult.

      Was the someone who told you someone male? Lol
    • Posts: 564 Member
      Please define "not really sexually active."
    • Posts: 306
      Self stimulation
    • Posts: 12
      Actually, it was a woman. Lol
      And I have no clue, lol. Just not having sex often, I suppose.
    • Posts: 1,273 Member
      Please define "not really sexually active."

      Yeah I want to hear the answer lmao
    • Posts: 22
      ... that sex was one way to burn a lot of calories, but what if you're not really sexually active? What are some things to do to help? Comments/Opinions?

      Your friend should have told you GOOD sex burns calories. :wink:
    • Posts: 1,716 Member
      ... that sex was one way to burn a lot of calories, but what if you're not really sexually active? What are some things to do to help? Comments/Opinions?

      Are you wanting sex or some form of it to be your main source of burning extra cals?
    • Posts: 788 Member
      there's better things for calories burned.. sex is a bonus, but I wouldn't suggest to throw urself around just to burn some extra calories.
    • Posts: 5,138 Member
      ... that sex was one way to burn a lot of calories, but what if you're not really sexually active? What are some things to do to help? Comments/Opinions?
      What are some things to do to help with what? Are you looking for non-sex activities that burn a lot of calories? Or are you looking for help becoming sexually active?
    • Posts: 949 Member
      Sex with a partner will burn calories.

      Solo sex will also burn calories, but you may have to do it longer. I guess that's not such a bad thing. :laugh:
    • Posts: 1,057 Member
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      Yeah I want to hear the answer lmao

      I have an ex who was not really sexually active..... she just laid there! :grumble: :laugh:
    • Posts: 550 Member
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      That's a good one!

      agreed :)
    • Posts: 326 Member
      Well, you enjoy sex, so that means the physical exertion isn't really noticeable, till you wake up sore and try and remember if you fell out of bed or not =]
    • Posts: 775 Member
      Sex is the only way to burn calories.
    • Posts: 13,247 Member
      It burns calories, but not THAT many. Unless you're treating your partner like a gymnast treats the pummel horse.

      It's kind of like saying that peanut butter is a good source of protein. It HAS protein but it's not that great of a source of it. It's a better source of fat. Sex is a better source of fun than it is a calorie burner.
    • Posts: 126 Member
      From "Livestrong" site:

      According to the calories burned calculator at HealthStatus, a 180 lb. man will burn 119 calories in an hour of foreplay, or just under 2 calories a minute, while he will burn 346 calories during an hour of intercourse, or just under 6 calories a minute. According to research data from the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, that means in terms of calories burned, foreplay is roughly equivalent to an hour of watering the lawn while sex is equivalent to raking the lawn. For someone weighing 130 lbs., the figures are 86 calories for foreplay and 250 for sex.

      Not exactly burning up the kilocals, but that's really not the point of this particular activity, is it?
    • Posts: 869 Member
      Try different positions? I know some burn a LOT more than others!
    • Posts: 445 Member
      Uh. Sleeping also burns calories, you realise that?

      I dont get her question. What is something that can replace burning calories by having sex? How about burning calories by any other means? :/


      PS; If you burn calories by running. you'll lose weight. You'll have more confidence. You'll attract more people. You'll have more sex. Done.
    • Posts: 12
      I'm sorry for the confusion... what I'm asking is what are some non-sexual activities to do that could burn the same amount of calories as sex does.. sorry, I didn't mean it like that.. lol
    • Posts: 194 Member
      You dont really burn that many calories from having sex!!!!
    • Posts: 51 Member
      From "Livestrong" site:

      According to the calories burned calculator at HealthStatus, a 180 lb. man will burn 119 calories in an hour of foreplay, or just under 2 calories a minute, while he will burn 346 calories during an hour of intercourse, or just under 6 calories a minute. According to research data from the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, that means in terms of calories burned, foreplay is roughly equivalent to an hour of watering the lawn while sex is equivalent to raking the lawn. For someone weighing 130 lbs., the figures are 86 calories for foreplay and 250 for sex.

      Not exactly burning up the kilocals, but that's really not the point of this particular activity, is it?


      This sounds great! Unfortunately, I haven't known too many men that go for a whole hour. And an hour of foreplay? Forget it! LOL
    • Posts: 3,988 Member
      Just go rub one out...no fuss, no muss!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 445 Member
      I'm sorry for the confusion... what I'm asking is what are some non-sexual activities to do that could burn the same amount of calories as sex does.. sorry, I didn't mean it like that.. lol


      There are 238947897345897134987190203958905843 billion other activities that you can do which you can burn MORE calories than sex.
      Sex only burns lots of calories if youre doing some sort of crazy *kitten*, super fast moves.
    • Posts: 3,988 Member
      I'm sorry for the confusion... what I'm asking is what are some non-sexual activities to do that could burn the same amount of calories as sex does.. sorry, I didn't mean it like that.. lol

      Oh. Moving on, then...
    • Posts: 212 Member
      Try different positions? I know some burn a LOT more than others!


      I did not know that!!
    • Posts: 1,716 Member
      I'm sorry for the confusion... what I'm asking is what are some non-sexual activities to do that could burn the same amount of calories as sex does.. sorry, I didn't mean it like that.. lol

      Walking
      Running
      Zumba
      Swimming
      Dancing
      Twirling
      Basketball
      Volleyball
      Flying a kite
      Babysitting a toddler
      Cleaning
      Washing a car
      Squats
      Cleaning out a garage and/or basement
      Gardening
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