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[felicula]

Who would have thought that exercise would give such a lift to my sex life?

I know that I have been developing greater strength and endurance. This goes beyond that. Exercising together can be sexy in its own way. It is like a shot of adrenaline into my relationship. Sharing a simple workout routine can be strangely intimate, even while clothes are still on. Then again, once they come off I get extra, uh... "strength training," and... er... uh... "yoga."

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[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Yesterday, I was trying to figure out how to enter "sex" as exercise in my SparkPeople.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Were you able to? That might fall under their strength training stuff rather than cardio... I haven't tried yet, but if this keeps up I am going to have to figure it out! :) Then again, there could be a big variety in sex depending on whether one is male or female, on top or bottom, what position or positions were used and just how vigorous was the sex. Things could get complicated! (And, of course, duration matters too...)

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

Nope, it wasn't in there. I did look it up, though, elsewhere. The site I found said that sex doesn't burn very many calories. (I think it was 19, for someone of my size, for an hour.) That surprised me, as I'd heard otherwise. But I only looked at the one site, out of silly curiosity.

I don't know that I'd put it under strength training as much as general aerobic exercise, though. But as you said - it depends on the specific activity. :)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I'm on top and going slow and sensual, it is primarily strength training for me.

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

FitDay.com lets you put in...oh, I think it's light, moderate, and heavy sexual activity? It even gives examples, I think!

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

That's handy. I googled for "calories burned during sex" or something like that, I think. :)

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

Oh, another great site I found: nutritiondata.com

(That's the one I mentioned the other day, Maureen, but I figured I should put it here too, so you have the link.)

[dustkitten.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I'm not really going crazy about calorie counting right now (mostly because I'm such a habitual eater), but I'll bookmark it.

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

I'm also officially back to "healthy weight" as of this morning, YAY!

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

That's excellent! I'm glad to hear it.

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

I'm debating now if I want to try to aim further (somewhere between 130-135) or just be happy where I am. I'm relatively comfortable in my current calorie range, so I may just stay with it and see what happens. I definitely /don't/ want to get obsessive, nor do I want to feel like I'm "dieting." It's hard, when you've struggled with weight problems, not to obsess, even after you've reached your target. And if I feel like I'm "dieting" then I'm that much more prone to "cheating" (which may mean going on periodic binges and feeling terrible afterwards, or might just mean starting up bad habits, or whatever else).

I remember how good it felt to watch the pounds fall off (even though I wasn't /trying/ to lose weight as much as just changing dietary needs) a couple of years ago, and I miss that feeling... but losing weight just to get that feeling is stupid. There are other ways to feel good about myself.

*chuckles* I think I'm now obsessing about the idea of obsession. How neurotic is that? ;)

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Whichever your choice is, I wish you well with it.

I can totally relate to the wonderful feeling of watching the pounds fall off. I used to dread what the numbers on the scale would tell me. Now, I can barely wait the week to see how things are going! (Since today is Monday, I am getting antsy waiting for tomorrow morning to come along...)

Nothing wrong about a little neurosis... :)

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

*nods* I'm pretty laid back about weigh-ins, these days. I do them whenever I think about it, really. No more than once a week, but sometimes it's more like 10 days or 2 weeks between them. But around the holidays, i was experiencing that, "Oh god, don't wanna get on the scale!" feeling again. Thankfully I'm back in the area of comfortable again. As such, I'll probably stick with what SP is giving me for a while. If I keep going as I have been, those other few pounds might just come off anyway without me having to change anything. If I /tell/ SP I want to lose another 2-7 pounds, it'll take calories away from me, and then I'll feel like I'm "dieting," when really all I want to do is keep up the good habits.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Understandable.

[thedoorsgirl.livejournal.com]

Exercise is a funny thing. I would always think to myself that if I started an exercise program I would probably be too tired to keep it up. Funny thing is, whenever I have a good exercise program going I have much more energy in general. It helps in a lot of different days and it cuts down on the "wow I feel like a fat-@ss today" feelings.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

[mechanchaos.livejournal.com]

zzzzzzzzzap

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

***grins wide and kisses you deeply***