Sex secret #1

If he's hooking up with you, he loves your bod. Here's a head-scratcher: When a man gets a woman in bed, it's a huge ego boost for him ("Yeah, score!"). Yet at the same time, we chicks will be obsessing in the sack about our fat rolls and the way our thighs spread out when we're on our backs. Well, all that sex stress adds up to one thing: nooky that's neurotic and no fun.

"Poor body image and refusing to believe your partner when he says he loves your figure will hurt your sex life," says sexologist Lilka Areton, Ph.D. Think about it: The more you strategically hide yourself under the sheet or say things like "I'm so bloated" or "I haven't shaved in days," the more he'll think, Jesus, this chick has issues, and become less aroused. Plus, when you're self-conscious, there's no way to enjoy all the love he's lavishing on you (which, hello, is the whole point of the game). That's why, if you really want to rock the box springs, loosen up and let him ogle away during foreplay.

Sex is as much about the visuals as it is the physical pleasure for a guy; it's like there's something connecting his eyeballs to his package. So don't be shy about putting on a show. As you undress, slide one bra strap down your shoulder and give him a smoldering upward gaze, which lets him know that you're watching him watch you.

Judy

Six reasons to have Sex!

1. Our mental and emotional health balance is clearly influenced by sex. Abstinence is known to cause from anxiety to paranoia and depression… In fact, in case of light depressions, after having sex the brain releases endorphins, that decrease stress, inducing a state of euphoria.

2. Sex can be a beauty treatment. While having sex, a woman’s body doubles the estrogen level, and this makes her hair shine and the skin becomes softer.

3. A 10-year research carried on 1,000 middle-aged men at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, showed that sex on a regular basis increases the humans’ lifespan. For the same age and health, those who had orgasms more frequently had half the death rate of men who did not have such frequent orgasms. This could be due to the plummeting stress hormones, reaction that installs after we have sex.

3. Sweating while having sex cleanse the skin pores, making the skin brighter and decreasing the risk of developing dermatitis.

4. Sex can make us lose weight. You burn all that fat and carbohydrates from the romantic dinner. Quickies of 20 minutes weekly mean 7 500 calories annually, that’s as much as you consume on 120 km (745 mi) of jogging. A sex session can burn about 200 calories. This is like running 15 minutes on a treadmill!

5. Sex strengthen our muscles. You can imagine the effort made by your muscles through those pushes and flexions. It depends on your stunts in bed, of course. And it’s clearly a lot more fun than running for miles.

6. The more active your sex life is, the more attractive for the opposite sex you are. High sexual activity makes the body release more pheromones, chemicals that attract the opposite sex.