Men lose weight so easy...
HuskyHiker413
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This is what I hear from time to time from women... I'm sure it has nothing to do with weighing all my food and hitting the gym 6 days a week!
So do you think men really lose easier than women?
So do you think men really lose easier than women?
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As a 4'11 female on hormonal birth control, yes.
Let's add some progesterone to your daily regimen and see what happens.
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Generally speaking yes, I think men have an easier time with weight loss.0
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Basic musculature means men tend to burn more calories than women at rest
That's why I am spending time building my musculature ...well, that and the fact that it makes me look awesome
Women have to cope with hormonal fluctuations that affect their water weight far more than men
Women also tend, though not in this household, to do a lot of the shopping and cooking
Yes men have it easier but that doesn't mean they can be more successful than women0 -
Basic musculature means men tend to burn more calories than women at rest
That's why I am spending time building my musculature ...well, that and the fact that it makes me look awesome
Women have to cope with hormonal fluctuations that affect their water weight far more than men
Women also tend, though not in this household, to do a lot of the shopping and cooking
Yes men have it easier but that doesn't mean they can be more successful than women
This.
Don't fool yourself thinking that your advantage is due to measuring your food and working out 6x/wk. There are many women on mfp alone who do that too.0 -
I don't buy it. Men have a higher baseline calorie consumption, sure, but a pound us a pound and for both genders it's a 3500 calorie deficit.
Is there any reason that my 500 cal deficit should be interpreted differently (mentally) than my wife's 500 cal deficit?
It seems obvious from our shared experience that hunger is proportional to deficit size, and I don't see gender playing any role in that.0 -
Basic musculature means men tend to burn more calories than women at rest
That's why I am spending time building my musculature ...well, that and the fact that it makes me look awesome
Women have to cope with hormonal fluctuations that affect their water weight far more than men
Women also tend, though not in this household, to do a lot of the shopping and cooking
Yes men have it easier but that doesn't mean they can be more successful than women
This.
Don't fool yourself thinking that your advantage is due to measuring your food and working out 6x/wk. There are many women on mfp alone who do that too.
It's not that I think of it as "my advantage", I just find it annoying when people discount the work that goes into it.0 -
I don't buy it. Men have a higher baseline calorie consumption, sure, but a pound us a pound and for both genders it's a 3500 calorie deficit.
Is there any reason that my 500 cal deficit should be interpreted differently (mentally) than my wife's 500 cal deficit?
It seems obvious from our shared experience that hunger is proportional to deficit size, and I don't see gender playing any role in that.
If your 500 defecit took you to 1200 rather than 2000, hell yes you'd find it more difficult
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HuskyHiker413 wrote: »Basic musculature means men tend to burn more calories than women at rest
That's why I am spending time building my musculature ...well, that and the fact that it makes me look awesome
Women have to cope with hormonal fluctuations that affect their water weight far more than men
Women also tend, though not in this household, to do a lot of the shopping and cooking
Yes men have it easier but that doesn't mean they can be more successful than women
This.
Don't fool yourself thinking that your advantage is due to measuring your food and working out 6x/wk. There are many women on mfp alone who do that too.
It's not that I think of it as "my advantage", I just find it annoying when people discount the work that goes into it.
What about the advantage you have in building muscles?0 -
I don't buy it. Men have a higher baseline calorie consumption, sure, but a pound us a pound and for both genders it's a 3500 calorie deficit.
Is there any reason that my 500 cal deficit should be interpreted differently (mentally) than my wife's 500 cal deficit?
It seems obvious from our shared experience that hunger is proportional to deficit size, and I don't see gender playing any role in that.
Generally speaking men tend to be a bit less emotional so how they feel about their progress tends to not fluctuate/vary as much as some women from day to day or week to week. This alone has some implications on how they might adhere. Now obviously I'm making a generalization here and this isn't judgmental, it's just something I believe to be true based on my experiences.
Even if hunger is proportional (I'm not convinced that it is) women have far less opportunity to create the magnitude of calorie deficit than a male can.
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I'm afraid males have been dealt the trump card in regards to metabolic rate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329930/
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1126247?sid=21106119700723&uid=70&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=3738032&uid=4 (1953 in the house!)
Although probably evened out by male pattern baldness (I was 27 for crying out loud), nose and ear hair, and testicles, which being frank just get in the way.0 -
I'll also add that while this is entirely anecdotal, all of my male clients tend to experience slightly faster results then all of my female clients. Weight loss plateaus tend to be shorter in duration and it's easier to magnify a deficit because there's more caloric opportunity to do so.
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I'm afraid males have been dealt the trump card in regards to metabolic rate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329930/
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1126247?sid=21106119700723&uid=70&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=3738032&uid=4 (1953 in the house!)
Although probably evened out by male pattern baldness (I was 27 for crying out loud), nose and ear hair, and testicles, which being frank just get in the way.
And add to this that this was just sedentary 24h-EE. When you then take a population who exercises regularly I would expect this difference to magnify.0 -
I don't buy it. Men have a higher baseline calorie consumption, sure, but a pound us a pound and for both genders it's a 3500 calorie deficit.
Is there any reason that my 500 cal deficit should be interpreted differently (mentally) than my wife's 500 cal deficit?
It seems obvious from our shared experience that hunger is proportional to deficit size, and I don't see gender playing any role in that.
I will use myself as an example here. If my TDEE happens to be 1900, to have a 500 calorie deficit, I would be able to eat 1400. My man, on the other hand has a TDEE of 2800, so he gets to eat 2300 calories. I think this pretty much shows why men have an easier time. Please note that I didn't even use the fact that men have more muscle mass, nor the hormone issue.0 -
HuskyHiker413 wrote: »This is what I hear from time to time from women... I'm sure it has nothing to do with weighing all my food and hitting the gym 6 days a week!
So do you think men really lose easier than men?
I think men lose the same as men.
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If I was a bloke I'd take it as one of my advantages....but I'm still happier to be a women...after all we might not find it as easy to lose weight but we do get all the purty lingerie :bigsmile:0
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when I hear a woman say men lose weight faster I assume she's lazy making excuses. you don't hear me complaining that I dont lose blood weight every month.-4
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_tigerblood_ wrote: »when I hear a woman say men lose weight faster I assume she's lazy making excuses. you don't hear me complaining that I dont lose blood weight every month.
Seriously?? You ever had an anatomy class?0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »_tigerblood_ wrote: »when I hear a woman say men lose weight faster I assume she's lazy making excuses. you don't hear me complaining that I dont lose blood weight every month.
Seriously?? You ever had an anatomy class?
Or a girlfriend :huh:0 -
I don't buy it. Men have a higher baseline calorie consumption, sure, but a pound us a pound and for both genders it's a 3500 calorie deficit.
Is there any reason that my 500 cal deficit should be interpreted differently (mentally) than my wife's 500 cal deficit?
It seems obvious from our shared experience that hunger is proportional to deficit size, and I don't see gender playing any role in that.
I agree with sidesteel and I'd add women maintain 12% essential BF, men 4%( we typically have more more muscle). We(men) have a greater ability to create a larger deficit. Hence the reason, one female friend on here jokes with me about she hates men and their ability to drop weight. Also, I am not comparing my intake to my wife; I already have air conditioning and heat in the dog house, I do not need or want to provide a reason to add carpet.
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Personally, I feel it's just hard in general. Some people will have a harder time than others for various reasons.
If you were to ask my husband which one of us has an easier time losing weight, he'd point at me. He is always hungry (or so he says, I'm pretty sure he mistakes thirst for hunger), and as such is always eating. This makes it hard for him to stick to his calorie goals which translates in to taking longer to get to his goals.
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Something that I think is important to keep in mind here:
We're discussing the relative difficulty between genders. It certainly is not "easy" for men to lose weight.
Sometimes discussions like this can become insulting because it paints a picture that men can just lose fat with ease or without any effort. And that is simply not the case.
Comparatively, I believe on average it's a bit more challenging for women.
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It might be true in general, although my husband has a much harder time than I do. I think my personality lends itself really well to logging food and eating in moderation. Moderation is really difficult for him.0
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Biggest reason? Men have more muscle, in general, than women. Women have higher body fat in general. Biology. Women need to strength train to develop their muscle / LBM. No matter your reality - losing fat is tough action and its a process.0
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Some people lose weight easily, some people struggle; gender hasn't got much to do with it. Women naturally have a higher body-fat percentage (so getting lean may be more difficult as we're battling against nature) and we retain water more easily, but I don't think there's a huge male-female difference. It think it mostly boils down to metabolism and genetics/ethnicity.0
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If I was a bloke I'd take it as one of my advantages....but I'm still happier to be a women...after all we might not find it as easy to lose weight but we do get all the purty lingerie :bigsmile:
Sometimes I think it would be nice to be an 18 yo man just for the muscle building potential.
OP, nobody should minimize anybody's effort/work, man or woman. Clearly if you are talking about somebody putting in less effort, their results are affected by that, not just their sex.
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Something that I think is important to keep in mind here:
We're discussing the relative difficulty between genders. It certainly is not "easy" for men to lose weight.
Sometimes discussions like this can become insulting because it paints a picture that men can just lose fat with ease or without any effort. And that is simply not the case.
Comparatively, I believe on average it's a bit more challenging for women.
This hits the nail on the head... It is not easy for either gender to lose.0 -
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Since men are usually bigger than women, a pound is a lower percentage of weight. That could have something to do with it. But men also tend to have a different approach to doing things than women. Perhaps that makes it easier for men. Perhaps it is just the perception, because men who are struggling with weight loss aren't very likely to talk about it.0
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Something that I think is important to keep in mind here:
We're discussing the relative difficulty between genders. It certainly is not "easy" for men to lose weight.
Sometimes discussions like this can become insulting because it paints a picture that men can just lose fat with ease or without any effort. And that is simply not the case.
Comparatively, I believe on average it's a bit more challenging for women.
I can get on board with this.0
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