For heterosexual couples on the "journey" together...

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  • determined_ella
    determined_ella Posts: 4,354 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    determined_ella wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    ^^^ cool story!

    (would have been cooler if you were gay)

    so let me get this straight ( no pun intended ) you're pretending to be a straight man, that's pretending to be gay? :/:joy: a little confusion here! ( doesn't take much! )

    On Tuesdays.
    What about Fridays?
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  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    How is this question even a thing? My BF’s TDEE is only about 300-400 calories higher than mine and we’re at similar fitness levels.
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  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    it's a thing because John made it a thing.

    Can we un-thing it?
  • GreenGoddess22
    GreenGoddess22 Posts: 3,818 Member
    Maximus wrote: »
    Oh, on Fridays I wear special underwear

    We are going to need to see those. Pics or it didn't happen, lol.

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  • DaveAkeman
    DaveAkeman Posts: 296 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    it's a thing because John made it a thing.

    Can we un-thing it?

    Sadly, Emilia, no. In general, men are taller and heavier, and have a lower BF%, than women. That's just the way God made us. You and your boyfriend may be exceptions . . . perhaps you're taller, or he's shorter, then average, but, ON AVERAGE, men just lose weight faster than women. It might not be fair, but it IS.

    Also, sadly, once these discussions get off-topic and wandering, MFP does not appear to have an un-follow option . . .
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  • justcat206
    justcat206 Posts: 716 Member
    I used to be totally envious of my husband who it seemed could eat anything and never gain an ounce. Then I realized that he did eat a ton at dinner with me, but he ate essentially nothing all day while at work - so he really wasn't consuming all that many more calories than I did. And on the rare occasions that he did really pig out, it was usually a weekend and he burned a ton of it doing yard work or going for a long run or something. And now that I've started lifting (and have a more realistic idea of what a healthy weight is) I very rarely feel deprived anymore, so it's really a non-issue.
  • wolfruhn
    wolfruhn Posts: 3,025 Member
    A wolf burns far more calories than a human when hunting. And I'm hungry... lol
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    edited May 2015
    DaveAkeman wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Maximus wrote: »
    it's a thing because John made it a thing.

    Can we un-thing it?

    Sadly, Emilia, no. In general, men are taller and heavier, and have a lower BF%, than women. That's just the way God made us. You and your boyfriend may be exceptions . . . perhaps you're taller, or he's shorter, then average, but, ON AVERAGE, men just lose weight faster than women. It might not be fair, but it IS.

    Also, sadly, once these discussions get off-topic and wandering, MFP does not appear to have an un-follow option . . .

    They may lose weight faster on average in absolute terms, but when looking at it as a percentage of total body weight, I'm not sure that holds.

    I'm not disputing that there is variation in TDEE between genders. What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter (to me), and it certainly doesn't make me mad, that other people might eat more or less and lose more or less weight. It especially doesn't matter if my significant other does. Even within the same gender, there is a lot of variation in TDEE depending on height.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    A wolf burns far more calories than a human when hunting. And I'm hungry... lol

    Now if only I could get lycanthropy... :D
  • wolfruhn
    wolfruhn Posts: 3,025 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    A wolf burns far more calories than a human when hunting. And I'm hungry... lol

    Now if only I could get lycanthropy... :D

    Come closer, that's it. Just a little bit closer, and now... Just lay down and let me bite you haha ;)
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    A wolf burns far more calories than a human when hunting. And I'm hungry... lol

    Now if only I could get lycanthropy... :D

    Come closer, that's it. Just a little bit closer, and now... Just lay down and let me bite you haha ;)

    You know you could turn this into the Next Big Diet, right? I can see it now: eat as much as you like in human form, and then just hope for a full moon so you turn into a werewolf and burn it all off with vigorous exercise! And the best part: you won’t even know you’re working out! Warning: be advised that heart rate monitors may not give accurate calorie burns.

    (Sorry, I’m sleep deprived today. All this makes sense in my head.)
  • wolfruhn
    wolfruhn Posts: 3,025 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    wolfruhn wrote: »
    A wolf burns far more calories than a human when hunting. And I'm hungry... lol

    Now if only I could get lycanthropy... :D

    Come closer, that's it. Just a little bit closer, and now... Just lay down and let me bite you haha ;)

    You know you could turn this into the Next Big Diet, right? I can see it now: eat as much as you like in human form, and then just hope for a full moon so you turn into a werewolf and burn it all off with vigorous exercise! And the best part: you won’t even know you’re working out! Warning: be advised that heart rate monitors may not give accurate calorie burns.

    (Sorry, I’m sleep deprived today. All this makes sense in my head.)

    Hmmm you seem super tasty ;) A real treat! When is the next full moon? Not long I think... I'll be looking for you haha! ;)
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    Very Little Red Riding Hood of you!
  • cuckoo_jenibeth
    cuckoo_jenibeth Posts: 1,434 Member
    FlowVinyasa wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    I have to ask the women...is it infuriating how many more calories we men get to eat in a day and still get results?

    It has to be hard.

    Not just men. Pretty much everybody who are much taller than me!
    I agree with that! To workout with my friend/coworker that gets credit for 1,000 cals burned while I get 350 for the same work! I understand that I now weigh half as much as she does, but still get irrationally irate!

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