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Weight loss: Man vs Woman

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  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    Interesting stuff, thanks.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    VeryKatie wrote: »
    Idle_Moon wrote: »
    @trigden1991 Thank you for your answer!
    The last point is something I don't understand. If both require the same calorie deficit, how is it possible that men lose weight faster? For example, a woman loses 0.5 kg per week, so in one month she loses 2 kg. Do men lose more than those 2 kg in the same time period?

    Usually men can get away with having a bigger deficit without going below healthy thresholds.

    Example a woman who is 5' 4" may use a 500 calorie deficit for 1 lb a week loss. This might bring her down to 1300 calories a day. She can only safely go down to 1200 a day. A man might use a 1000 calorie deficit which might bring him down to 1800 a day. He can safely go down to about 1500 a day still. Men just get more wiggle room! However if they both use a 500 calorie deficit, they should lose at approx the same rate.

    Precisely this. Anecdotally, I use this to my benefit currently. On 4 days a week I am in a 2000 calorie deficit which is only achievable due to my high TDEE.
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