Women VS Men

I lost faster than my husband. But normally, I think its because our hormones have a bigger role. I can tell you for about 4 days every month I am fighting not to plow through M&Ms, regular pop, and french fries.

Because its one of the powers a sausage gives you but taco are still awesome though.

Men work harder on the weight loss. When they are committed to it they do it. Women talk about the weight loss all the time but action is not that much.

You might want to consider a retraction. There’s a lot of very fit women on here who can and will kick your *kitten*.

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Men work harder on the weight loss. When they are committed to it they do it. Women talk about the weight loss all the time but action is not that much.

I'm not going to judge you based on your avatar.....that would be too easy. I am going to say regardless of how hard you "work" at it.......I bet 10 to 1 it's not as hard as most of the women in my friend's list.

:flowerforyou:

It's a mixture of greater overall size, higher activity levels, and a larger ratio of lean mass to fat. Obviously none of those are universal, but neither is "men lose weight faster than women."

^^^ this

men are on average bigger and have on average a lower body fat percentage (therefore more of their overall weight is lean body mass). BMR is all the energy (calories) your body needs to keep the cells alive, so more cells = need more calories, and more muscle cells = need even more calories as muscle cells require a lot more energy than fat cells do. On top of that, male sex hormones make it easier for men to build muscle. More muscle = faster metabolism (i.e. more muscle cells using energy to stay alive).

When it comes to exercise calories, the heavier you are the more calories you burn during exercise, for the same reason why you'd burn more calories walking uphill carrying 30kg of bricks than if you walked up the same hill carrying 5kg of bricks.

However if you have a man who's 5'1", 180lb and 30% body fat he'll burn the same number of calories as a woman who's 5'1" 180lb and 30% body fat. He'll still find it easier to lose weight than the woman in this hypothetical example though, unless he has major hormonal problems, because having more testosterone means he'll build muscle more easily.

There's nothing magical about being male. Just larger size + testosterone.

Men work harder on the weight loss. When they are committed to it they do it. Women talk about the weight loss all the time but action is not that much.

Trolling? I sure hope so, because I didn't lose 60 pounds by just talking about it. O.o

Speaking from a non biassed point of view. apparently using weights can burn calories and sculp out bodies more efficiently than cardio alone....true? Not true? I don't know, this is just what i believe. the reason behind this theory it's that muscle is body tissue that will continue to work and burn calories (and surrounding fatty deposits) way after the workout session has ended. Although cardio is still effective and will improve overall health and fitness levels and can also contribute greatly to muscle toning, muscle usage may not have been as vigorous as using free weights.

Now your very unlikely to find a guy in a leotard partaking in an *kitten* shaking aerobics session...(nor me for that matter), a guys thing is 9 times out of 10 the gym...weights....lots of grunting....bicep kissing...and mirror watching .. Only joking guys. But the point I'm trying to make is that the average male naturally has more muscle than females. It is, therefore potentially easier for men to stay leaner, lose quicker, eat more calories than females...(no fair) because their BODIES work harder due to the greater muscle mass they have...(hard work lifting that remote when playing couch commando). Obviously if a couple compared their weight loss speed, it would be down to the individuals to pull their finger out.

Anyway to end my point of view, I would like to clear up why most men weigh heavier than woman....it's because their ego's are too big to match their heads....;) x

men tend to have a high matabalism and tend to turn fat into muscle faster than women do.

Actually fat is fat. It doesn't turn into anything resembling muscle.

Since we're on the topic, you don't pee out fat either.

The real reason has something to do with their wieners. I'm sure of it.

Says Freud...

Our emotions get in the way. We take an emotional approach to eating and losing weight, they take a practical approach. And they have weiners.

Edit to add: and hormones.....

It's all that them there testeronies. And their ding-a-lings.

Our boobies make it super dooper hard. Always gettin' in the way and such.

This! LOL HEE HEE

you know women...there's a very convenient way to sap a mans testosterone that I'm sure he'll gladly agree to if you really get vindictive about your man losing more than you do...

1) Men are generally larger than their female counterparts and thus burn more on a daily basis just to live
2) Men generally have more muscle mass than females and thus burn more calories on a daily basis (muscle burns 14 cal/lb; fat 2 cal/lb)
3) Due to the above men can create larger caloric deficits much easier than females and would generally burn more calories doing the exact same exercise as their female counterpart. Example, the average male with a 2,500 calorie maintenance could easily reduce that to 1,500 to lose 2 lbs per week. The average female with a 1,500 calorie maintenance would starve at 500.

Blame it on the cavemen (and cavewoman)! :happy:

hmm.. based on the wiener evidence above, I am now hopeful that I can lose weight at a faster then average pace! thanks!

Men work harder on the weight loss. When they are committed to it they do it. Women talk about the weight loss all the time but action is not that much.

you must be effing joking. I work my damn @ss off. In fact I don't even talk about my weight loss or my workouts unless someone asks me. I run/work out 6 days a week. I'd say that's pretty committed. have you looked at yourself? how hard are you working? I'd say it's a hell of a lot less than I am.

THIS..THIS...THIIIIIISSSSSS!!!!