Mr & Mrs got to goal weight and now maintaining weight loss

willeyspiros
willeyspiros Posts: 2 Member
edited 6:04PM in Health and Weight Loss
We are the same height, weight, age but my husband as an 1000 extra calories per day more than me. Why?

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  • airforceman1979
    airforceman1979 Posts: 94 Member
    Usaly it is become of the muscle mass man naturally have more which is why they get more calories this drive my wife crazy also
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    Congrats on getting to goal!

    Yeah, it is sort of the nature of it - women just have lower calorie needs.

    That being said, 1,000 is a lot. Are you sure bot of your MFP goals are set to maintenance or the lowest possible loss? (.5 lbs/week, I think.)
  • willeyspiros
    willeyspiros Posts: 2 Member
    ManiacalLaugh wrote: »
    Congrats on getting to goal!

    Yeah, it is sort of the nature of it - women just have lower calorie needs.

    That being said, 1,000 is a lot. Are you sure bot of your MFP goals are set to maintenance or the lowest possible loss? (.5 lbs/week, I think.)


    Thanks and both set to maintenance - although my husband is 3 years younger than me (I tend to forget this!) but I don't think it should make too much difference. However my work is sedentary and his more active.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited February 2016
    willeyspiros wrote: »
    However my work is sedentary and his more active.

    Well...there you go.
  • lukefellows
    lukefellows Posts: 11 Member
    My wife and I are having a competition (us both being competitive) with weekly prizes that we both give each other should we hit our targets. She doesn't understand that I'm allowed to eat more (and successfully so). I put it down to me averaging 11,000 steps a day, mostly through dog walking
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