Why don't men bloat?
fteale
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You never hear men talking about how certain foods make them bloat, and yet it seems to be something that most women are paranoid about. Are we completely making it up, or is it a female / hormonal phenomenon?
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Men definitely bloat. I can easily fluctuate 5-7lbs of water.0
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I think its because men don't really freak out about it as much as women do.0
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When it's due to impending menses, it's hormonal.
When it's due to increased sodium intake, it's normal and happens to everyone.
I wish I could explain why woman flip a **** so much more than men.0 -
Bloating is a natural hormonal response to a calorie deficit. Happens to everyone, but women get it worse. Combine that with TOM bloating, and women have it really rough when relying on the scale.
I recommend that women weigh weekly and combine one month's average weight with the next month's to get a clear picture of what's going on.0 -
Yep, it definitely happens. Possible reasons we don't moan about it as much...
1. We don't have a scheduled monthly bloat.
2. We don't wear rings as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
3. We don't wear tight-fitting shoes as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
Also, along with some women...
4. We suck it up and move on.
5. We realize that it's temporary and move on.
Yeah, I pulled all of these reasons straight out of my a**.
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I hadn't thought about the ring thing. That is the only way I notice when I am a bit puffy. It's not something I worry about much, and in fact since losing the excess weight, I don't find I really bloat much even at TOM, which I did badly when I was bigger. I just wondered because it's something you hear women talking about all the time.0
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Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."0 -
Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
It's true, it happened just as Adam and Eve were kicked out of The Garden of Eden.0 -
Yep, it definitely happens. Possible reasons we don't moan about it as much...
1. We don't have a scheduled monthly bloat.
2. Don't wear rings as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
3. Don't wear tight-fitting shoes as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
Also, along with many women...
4. We suck it up and move on.
5. We realize that it's temporary and move on.
Yeah, I pulled all of these reasons straight out of my a**.
:happy:
your *kitten* seems to bear a wealth of knowledge0 -
Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
Dammit Eve, you ruin everything!0 -
Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
you made me laugh :laugh:0 -
Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
factual information.0 -
Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
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God knew that men could not handle what us women go thru !!! plus thier nuts would probably swell and you know it would be all nasty and junk !0
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I definitely 'bloat'. I drink so much water on a daily basis that I gain about 7 pounds by time I go to bed at night.0
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We definetly bloat and we vent to ourselves about small personal issues like this. Its like bathroom functions, we don't say "Oops I ruined my underwear cause I was so gassy and now its stained."
We throw them away if a hot woman at the laundromat is washing our clothes OR
We hand them to our wife without saying a word knowing that shell be grossed out and secretly thats funny to us. Even when our wife is way hotter than the laundrymat girl we threw them away for.
I get pissed at myself if Ibloat from my sodium or just because I have a time of the month cycle that lags a day or two behind my wifes. I dont have a menstral cycle but I have a moodiness cycle. I dont think its triggered by her PMS or moodiness, I think My neanderthal brain smells the hormonal change somehow (gross I know) even from a distance and responds.
I think something like that makes girls who live together cycle together. But I bloat too then. I can watch my weight loss graph and tell Im putting on water weight between weigh ins, and have it fgured out when I shouldnt weigh in because I just know that every 8 days I drop all my water weight, and during her TOM I will gain and go up, so I just expect it and ignore it.0 -
If I drank a twelver of beer I'd be bloated. Have pics to prove it. :drinker:0
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We bloat no question about it!!0
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they dont have TOMs, im guessing0
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I think guys probably don't notice as much when they do because most of them tend to wear looser-fitting clothes than women.0
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Maybe the not noticing makes sense, except when I'm bloated, like right now, it's not just that my pants are tight. It's that my stomach's all twisty and turny and tied up in knots and just plain disgusting feeling. On TOP of the fact that I'm 5 pounds more today than yesterday.0
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Because God is a man.
It has been written "Nay shall thy creature born with a penis bloat, for thy creature who has TOM shall bear all bloating."
This right here lol.
With guys its usually a beer belly bloating after a night out at the tractor tavern. Girls bloat all the time though. Stop drinking so much water and wearing such tight clothes i guess lol jk0 -
wwhaaat? lol guys bloat.. i have alot of friends who are into fitness too and say how certin foods or supplements make em bloat.. we just tend to keep it to ourselves and cry in the pillow instead when noone is looking0
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I think its because men don't really freak out about it as much as women do.
I think this is true.0 -
They do they just don't care that they do
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I bloat, that is retain water, but I frankly don't care. I drink a bit more, and it goes away all on its own.0
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They do - they just don't feel compelled to talk about every physiological process until they are blue in the face.
They talk about poop, farting and sometimes flagpoles... all the rest of it they leave to the girls to talk into the ground.0 -
Yep, it definitely happens. Possible reasons we don't moan about it as much...
1. We don't have a scheduled monthly bloat.
2. Don't wear rings as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
3. Don't wear tight-fitting shoes as commonly as women, and hence, do not notice.
Also, along with many women...
4. We suck it up and move on.
5. We realize that it's temporary and move on.
Yeah, I pulled all of these reasons straight out of my a**.
:happy:
your *kitten* seems to bear a wealth of knowledge
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It happens during ManTOM, even to the best of us. We just don't complain about it.
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