It's not hormones. It's the muscle.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not easier for men to lose weight. A calorie is a calorie. Fat contains the same amount of energy in it per gram in men as it does women. Your husband is making healthier decisions and is doing intense exercise. It isn’t advanced calculus here.


The problem with many women is that they say they exercise and workout, but all they really do is poo poo in the gym with light weights or some easy going cardio doing things like the elliptical for 20 minutes. Or jogging on the treadmill at a pace below 6.0 for 15 minutes. Then they wonder why they’re not losing weight.


Well yeah, you’re hardly burning any cals. Just to burn off a glass of wine you need to run about 1.5 miles on a speed of about 6.0-6.5.


Many men will take up new exercising regimens with much more intensity. I’m not saying men will sustain it, but you’ll lose weight when you exercise with much more vigor and intensity.

Ah yes men are much more virtuous and harder working than women.

As though physiology has nothing to do with it.

Ah yes, it requires more work for women compared to men. Brand new science has shown women’s bodies violate all laws of thermodynamics and physics. lol.


Sounds like a buttload of excuses more than anything. Just admit it, you poo poo at the gym with light weights and minor cardio work. Gee, and you wonder why it is so hard burning off all those glasses of mommy wine you have per day. When you’re barely breaking a sweat at the gym.

You sound like a “not like other girls” kind of woman.

You sound like you know nothing about physics. Take a 20 lbs weight. Move it 2 feet. Guess what, it takes the same amount of energy to move that weight no matter if you’re a man or woman. No amount of explaining it away with hormones will change it. It is literally fundamental physics. Women don’t have to work harder to burn calories. It’s a complete myth that’d violate all laws of physics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not easier for men to lose weight. A calorie is a calorie. Fat contains the same amount of energy in it per gram in men as it does women. Your husband is making healthier decisions and is doing intense exercise. It isn’t advanced calculus here.


The problem with many women is that they say they exercise and workout, but all they really do is poo poo in the gym with light weights or some easy going cardio doing things like the elliptical for 20 minutes. Or jogging on the treadmill at a pace below 6.0 for 15 minutes. Then they wonder why they’re not losing weight.


Well yeah, you’re hardly burning any cals. Just to burn off a glass of wine you need to run about 1.5 miles on a speed of about 6.0-6.5.


Many men will take up new exercising regimens with much more intensity. I’m not saying men will sustain it, but you’ll lose weight when you exercise with much more vigor and intensity.

Ah yes men are much more virtuous and harder working than women.

As though physiology has nothing to do with it.

Ah yes, it requires more work for women compared to men. Brand new science has shown women’s bodies violate all laws of thermodynamics and physics. lol.


Sounds like a buttload of excuses more than anything. Just admit it, you poo poo at the gym with light weights and minor cardio work. Gee, and you wonder why it is so hard burning off all those glasses of mommy wine you have per day. When you’re barely breaking a sweat at the gym.

You sound like a “not like other girls” kind of woman.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not easier for men to lose weight. A calorie is a calorie. Fat contains the same amount of energy in it per gram in men as it does women. Your husband is making healthier decisions and is doing intense exercise. It isn’t advanced calculus here.


The problem with many women is that they say they exercise and workout, but all they really do is poo poo in the gym with light weights or some easy going cardio doing things like the elliptical for 20 minutes. Or jogging on the treadmill at a pace below 6.0 for 15 minutes. Then they wonder why they’re not losing weight.


Well yeah, you’re hardly burning any cals. Just to burn off a glass of wine you need to run about 1.5 miles on a speed of about 6.0-6.5.


Many men will take up new exercising regimens with much more intensity. I’m not saying men will sustain it, but you’ll lose weight when you exercise with much more vigor and intensity.

Ah yes men are much more virtuous and harder working than women.

As though physiology has nothing to do with it.

Ah yes, it requires more work for women compared to men. Brand new science has shown women’s bodies violate all laws of thermodynamics and physics. lol.


Sounds like a buttload of excuses more than anything. Just admit it, you poo poo at the gym with light weights and minor cardio work. Gee, and you wonder why it is so hard burning off all those glasses of mommy wine you have per day. When you’re barely breaking a sweat at the gym.

Honestly...it is soooo easy for my husband. Both of us mid-40's. It's so easy that he has never gotten a dad bod and looks great. He eats ice cream, extra servings, tries to "keep on" the weight. Hormones are a huge factor...i don't think it's b/c women are working out less hard than men.

Anonymous wrote:My DH is late 40s; never really “fat” but typical dad bod with more than average upper body tone. Maybe 15lbs overweight?

He was muscular/abs up until early 30s.

He has always gone to gym for weights but nothing serious in years, and went the typical dad bod route as most do.

Fast forward to our teen starting to want to lift (going into HS) and after a few months of going more regularly DH flipped a switch, joined instagram and started following male fitness people.
Quit all alcohol, lowered carbs and eating healthy- drinking water non-stop. Does intense cardio 3-4 times a week and lifts almost every day.

I thought it was a fad and short lived that he could get his body of his late 20s back.

He is no where close to looking like when we were young, but I have to say it appears almost possible?

His gut is about gone and muscles defined.

Why is it so easy for guys, especially older to get back into shape so quickly when I have been moderately exercising/running and barely drink alcohol and still carry about 15 extra pounds?

Very frustrating.

Uhh it sounds like he’s working pretty hard. Why do you think this was easy for him? He’s working harder than you and eating better than you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH is late 40s; never really “fat” but typical dad bod with more than average upper body tone. Maybe 15lbs overweight?

He was muscular/abs up until early 30s.

He has always gone to gym for weights but nothing serious in years, and went the typical dad bod route as most do.

Fast forward to our teen starting to want to lift (going into HS) and after a few months of going more regularly DH flipped a switch, joined instagram and started following male fitness people.
Quit all alcohol, lowered carbs and eating healthy- drinking water non-stop. Does intense cardio 3-4 times a week and lifts almost every day.

I thought it was a fad and short lived that he could get his body of his late 20s back.

He is no where close to looking like when we were young, but I have to say it appears almost possible?

His gut is about gone and muscles defined.

Why is it so easy for guys, especially older to get back into shape so quickly when I have been moderately exercising/running and barely drink alcohol and still carry about 15 extra pounds?

Very frustrating.

Estrogen

The female body holds onto fat more readily to help with estrogen production. We have to work harder than men to see results. It’s not their virtuosity, it’s hormones. You can work through it, but it takes more for us.

Excuses

Anonymous wrote:My DH is late 40s; never really “fat” but typical dad bod with more than average upper body tone. Maybe 15lbs overweight?

He was muscular/abs up until early 30s.

He has always gone to gym for weights but nothing serious in years, and went the typical dad bod route as most do.

Fast forward to our teen starting to want to lift (going into HS) and after a few months of going more regularly DH flipped a switch, joined instagram and started following male fitness people.
Quit all alcohol, lowered carbs and eating healthy- drinking water non-stop. Does intense cardio 3-4 times a week and lifts almost every day.

I thought it was a fad and short lived that he could get his body of his late 20s back.

He is no where close to looking like when we were young, but I have to say it appears almost possible?

His gut is about gone and muscles defined.

Why is it so easy for guys, especially older to get back into shape so quickly when I have been moderately exercising/running and barely drink alcohol and still carry about 15 extra pounds?

Very frustrating.

Estrogen

Anonymous wrote:It’s not easier for men to lose weight. A calorie is a calorie. Fat contains the same amount of energy in it per gram in men as it does women. Your husband is making healthier decisions and is doing intense exercise. It isn’t advanced calculus here.


The problem with many women is that they say they exercise and workout, but all they really do is poo poo in the gym with light weights or some easy going cardio doing things like the elliptical for 20 minutes. Or jogging on the treadmill at a pace below 6.0 for 15 minutes. Then they wonder why they’re not losing weight.


Well yeah, you’re hardly burning any cals. Just to burn off a glass of wine you need to run about 1.5 miles on a speed of about 6.0-6.5.


Many men will take up new exercising regimens with much more intensity. I’m not saying men will sustain it, but you’ll lose weight when you exercise with much more vigor and intensity.

Ah yes men are much more virtuous and harder working than women.

As though physiology has nothing to do with it.

It’s not easier for men to lose weight. A calorie is a calorie. Fat contains the same amount of energy in it per gram in men as it does women. Your husband is making healthier decisions and is doing intense exercise. It isn’t advanced calculus here.


The problem with many women is that they say they exercise and workout, but all they really do is poo poo in the gym with light weights or some easy going cardio doing things like the elliptical for 20 minutes. Or jogging on the treadmill at a pace below 6.0 for 15 minutes. Then they wonder why they’re not losing weight.


Well yeah, you’re hardly burning any cals. Just to burn off a glass of wine you need to run about 1.5 miles on a speed of about 6.0-6.5.


Many men will take up new exercising regimens with much more intensity. I’m not saying men will sustain it, but you’ll lose weight when you exercise with much more vigor and intensity.

It’s always easier for men to get in shape and lose weight quickly: you can thank hormones for that.

Two factors:

- Women often do little to no strength training when they are young. They have recently started discovering that strength training and weight lifting is hugely helpful in middle age to control weight. But it's an uphill battle because they have to start from scratch. And women start out with less muscle mass generally, so it's even harder.

- Men are much more likely to do strength training in their youth. They might lose that body, but the muscle memory of that training holds on and it's much easier to build up strength again if you've had it before. Men also have more muscle mass to begin with due to the way our bodies develop and how our hormones work.

- Women are also often at a huge disadvantage due to years of yo-yo dieting and restrictive diets. It's screws with how your body processes calories and can lead to weight gain because deprivation combined with increase exercise is actually a recipe for weight gain, longterm. Men eat more normally and intuitively, and thus their bodies are more primed to respond to a regimen of healthier eating (not even necessarily lower calories, but shifting from high fat, high processed foods to more lean proteins and vegetables) and increased exercise, especially strength training.

I am a woman and I have never dieted and I did a lot of strength training in my 20s and 30s. Right now I'm mid-40s and had gotten out of shape post kids, as had my DH. We've both been working to get in shape and we are on the exact same trajectory in terms of weight because I took strength training seriously in my youth (instead of just doing cardio obsessively to "burn calories" as many women of my generation did) and because I didn't screw up my body with a bunch of BS restrictive diets in an effort to slim down for wedding season or bikini season or some BS.

Anonymous wrote:My DH is late 40s; never really “fat” but typical dad bod with more than average upper body tone. Maybe 15lbs overweight?

He was muscular/abs up until early 30s.

He has always gone to gym for weights but nothing serious in years, and went the typical dad bod route as most do.

Fast forward to our teen starting to want to lift (going into HS) and after a few months of going more regularly DH flipped a switch, joined instagram and started following male fitness people.
Quit all alcohol, lowered carbs and eating healthy- drinking water non-stop. Does intense cardio 3-4 times a week and lifts almost every day.

I thought it was a fad and short lived that he could get his body of his late 20s back.

He is no where close to looking like when we were young, but I have to say it appears almost possible?

His gut is about gone and muscles defined.

Why is it so easy for guys, especially older to get back into shape so quickly when I have been moderately exercising/running and barely drink alcohol and still carry about 15 extra pounds?

Very frustrating.

I know plenty of older men who are obese so it isn't easier for them.

My DH is late 40s; never really “fat” but typical dad bod with more than average upper body tone. Maybe 15lbs overweight?

He was muscular/abs up until early 30s.

He has always gone to gym for weights but nothing serious in years, and went the typical dad bod route as most do.

Fast forward to our teen starting to want to lift (going into HS) and after a few months of going more regularly DH flipped a switch, joined instagram and started following male fitness people.
Quit all alcohol, lowered carbs and eating healthy- drinking water non-stop. Does intense cardio 3-4 times a week and lifts almost every day.

I thought it was a fad and short lived that he could get his body of his late 20s back.

He is no where close to looking like when we were young, but I have to say it appears almost possible?

His gut is about gone and muscles defined.

Why is it so easy for guys, especially older to get back into shape so quickly when I have been moderately exercising/running and barely drink alcohol and still carry about 15 extra pounds?

Very frustrating.