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April 3, 2008, 2:41 pm
Flag as Inappropriate hect
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I watched a commercial recently with a cartoon man and women talking about when they over eat, the women gains weight and the man doesn't. What is it exactly that happens more to women than men making them gain quicker and be harder to lose the weight?
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April 3, 2008, 2:53 pm
Flag as Inappropriate MSeal says...
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I don't think they are referring to gender specifically, but more of each individual’s metabolism. A woman can just as easily be the one dropping the weight if she has a quicker metabolism.
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April 3, 2008, 4:13 pm
Flag as Inappropriate gbyrd says...
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There is a difference between men and women and how they lose weight. Here is a pretty good article describing the differences.
http://www.tinajuanfitness.info/articles/051005.htm
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April 3, 2008, 10:17 pm
Flag as Inappropriate zebra says...
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I'm sure that commercial is an overexaggeration (although a funny one) based on how men and women gain and lose weight differently. It may seem that extreme but base on watching the Biggest Loser the men and women don't seem to have such different paths at some points.
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April 4, 2008, 12:56 pm
Flag as Inappropriate hect says...
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MSeal, from what I remember this is based for a diet type pill for women only. I still cant remember the name of it and I did look for it last night just without luck.
gbyrd thanks for the link I am going to read it and see if I can learn anything. :)
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April 4, 2008, 10:17 pm
Flag as Inappropriate K to the J says...
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I don't know the answer to your question, but I hate that! It's not fair at all.
Men can eat and eat and never gain weight, yet women eat a little bit and gain like 20 pounds.
I think it has to do with metabolism though..
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April 4, 2008, 10:43 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Ozzie says...
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I wonder if it has to do with the fact that men have more muscle mass than women. We know that muscle is what burns the calories. I think this is why it is suggested that we, women do some weight training in order to build more muscle. It couldn't hurt if we do it correctly.
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April 5, 2008, 1:52 pm
Flag as Inappropriate cathyinfo says...
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From my experience that commercial is pretty true (though I don't like the idea of taking a pill to lose weight). My husband lost 20 pounds when he quit drinking sodas. I lost 2. He always loses faster. I guess it could just be him but my friends agree that their men lose weight quicker too. Again, it's just my experience and I'm not a professional on the subject.
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April 5, 2008, 7:09 pm
Flag as Inappropriate jenbear09 says...
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I know it's true my boyfriend can eat anything and I have to watch what I eat. It isn't fair!!! Men must have faster metabolisms than women.
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April 7, 2008, 8:14 am
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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It's also a fact that women have more body fat, even at a healthy level, because we need that extra food in order to maintain a pregnancy. So in its infinite wisdom women's bodies just won't give up extra calories that easily. And we do have less muscle mass, which burns up more calories, so we just aren't able to burn calories easily.
It's just a fact of life that guys lose faster than woman.
Oh and if you noticed in that commercial, the woman lost weight in her bust first!
That happened to me too. DARN! LOL
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April 7, 2008, 2:09 pm
Flag as Inappropriate hect says...
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Okay so it has taken a few days but I know what it is now. Its called Slim Quick (for women) and I found the commercial online!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amE18rxXhJQ&feature=related
While the cartoon is kind of funny, I'm really not sure I believe this kind of stuff.
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