Dieting is hard!

JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Last I heard, men don't deal with this when trying to lose weight, but of
course it *has* to be just as easy for women to lose weight and those who
can't do it as quickly and easily must be doing something wrong.

Naturally, especially where the dictatorial men on this group are
concerned....
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg

JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Last I heard, men don't deal with this when trying to lose weight, but of
course it *has* to be just as easy for women to lose weight and those who
can't do it as quickly and easily must be doing something wrong.

Naturally, especially where the dictatorial men on this group are
concerned....
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg

Ignoramus29728 wrote in alt.support.diet on Thu, 19 Aug 2004:

In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Hm, if one's weight goes up due to water retention, and then down,
every month, does it make it harder to lose weight over the period of
several months?

It's not just water retention; it's to do with hormone fluctuation, etc.
You may choose to disbelieve us, but that is your privilege.

http://www.detnews.com/2003/health/0...d01-197825.htm
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg

Ignoramus29728 wrote in alt.support.diet on Thu, 19 Aug 2004:

In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Hm, if one's weight goes up due to water retention, and then down,
every month, does it make it harder to lose weight over the period of
several months?

It's not just water retention; it's to do with hormone fluctuation, etc.
You may choose to disbelieve us, but that is your privilege.

http://www.detnews.com/2003/health/0...d01-197825.htm
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg

JMA wrote:

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Plus, women have hormone issues -

Jenn



.... and men have more stress since we're forced to prepare and correctly
react to womens hormone issues -

duck & sprint

JMA wrote:

snip


Plus, women have hormone issues -

Jenn



.... and men have more stress since we're forced to prepare and correctly
react to womens hormone issues -

duck & sprint

"Ignoramus29728" wrote in message
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In article , Ignoramus29728 wrote:
In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to
their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast
or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds
its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Hm, if one's weight goes up due to water retention, and then down,
every month, does it make it harder to lose weight over the period of
several months?

i

Last I heard, men don't deal with this when trying to lose weight, but
of
course it *has* to be just as easy for women to lose weight and those
who
can't do it as quickly and easily must be doing something wrong.

Naturally, especially where the dictatorial men on this group are
concerned....

I also find it amusing that a woman who lost, according to her, 155
lbs, or more than half of her body weight, in less than a year on a
crash diet, is trying to be sarcastic here in regards to a question
asking for evidence to support a claim that it is harder for women to
lose weight than it is for men.

i

Gee, even you know that anyone can lose a large amount of weight when you
only consume 800 cal/day, but I guess you forgot that - how convenient.

The men in my HMR class actually lost faster than the women in the same
period of time and we were all consuming a similar number of calories. Men
have a higher BMR because by nature they generally have more muscle mass.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a study to figure out that it would
simply lead to faster weight loss, it's a mathematical reality.

I'd still love to see you wake up to 10 lbs of hormonally induced water
weight overnight. That would definitely stop you from being so amused.

Jenn

"Ignoramus29728" wrote in message
...
In article , Ignoramus29728 wrote:
In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
JMA wrote in alt.support.diet on Wed, 18 Aug 2004:

Plus, women have hormone issues - the body wants to maintain fat more in
order to bear children. Plus some women gain weight every month due to
their
cycle and even though it's water it doesn't necessarily come off as fast
or
easy as it comes on. Then there's menopause as you know Chris that adds
its
own difficulties to the mix.

*Tell* me about it..... sigh..... all the same, oh, the bliss of being
done with "all that"!

Hm, if one's weight goes up due to water retention, and then down,
every month, does it make it harder to lose weight over the period of
several months?

i

Last I heard, men don't deal with this when trying to lose weight, but
of
course it *has* to be just as easy for women to lose weight and those
who
can't do it as quickly and easily must be doing something wrong.

Naturally, especially where the dictatorial men on this group are
concerned....

I also find it amusing that a woman who lost, according to her, 155
lbs, or more than half of her body weight, in less than a year on a
crash diet, is trying to be sarcastic here in regards to a question
asking for evidence to support a claim that it is harder for women to
lose weight than it is for men.

i

Gee, even you know that anyone can lose a large amount of weight when you
only consume 800 cal/day, but I guess you forgot that - how convenient.

The men in my HMR class actually lost faster than the women in the same
period of time and we were all consuming a similar number of calories. Men
have a higher BMR because by nature they generally have more muscle mass.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a study to figure out that it would
simply lead to faster weight loss, it's a mathematical reality.

I'd still love to see you wake up to 10 lbs of hormonally induced water
weight overnight. That would definitely stop you from being so amused.

Jenn

Ignoramus29728 wrote in alt.support.diet on Thu, 19 Aug 2004:

Besides that, would a man with a 500 calorie per day deficit lose
faster than a woman with a 500 calorie per day deficit?

Given a man and a woman of equal height and build, probably yes, since
the man is liable to have more muscle tissue and less fat for his weight
than the woman is.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg

Ignoramus29728 wrote in alt.support.diet on Thu, 19 Aug 2004:

Besides that, would a man with a 500 calorie per day deficit lose
faster than a woman with a 500 calorie per day deficit?

Given a man and a woman of equal height and build, probably yes, since
the man is liable to have more muscle tissue and less fat for his weight
than the woman is.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88/80kg