Why Men Lose Weight Easier?

KOMPAS.com - It's not fair, you've been dieting furiously, but the numbers on the scale weight has not also shown weight loss to the ideal number. Meanwhile, your husband last week and said he considered the body of excess 5 pounds, now look slim again. Why men can lose weight easily, while we, who have set the pattern of eating, the body weighed regularly, maintaining the activity, it was difficult to achieve ideal weight?

"One reason is, men have greater muscle mass than women. This helps them burn 30 percent more calories than women," explains Cynthia Sass, author of Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy. According to him, in general, women have more body fat and tend to keep it biologically. Moreover, man does not need to go through the rise and fall of hormones that is always experienced by women every month. In addition, men also have habits that allow them to lose weight more easily. What?

Far from a "sweet tooth"
A study conducted by Cornell University states that women tend to seek peace on sweet food as an escape from feeling sad or depressed, while men "fled" to the fleshy food. That is, men tend to run to the protein, to make them feel full faster, while reducing hunger at meal time later.

If your weakness is dessert or candy at the sweet tooth, try the switch with the previous protein foods. For example, low-fat cheese with sweet fruit. Or, combine, for example, with chocolate almonds.

Not brought to the feelings
When she felt like a failure would be a thing that happens is a tendency to self-pity. The next step? Finding food for the fugitives. While men, generally they do not lead to trouble or expense to the protracted feelings.

In addition, Pamela Peeke of the University of Maryland School of Medicine said that men generally avoid perfection in order to avoid the pain when things are not achieved. While the woman, who had started the diet would expect perfection from 0 to 100 percent overnight, which is a potent recipe for failure. Advised to expect to reach 80 percent of your goals. When you only target at 80 percent, then you will feel proud when it reached 120 percent, or feel still get ahead when it reached 50 percent. Still be able to forgive yourself when only reached 20 percent when you're entering the period of menstruation.

Lift weights
Most women, when went to the gym tend to exercise power, but some experts argue that women should practice more weights, like men. When the man lifted a burden, he would try to lift the heaviest load and wide, this will help the formation of muscle faster. While women tend to lift light weights only. Try to start using a heavier load and add it when you feel you've got used to the weight.

Not using food as a therapy
Findings from the study at the University of Minnesota, said the existing trend, the woman ran to the food to ease his depression that he experienced. Women are two times more likely to feel depressed than men, which meant two more meals. Even worse, after eating foods such fugitives, a woman will feel guilty of himself, and felt depressed more deeply, and try to overcome their depression by eating more. While men think that the food would not be able to solve their problems, so anything with you.

Eliminate the food habits to escape by trying to assess the desire to eat that you face every time you start snacking. For example, by giving the rating 1-10. Then align the rate with the cause of stress on that day. From there, you'll be able to determine whether you face a sense of desire is true because it was hungry and it was time to eat or because of the desire to escape from a bad mood right? It takes a strong desire and practice to be able to do this.

Remove the sense of anger
This is another reason he is not driving emotion into food storage cabinets. Men tend to engage in physical activities to dispel negative emotions, eg, jogging or create something in the garage. Women? Most will swallow his own feelings, usually assisted by a big box of chocolates. Essentially, when your mood apart, want to be angry, to cry, whatever bad mood, take your body to move, whether it be by bike, walk, whatever.

Time for yourself
Some women feel self-indulgence is to allow myself to eat anything, as much whatever he wants. Starting today, try to take one hour in your day to pamper yourself. Give yourself something that is not in the form of food. For example, go to the salon, or shopping for clothes with a budget that has been determined, of course.

Not submit a favorite food
When a woman dieting, we suppress the urge to touch these foods "forbidden" until we are no longer able to restrain him. In fact, according to Austrian researchers, nutritional approach to the fulfillment of men tend not to difficult and satisfaction oriented. They do not dismiss these foods "forbidden" with alacrity. But, they will tend to reduce them. Meanwhile, according to University of Toronto, she will prevent him eating delicious fatty foods they like with alacrity. Not only are they will tend to be "crazy" and eat too much as if he wanted revenge when it was completed during the diet, but also tend to eat these foods as much as possible before the diet begins.

So, when you will start a diet, do not limit yourself of your favorite foods, only the account portion. If you already know more than one small cup of ice cream is a sign of danger, began to busy myself with other activities is also pleasing to you.

In essence, the reduction of body weight are more likely related to personality rather than ability. Following the man's mindset, at least in this case can help you get the desired body size, plus the women who train themselves to be more in control.