So My wife and I are on the same diet and started the same time but I have lost double the weight. We are both pretty inactive and we eat the same points so what gives? OMG Lamar, you are a guy! Of course you lost more! That's what I hear all the time and it is true that men lose weight faster. But double? According to Weight Watchers "Men are biologically programmed to have higher amounts of lean body mass, or muscle, than women. Lean body mass is the key factor that determines the rate of one's metabolism, the body's calorie-burning system. Since men have more muscle, their metabolisms are higher, and they burn more calories even when they're resting, so the final result is a more rapid weight loss.
How much faster are men's metabolisms than women's? Research has found that on average the metabolism of a man is 5 to 10 percent higher than that of a woman of the same weight and height."
But hold on here. That's only 5 to 10% and I certainly don't have much muscle mass anymore. In fact I think my wife has more muscle than I do. The other statistic is that men are more active. Nope, not me. So what is it that I am doing differently from my most awesome wife? I think it has more to do with me eating more fruits instead of pre-packaged WW snack foods and drinking massive amounts of water. I'm keeping a lot of unnatural stuff out of my system too. But i'm not eating that much fruit. Maybe 2 apples a day worth. I've been reading some studies today and I think the secret ingredient is water and timing. Why timing? Basically put, someone that drinks two cups of water before each meal loses more weight than a person that drinks water during or after a meal. Why? Simple! Those two cups make your stomach fuller and you consume less calories during the meal. The other power punch of drinking water is it removes toxins and stuff from your body, help your kidney and liver function better to help burn fat! So I might be overdoing it but there is no harm from drinking water. Basically I drink 2 cups before meal, during meal and after meal. In a day I will have had 18 cups of water (that's measured cups). Yes I go to the bathroom a lot but losing weight is worth it.
Oh, btw. I lost half a pound from yesterday. Probably would have been more but I had some popcorn late in the night to zero out my points and I had seasoning on it which was loaded with sodium. Lesson learned.
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