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By Susan C. Price
[Questions are followed by answers and then, inevitably by ADVICE...you DID expect that...didn’t you?]
Why can so many men eat the same as their wives but not gain weight? Is it their metabolism? Women’s hormones? –Kathleen
First, this is absolutely a fact, and it sucks. And the answer to both of the following sub-questions is also, yup.
I am not qualified, nor inclined to give you lots of science. So, we’ll stick with the simple stuff, and a few gross generalizations.
Men’s metabolism is different because they tend to have a higher percentage of muscle AND a lower percentage of fat than women. Muscle burns calories (much faster than fat) = faster metabolism.
So, what to do? Ya fiddle with the basics of Mom Nature at your peril. So don’t try to mess with your hormones. You can, however, improve your metabolic rate by ensuring that you:
- Find the ways and times to do the recommended “I can barely hold a conversation” aerobic minutes each week. (I love zumba and long walks.)
- And ensure that you are getting weight workouts three times a week. (I’m getting two…now working on adding in the third.) You need to build and maintain your muscle mass so it will consume all those yummy calories. There are a zillion ways to do this. Ask more questions if you need direction.
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We live in a neighborhood where people are supposed to put their garbage bins back out of sight after collection, but the woman across the street sometimes leaves her bin out for two or three days. What should I do? Rolling her bin back up to beside her house hasn't worked. SHE JUST DOESN'T GET IT.
ReplyDeleteThe other morning early someone laid her garbage bin DOWN right behind her SUV, I suppose hoping that she would back into it and THAT would wake her up. But that seemed like playing dirty to me, so I stood it up and moved it to one side of the SUV.