Why men have an easier time losing weight

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If you're wondering why men have an easier time losing weight than women, I can give you the answer in 1 simple word: MUSCLE.

Men have more muscle. Muscle burns more fat.

Muscle cells are 8 times more metabolically active than fat cells. So the more muscle you have, the more efficient your metabolism is at burning fat. To maintain a pound of muscle costs up to 30 calories each day (if you're extremely active).

On the other hand, maintaining a pound of fat only costs about 2 calories each day. Look at all those extra calories burned with the muscle.

I'm not telling you to bulk up and look like a guy, but just know that muscle helps. If you're a normal woman, you have nothing to fear in getting "guy-looking" muscles.

So if you include weightlifting in your program, the scale weight may not move... but you are losing fat (while gaining muscle). So the scale stays the same, but your body composition is changing rapidly.

This is why measuring yourself, looking in the mirror, and paying attention to how your clothes fit are more accurate ways for seeing if you're losing fat or not.

Jen

Cortesy: personal coach/ Author Jennifer Jolan