Lose Weight Like a Guy

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haha this was the front page story of msnbc today.... just happened to come across it after treating my self to a pickel barrel chocolate cookies with white chocolate chunks. haha also had a small tuna sandwich on top of that.. and had the lunch my mom packed =P haha fully guilty.. but funny read =) here are a few.... facts.. hahaha

Men are bigger losers than women; here's why, and what you can do to use that info to your advantage.

Think the most infuriating thing a guy can say to you is, "Yeah, it does make your butt look big"? Wrong.
The one phrase that can turn any relationship into a nuclear winter is: "I need to drop five pounds—I'll cut out the beer."

Both men and women have cravings, and no, he doesn't have an easier time fighting them off. But your comfort food is likely to be chocolate, pudding, or a cheese Danish, while his is a thick, juicy steak. The advantage of his choice: It's protein, which will help fill him up far better than your coffee cake.

Women are twice as likely as men to binge because they're depressed, reports a 2004 University of Minnesota study that examined the eating behavior of 1,800 people for a year. Women are also twice as likely as men to be depressed, which makes for a lot of eat-a-thons.

"The standard prescription for a guy who's angry is to go out and pound nails, not eat chocolate," says Abramson. Guys are more likely to do something physical to dissipate their negative emotions. Women tend to swallow them—usually with an entire row of Oreo cookies. So when you get mad, get moving.

"When guys go on a diet, they don't give up their Doritos. They're like Condi Rice—they negotiate. 'The big game is coming up. I'll have a third of the Doritos I usually do, but I will have some Doritos and guacamole.'"
We, on the other hand, approach dieting like ascetics, depriving ourselves of all those luscious "forbidden foods" until we can't stand it any longer. Then we fall like starved dogs on year-old Halloween candy stuck to the back of the freezer. In fact, studies by University of Toronto obesity researcher Janet Polivy, Ph.D., found that restrained eaters—that's the average female dieter—are more likely to not only overeat after dieting but also to gorge themselves if they just think they're going to go on a diet. Scientists call it "the last supper effect."

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