Why you don’t lose as much weight as your dude does (part 2)

December 21, 2017 Ashley 0 Comments

We’ve mentioned how getting honest with ourselves and resetting our metabolisms lead to weight loss.

But what if going totally vegan isn’t for you?

No worries. Just adding more flora than fauna to your plate can do wonders for your waistline. And you can have fun with it, too. My boyfriend’s not vegan. But he does keep a pretty healthy diet. And you wanna know the way we make it fun? We head to the grocery store on “date night”, grab a bunch’ve veggies, and grill ’em up. Mushrooms. Tomatoes. Even avocados. (Yes, they stay on the skewer if you do it just right.) We have a blast just chopping up stuff in the kitchen while music plays – and playing cards at the table while we wait for our delicious, healthy food to cook. And we finish feeling full, but not shameful.

(It’s fun to cut up while you’re cutting up stuff that’ll help you cut weight…)

And, finally, here’s the last reason we lose less weight than our dudes do:

A lack of strength training. You wanna know why men shed weight seamlessly? Because they’ve got more muscle helping them out. There’s still this myth circulating that lifting will inevitably thicken you until you look like you should be donning a WWE onesie. Not true. Aside from making your other workouts awesome, having a bit of brawn on ya (even the lean kind that just makes you look “toned”), burns up calories faster than spinning around on the elliptical will. (Super fun, though it is.) Think of it as a supercharger for fat burning. Plus, if you tag along with your boo (assuming he’s doing it, too), it makes for some great “swoll mate” quality time where you two are bonding through common goals.

Again, this isn’t all women. But I’ve seen and read a lot since starting my weight loss path. And, consistently, these themes seem to carry through. As I watch other ladies make these mistakes, I realize… it’s the same damned thang I used to do when I was hitting that weight loss impasse. And while this may not be you, I’m gonna ask: is it? Because, if so, I’m not here to smack the butter smothered breadbasket out’ve your hand for the twelfth time this week. Or tell you to stop standing up your date with the weight room. I’m here to let you know – you can. And that it might just be a start in the direction for where you wanna be. By getting honest with ourselves, finding the right diet and workout, and investing a little extra time working those glutes and guns, we can all cut the shiz – and some serious weight.

Just like bae.