Current Events > My manager: Guys have it so much easier when losing weight.

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Manager: *Continues eating her poutine*

There's no point to this topic, but I thought the ironic comedy was funny.

Everyone i know whos fat maintains their fatness by eat a lot. I dont get it.

It's easier because of the hormonal difference.

It's amazing how many people don't realise what foods are calorie dense and nutritionally lacking, beyond stuff like "pizza and burgers bad, salad good". Yeah that chicken in cream and cheese is totally a health food.

My coworker used to be very fit, not just skinny incidentally, so she definitely knows the equation of diet and exercise. And now she's fat, which is fine, but she complains about it all the while eating enough for two people at every meal.

I mean she's not wrong. Men tend to be taller and carry more muscle mass so they can eat more and carry less body fat. Though I dunno if that's what she meant.

She isn't wrong technically.

Although, her point if she was attempting to make onepouting if she was complaining about her own weight while eating poutine.

I get this ALL the fucking time and it pisses me off, frankly.

Like, I understand that being biologically male, I'm technically more predisposed to having lower body fat than a chick. However I used to be pretty chubby when I was young, and didn't start to slim down until I stopped eating fast food and started exercising and shit.
And now I'm in my 30s, I go to the gym, I eat healthy, and I don't drink and still I get people saying shit like "Oh must be nice being a man, you get to eat whatever you want and you never gain a pound". Like, I can let the misgendering go, but disregarding the work I do to stay in shape, is SO irritating. And you're right, TC, it's usually people who drink and eat out all the time.

There may be something to that. The poutine - while delicious - doesn't help her argument though.

I mean she isn't wrong, men don't have to carry much body fat than women for biological reasons. With that said, I kind of tribute her behavior to many fat/overweight people in general. I remember going back to my hometown in Texas to help at a church event (even though I'm atheist, I like to do community service) and the amount of fat/overweight people who claim to be "allergic to vegetables" when I was serving food to them was baffling. Just admit you don't like eating vegetables because everyone knows that's bullshit.

LostForest posted...

I get this ALL the fucking time and it pisses me off, frankly.

Like, I understand that being biologically male, I'm technically more predisposed to having lower body fat than a chick. However I used to be pretty chubby when I was young, and didn't start to slim down until I stopped eating fast food and started exercising and shit.
And now I'm in my 30s, I go to the gym, I eat healthy, and I don't drink and still I get people saying shit like "Oh must be nice being a man, you get to eat whatever you want and you never gain a pound". Like, I can let the misgendering go, but disregarding the work I do to stay in shape, is SO irritating.And you're right, TC, it's usually people who drink and eat out all the time.

Reminds me of this quote:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/2/AABJX0AADHhG.jpg

s0nicfan posted...

Reminds me of this quote:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/2/AABJX0AADHhG.jpg

Savage

LostForest posted...

I get this ALL the fucking time and it pisses me off, frankly.

Like, I understand that being biologically male, I'm technically more predisposed to having lower body fat than a chick. However I used to be pretty chubby when I was young, and didn't start to slim down until I stopped eating fast food and started exercising and shit.
And now I'm in my 30s, I go to the gym, I eat healthy, and I don't drink and still I get people saying shit like "Oh must be nice being a man, you get to eat whatever you want and you never gain a pound". Like, I can let the misgendering go, but disregarding the work I do to stay in shape, is SO irritating. And you're right, TC, it's usually people who drink and eat out all the time.

I actually complained about this to a friend of mine. I told her how unfair I thought it was that I had very little problems losing weight, and I felt that it should be harder than it is. She told me to shut up and went through step by step about how much planning and discipline I went through to be able to lose the weight and keep it off.

And to be fair, my manager isn't trying to lose weight. What actually started the comment was her son cutting out the pop and high sugar snacks and started biking to work three times a week. Lo and behold, he's lost 45 lbs.

I have never heard of poutine before this topic.

Poutine is worth it.

TC sounds like he is a sexist.

Its "easier" in the sense of public perception. Clothing, the level of weight people "expect"..It is more extreme for women, thus, its harder for them to get there than it is for us men to get to a normalized place. Granted, this has nothing to do with TC's boss if he's describing the situation right, but still.

Patty_Fleur posted...

I have never heard of poutine before this topic.

Basically fries covered in gravy

Would be impossible to accurately measure since no one person can live their entire lives as both a man and a woman.

Based on a pure genetic level it is easier for men to lose weight.

Your manager is a hopeless lard ass?

The Popo posted...

Basically fries covered in gravy

And squeaky cheese curds. Don't forget those. It's a delicious treat, but it's so fucking bad for you. Of course I don't want it. I enjoy still being able to fit into size 38 pants.

faizan_faizan posted...

Would be impossible to accurately measure since no one person can live their entire lives as both a man and a woman.

All twins should be morally compelled to sell their bodies to science. For the good of the human race.

NightRender posted...

All twins should be morally compelled to sell their bodies to science. For the good of the human race.

I didn't even think about twins. I'm sure there have been many interesting studies done with twins. Probably not about weight loss though.

faizan_faizan posted...

I didn't even think about twins. I'm sure there have been many interesting studies done with twins. Probably not about weight loss though.

I saw one where two decided to change their diets, one all vegan and the other was keto

Its was diy science but still neat

Prestoff posted...

I mean she isn't wrong, men don't have to carry much body fat than women for biological reasons. With that said, I kind of tribute her behavior to many fat/overweight people in general. I remember going back to my hometown in Texas to help at a church event (even though I'm atheist, I like to do community service) and the amount of fat/overweight people who claim to be "allergic to vegetables" when I was serving food to them was baffling. Just admit you don't like eating vegetables because everyone knows that's bullshit.

I have a (female) cousin who stayed with us one time who legit goes about 275. She ate a whole gallon of ice cream in one sitting because "it helps relieve constipation". Like give me a fucking break.

She also claimed to be baffled that she hadn't lost any weight after joining a gym. I asked how often she went and she said "twice".

Twice in 6 months that is.

I had a coworker who'd whine about the same thing. Look, im sure in the grand scheme it is, but then this person was complaining about how she'd 'bust her ass' in the gym and then just get absolutely wrecked at the bar every weekend.

I know its not correct or appropriate, and having formerly been a monstrously fat human myself, I know that its hurtful when people express ideas like this; but I just cant help but see fat people as incredibly fucking dumb.

Fat people raise our health insurance premiums exponentially smh

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TC didn't "fat shame."
If you are eating bad, refuse to exercise, and complaining you can't lose weight, criticism is well deserved.

It's easy for fat people to get into a defeatist mindset and amplify every little thing to justify why they can't do it, so they cling to things like this. The differences are real but matter less when we get to higher weights that can almost only be sustained by high caloric intake. Losing 5-10 "vanity" pounds for a relatively in shape woman? Yeah, she'll probably have a harder time than a man of comparable stats but that has little to do with a 400lbs woman trying to get to 200lbs and a man of similar starting point and goal. Their food habit is almost guaranteed to be the problem and they have to figure out what's driving that high intake.

DespondentDeity posted...

I know its not correct or appropriate, and having formerly been a monstrously fat human myself, I know that its hurtful when people express ideas like this; but I just cant help but see fat people as incredibly fucking dumb.

Same background but I don't necessarily see them as being dumb because you don't have to be dumb to do dumb things, especially when you factor in things like addiction, poor mental health, poverty, and misinformation to make things worse.

I get you though. While I are no genius, I never considered myself to be dumb but I look back on the things I thought I knew, the things I didn't know, the habits I had, and how I generally lived my life that made me almost 400lbs and it's like... you dense mfer smh.

was the poutine a regular classic poutine