Why men lose weight faster than women

Man and woman walking outside

Frustrating. Annoying. Unfair. That's how most women feel about the fact that men appear to have the magical ability to shed weight more rapidly and with seemingly less effort than women. It seems like the most men have to do to get back into their college-era jeans is cut beer out of their diet for a month and play a game or two of pick-up with the guys on Sunday afternoon.

Not so for the ladies who, to achieve similar results, are taking spin classes three times a week, eating hamburgers sans the tantalizing pretzel-bun, and living in abject terror of someone accidentally putting their jeans in the dryer (shrinkage, indeed).