I wish it was that easy, fair enough i'm losing at the rate of a couple of plans lower but ive never really burnt off calories fast enough. I think the real reason men generally burn faster is that they do more active jobs, not that women dont or that every day stuff isnt hard but on building sites and dustmen etc burn some serious calories in a day doing nothing more than earning there bread, when I was younger I worked in a factory lifting wardrobes around on my shoulder all day and ate what I wanted and never gained a pound yet now I work at home and in a studio with 95% of the day on my backside I have put a load of weight on.
I do think though my view on losing weight is different though to a lot of women, men certainly dont get so worried over a belly and gaining pounds, seen as a sign of being a propper man amongst the boys, where I know girls who are very unhappy yet are only a tiny amount overweight, blokes get overweight by poor diet and lazyness where women seem to eat more emotionally.
Back to the original post, I dont think people do have a clue if they are not/havnt been overweight. Its a big thing losing weight and certainly on par with giving up smoking or drinking.
