Weight loss is such a big issue, for both men and women. Reading the article http://www.web-articles.info/e/a/title/Lose-weight-understand-all-the-details/ really set things straight.
Now a days, men and women are striving to shed every extra pound off, just so they can look and feel good. I myself know this, because I am definitely one of those women. It is so easy to say that we want to lose weight, but the process of doing so is very hard. You need a lot of determination, motivation, and self discipline to be able to fulfill your wants and needs. It is true that women take losing weight more seriously than men do, its about the whole beauty thing.
I find that a woman wants to be perfect, have that perfect shape, perfect body, great abs, great tone, so that it could boost up their self esteem, and have more confidence in them, especially if they want to attract the right men. I'm not saying that men don't really care about losing weight, but from what I see, some of them are just not that obsessed with the whole working out, and eating right routine.
Even if it isn't working out to look good, it definitely makes you a healthier person, and perhaps, makes you live a lot longer.
We just have to make sure to watch our intake on foods and drinks, especially cutting down with the smoking and alcohol, that certainly won't do any good.