A long winter, an unusually cool spring, long periods of inactivity and a workload which gives me an excuse of rather long periods of inactivity have given me what can only be scientifically referred to as soft pectoral muscles.
In laymen's terms, I have a case of man boobs. In crude, unrefined terms, this guy's got bitch titties. But what can I do to remedy the situation? This has been my quest for the past 30 minutes. (Yes, a whopping half hour)
What has quickly become a man boob crisis has led me to take matters in to my own hands and break out my pocket protector for some ultra scientific research. By scientific research, I mean Googling the phrase "man boobs" (huh, 1.4 million results). The results were interesting to say the least.
This site suggests cutting back on the three major food groups; beer, meat and potatoes. I rather enjoy my fine beer and summer in Minnesota means grilling so that solution is simply hogwash. However, another solution is cardio-aerobic exercise. That I can do. In fact, a speedy round of disc golf after work is in the cards for me today and I count walking the rolling terrain of the one mile long course exercise so I have a start.
There are also plenty of other solutions and apparently I'm not alone because while my problem is small (I still weigh south of 200 lbs.) apparently it's a very real problem in America because Newsweek says it is. And as if all this coverage wasn't enough, check out the top ten moobs clips.
Hey, at least I don't look like the guy in this final video.
But I could use the collective help of the readers here. Any tips to eliminate my man boobs? Or do you ladies find smallish man boobs cute, even sexy? Let me know. These flabby pecs may be my ticket to the big time.
6 comments:
Last year, beginning August 6th I went on a diet and lost 67 lbs in 100 days. I went on to lose about 25 more after that but we'll stick to what I did during the 100 days.
When drinking your summer beer limit it to light beer -- it's probably better that way when it's hot out anyway (more refreshing but w/o taste). Between every beer drink a glass of water. Yes, you'll fill up faster and you'll have to drain the trouser trout even more but it'll limit the hangovers and you'll drink less.
Limit your portion sizes to something smaller than you're used to. The size of your fist is a good start. Since you aren't going to be filling up on starches, chips, and chocolates try to stick to healthy options like salads (don't load it up with dressing or cheese either) and vegetables.
In addition to that game of frolf, take a 2.5 to 3 mile extra walk at some other point of the day, preferably after a meal. I was walking between 4 and 6 miles a day (5 to 6x a week) at a decent pace when I was in the height of my routine.
The final word of advice? Don't eat after 7:30 PM. That will give your body the time it needs to digest and umm, purge itself the next morning.
Good luck dude!
I hear amphetamines will do the trick quickly, but if that's not an option I think cutting back a bit food-wise and regular old exercise is where it's at.
I can deal with a little bit, but if the Mr's started to get a serious crease underneath and start to resemble mine...
then we'd have a serious problem.
OMG...that video was so funny. And I think you might be one to something. Maybe there is money to made with man boobs! I vote for just exercise and good diet.
My husband has those. They aren't sexy, but I don't think they're totally gross either.
I don't actually have anything to worrk about because htey aren't visible when standing. I barely need a training bra when sitting but I don't want to have jiggly he-tits so I think I'll start lifting weights more often. As for the beer, I already drink the "light" stuff but am doing scientific work (a.k.a. tasting tons of local beer) this summer.
It's crazy that there is so many pages for this topic, but it is a serious problem for a lot of guys. High estrogen levels and low testosterone levels will give you the man boobs. As well as being overweight. There is a site to check out if you still have this problem. It is a lose your man boobs review site. By the way that video is scary.
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