Ok, let me guess. You’re reading this article because:
- You’re a man close to or over the age of 35.
- You’ve recently taken a good look at your chest. And
- You’ve noticed them… the dreaded….
“MAN BOOBS”!
Now obviously, if you were a female, this wouldn’t be such a problem. However, for most men who experience “gynaecomastia“, which is often jokingly referred to as “man boobs” thanks to “Seinfeld”, this is anything but funny.
Man boobs can be particularly frustrating when:
- you go to the beach but can’t take your shirt off
- it affects your dating life
- you see other guys with toned chests getting all the girls
- people stare and make jokes about you needing a bra (if only they understood)
Getting rid of man boobs is even tougher. All the diets and exercises you’ve tried don’t seem to work and the pills are even worse. Seems the only option is to have surgery, right?
Man boobs is not something that happens with age. It can happen at anytime during your lifetime but more commonly occurs in men over the age of 35.
The cause of this is andropause or to put it in a more relative term, “male menopause“.
Your testosterone levels decline as you age and even more so the testosterone gets “weaker” due to hormonal imbalance between it and estrogen.
Dr. Holly Lucille Can Get You Out of “Hormone Hell”
You’ve probably seen Dr. Holly Lucille on the Discovery Health Channel. She’s a well known certified Naturopathic Doctor and regularly speaks about what she calls “hormone hell”.
One of the issues she frequently lectures on is our modernized “estrogen-rich” environment that we currently live in. Combine that with declining testosterone levels and you have a problem.
As in big man boob problems!
Some other conditions associated with man boobs are lack of drive (you know what I’m talking about) and excess belly fat due to the estrogen.
And even more serious is that excess estrogen has been positively linked to prostrate cancer.
So man boobs are not so funny after all.
Dr. Holly Lucille has helped thousands get out of “hormone hell” using natural methods for dealing with menopause, male menopause, perimenopause, weight issues and constant fatigue.
To begin with she says that male menopause isn’t the real problem. This is just a part of life and there’s a reason why some men are affected differently than others.
Check out her audios and see how she can help you get rid of your man boobs naturally.
Recently, Kirstie Alley had to make adjustments to her costume on Dancing With the Stars so she could fit into it.
The actress reportedly had to have more than 30 inches removed from her dress because she had lost weight between the first time she wore the dress on DWTS and the last episode where she was required to wear the same costume.
“I wasn’t so hungry when I was dancing,” she says. “That coupled with insane amounts of dancing, I’m sure I lost it faster … I had the energy the whole way through it and that was sort of astonishing.”
Dancing is a great activity that can help you burn off the pounds and when put together with an effective diet like Fat Loss 4 Idiots or the Every Other Day Diet, you’re sure to see results. Alley herself is doing her own Organic Liaison’s diet so you see how that works out.
Since dancing and dance fitness workouts can be really fun for burning calories and losing weight, I’ve listed 7 popular dance fitness programs below for you to consider.
1. Zumba
Zumba is one of the most popular dance fitness programs available today. The workout was developed in the late nineties by Colombian aerobics trainer Alberto “Beto” Perez almost by accident.
Licensed Zumba instructors teach the workout, which is centered around Latin flavored music such as salsa and meringue, in more than 100,000 locations worldwide. The fast and slow rhythms are great for resistance training and losing weight.
You can also buy Zumba DVDs if you want to do the workouts at home and there is even a video game
2. Jazzercise
Jazzercise has been around since 1969 and has locations in all 50 states as well as 32 countries around the world.
The one hour workout, which can burn up to 600 calories, is a combination of dance cardio, strength training, jazz dance, Pilates, yoga and kickboxing. It is set to today’s most popular music such as Jennifer Lopez’s “On the Floor”, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Ke$ha.
3. Hip Hop Abs
Hip Hop Abs is a dance fitness DVD set from Beachbody Fitness and features trainer Shaun T. Maybe you’ve seen the infomercials on television. The workouts feature hip hop music great for the dance based workouts mainly for targeting the abdominals. The workout features a belly tucking movement that is often used in Pilates, so you can work your abs without getting on the floor.
4. Core Rhythms
Core Rhythms is another DVD set that helps you target your problem areas, core muscles such as your back, upper and lower abdominals and obliques.
The set features 8 workout DVDs and also includes a diet guide. It was developed by former Dancing With the Stars dancers.
5. NIA
Nia isn’t your traditional dance program. It stands for Neuromuscular Integrative Action or the non scientific sounding Non-Impact Aerobics. It was developed in 1983 by Debbie and Carlos Rosas in California and is a more mind-body and spirit type experience kinda like yoga.
The dances are done barefoot and takes you through 5 stages. Nia integrates martial arts, dance arts and healing arts for a cardiovascular aerobic workout and whole body conditioning.
6. Turbo Jam
Turbo Jam is another workout from Beachbody Fitness and features trainer Chalene Johnson. The workouts promise to burn up to 1000 calories per hour.
The Turbo Jam training targets your upper body, low body and abs with a combination of cardio, kickboxing, body sculpting and dance moves set to some of the hottest music ever.
7. Yoga Booty Ballet
Finally, there is Yoga Booty Ballet, another DVD based dance workout from Beachbody Fitness. The training is based on their ABC formula that targets the Abs, Booty with Cardio training.
They incorporate jazz dance, ballet and other forms of dance set to salsa, hip hop and other popular music for a full body workout.
Whether you choose to do one of the DVD based dance fitness programs or attend a class, make sure you choice is based on one you’ll enjoy doing and that you combine your dance fitness program with a diet that you’ll enjoy.
50 cent appears to be doing some crazy sh** lately for the sake of his movie career. First I heard he was having his tattoos removed so that he could get better roles.
That might not be so crazy but then he has lost some serious weight to play a cancer victim in the new movie Things Fall Apart.
We’ve always been accustomed to the chiseled, tatted up 50 cent but now the new 50 cent looks like hes been smoking illegal drugs.
Whether you think that he’s just immersing himself in the roles he choses or he’s a hip hop industry sellout, one thing is sure to me – 50′s credibility as a rapper will never be the same and he is taking Hollywood more seriously that his rap career.
Now kids, although 50 went from 214 pounds to 160, this is not the way to lose weight at all. 50 admits he was starving on his liquid diet. Better to take a more healthy approach where you will never be hungry and still burn off that excess fat.
Celebrity diets never do work and this 50 cent weight loss diet isn’t any different.
For a safe and effective diet plan, try this calorie shifting type diet called Fat Loss 4 Idiots.
The following is an article that was written by author and fitness trainer Jon Benson. You may know Jon Benson as the author of the Every Other Day Diet. I was given permission to share this article about losing arm flab with you.
Wanna know how to lose fat from your arms and all that flab?
Do you know anyone who does?
Some women I know with a healthy sense of humor refer to it as “their wings” because their arm flab fla
ps when they jog or walk.
It’s time to get rid of your wings ladies…
… and guys, listen up: You are not immune to arm flab. Even if your don’t have any, the tips I’m about to give will help you build stronger arms.
Before I go any further, I have to tell you about Marty Web.
Marty looked like … well, your typical 59-year-old housewife. Actually she looked a bit worse.
She was a good 80 pounds over her ideal bodyweight. And she had her wings…
… big time wings. Loads of arm flab.
That was at age 59.
At age 61… wow. Different story.
Marty transformed her body to such a degree that even I could have never guessed she was an OUNCE overweight!
Her story and 52 others just like her, male and female, are in my first book — and my best-seller Fit Over 40.
I’d like you to read more about it here –
http://www.easyweightlosscenter.com/fito40.php <— cure for arm flab
Marty replaced her “wings” with toned, beautiful arms. And you can too.
She has two pages in Fit Over 40… too much to cover in an email… but here’s the basics to get you started:
1. You have to get your nutrition down pat. Most people think that the flab on their arms (or anywhere for that matter) can be solved by “turning it into muscle.”
This is not true folks. Fat does not turn into “anything”. It is used for energy. Period.
Muscle is muscle. Fat is fat.
You must use low-insulin nutrition like I recommend in all my books, including Fit Over 40, to lower your bodyfat. For ladies, the back-of-the-arm bodyfat is often the last bit to go.
But I promise — it will go. I can go for anyone. Marty Web and dozens of other ladies in Fit Over 40 prove that in living color… and they share how they did it.
Low-insulin nutrition means eating more protein-rich foods, foods that are not processed, and plenty of tasty veggies. But it does not mean you cannot have your pizza and burgers here and there. I do every week and my bodyfat is low.
2. You must train your triceps. The back of the arm is made of three muscles called the “triceps”. You have a long head, a medial head and a lateral head that form the triceps muscle group.
If you cannot access a gym, you can do plain-old pushups to work all three heads of the triceps. Here’s a few tips. First, if you cannot do a pushup with your legs straight, start by doing them on your knees. Work up to straight-legged pushups.
Second, do one third of your reps with your hands facing away from your body, one third with your hands facing toward your body (fingers pointing toward you) and the final third with your hands in the “normal” pushup position, facing the same direction as your body. This will work the various heads nicely.
If you have access to a gym, see the exercises for the triceps found in my book Fit Over 40:
http://www.easyweightlosscenter.com/fito40.php <— say good-bye to arm flab
3. Finally, you have to have a role model. Find someone like Marty who has lost their wings and use their success to inspire you.
Put these three things together and you too will be “grounded” — wingless, but with a lovely pair of arms that never jiggle and look fantastic.
Have you been thinking about using laxatives to lose weight? 
I’ll tell you right now – stop thinking about it. Not only is using laxatives for weight loss dangerous, it also does not help one bit.
I’ll tell you why.
Laxatives and their Real Use
Before I tell you why laxatives are ineffective in helping you lose weight, lets first take a look at the real use of laxatives.
Laxatives, as you may already know, are designed to aid in getting bowel movements ie. when you’re constipated. They may be natural (certain foods) or in drug form and works by softening the stool so that it can be easily released from the large intestines and colon.
Overusing or abusing laxatives can result in diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome and sometimes kidney failure. They are only meant to be used as an immediate solution to a short termed problem. Always follow the directions on the package or consult a doctor in the case appears to be more serious.
This may not apply to you since you’re not necessarily constipated but just want to lose some weight with this method.
Laxatives and Weight Loss
So how will laxatives affect you if you use it for the purpose of weight loss?
When you use laxatives, stored waste is expelled from the bowels along with water from the body. It may appear as though you have lost weight but that weight is only from the expelled waste and some water loss. True weight loss only burns fat from your body which clearly doesn’t happen here.
You are only going to damage your body by taking laxatives. In the absence of waste the laxatives drain you of water and overworks your empty bowels. You end up becoming dehydrated and lose whatever nutrients your body might need. To add insult to injury, you haven’t lost any real weight.
What now?
You need to ask yourself the real reason you considered using laxatives to lose weight.
Is it that you’ve tried everything and need a faster solution? A shortcut, maybe? Is it that nothing else that you’ve tried works?
The truth is there are no shortcuts to healthy and efficient weight loss. A healthy diet and lifestyle changes work and if you commit to doing something everyday to reach a set goal then you can lose weight. Not only that, you can also keep it off.
Laxatives are ineffective and very dangerous if you’re going to use it for the purpose of weight loss.
Thanksgiving dinner, a time for showing appreciation and giving thanks for the wonderful things in life.
Its also a time where you can really mess up your goal of losing weight. The average American packs on some pounds from the rich holiday food available at the table and as much as it may be instantly gratifying, some actually regret that they had indulge as much.
However, if you’re going to be preparing the meals yourself, there are some things you could do to have a skinnier Thanksgiving dinner. Some of these tips are outlined in the video below.
Happy Thanksgiving.
The Engine 2 diet is a plant based diet created by Rip Esselstyn. The Texan firefighter was featured today on the Today Show promoting the diet named after the Austin, TX fire station where he works.
Watch video of Rip’s appearance on the Today Show below.
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The Engine 2 Diet book which goes by the full name “The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds” is available on Amazon.
Just in case you didn’t see it, “This is Why You’re Fat” looks really interesting.
No its not a new, overhyped fad diet but rather a blog filled with a collection of all types of weird food that might just be your enemy.
It will make you think if anything, and the pictures are very entertaining. You can even submit your ‘deliciously gross’ food pic.
Take a look.
I think its interesting that some slim women with healthy weights seem to think that they’re fat. They will throw a fit if the scale only moves a half a pound.They don’t consider how lucky they are to have such good genes.
Believe it or not, there are things you can do to look like you’ve lost weight. Some fashion tips may just be what you’re looking for.
Here’s a cool video with some tips on how you can make yourself look like you’ve lost weight.
The Morning Banana Diet is a rather new diet craze thats going on in Japan. The diet was created in Osaka, by a pharmacist named Sumiko Watanabe who wanted her husband to lose weight and increase his metabolism.
The Morning Banana Diet which is very easy to follow goes like this:
1. Have one or more bananas in the morning for breakfast with room temperature water.
2. For lunch you can have anything
3. Eat dinner before 8pm and you can also have anything.
4. You can have a snack in between lunch and dinner but no dessert after meals and you must to go to bed before midnight.
Simple enough to follow.
Sumiko’s husband lost an amazing 37 lbs using the Morning Banana Diet and popularized it on a large Japanese social network.
Dangers of the Morning Banana Diet
Like all fad diets you can actually lose weight but not without paying a price. There are always hidden dangers to diets like the Morning Banana Diet.
A Japanese Professor at the Niigata University School of Medicine, Masahiko Okada pulled the Morning Banana diet apart.
In any diet you need three essential nutrients daily for the human body to function. Carbohydrates, fat and protein need to be balanced with a daily calorie intake. This is the golden rule of dieting.
Once you understand how dieting works you will see that diets such as the Morning Banana diet are actually no good as a long term weight loss regiment.