Men and their bellies

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The other day I went to shop for some slacks. I told my size to the salesman and he brought couple for me to try on and take the measurements etc. To my sheer terrifying surprise, the first slack that I tried on was a bit tight. I came out of the fitting room and expressed my dismay over the situation. The salesman, apparently having gone through one or more (actually, given his stature, make that numerous) similar situations in his life, patted my shoulder with empathy and declared in the most sympthetic tone ‘I know how you feel man, it happens to all of us [men]…’.

After that we had about two minutes man-ly grieving silence over the loss (or rather gain in this case), after which I took a deep sigh and asked him for the most inevitable and disturbing… One size bigger-than-my-usual slacks.

BoSS and I had the similar sort of conversation in the chatroom the other day. I don’t know about women (well, actually I do but if I’d go into more details then that Ahmadi guy will start getting his ticks on my expense) but men are sorta lucky when it comes to bodily figure in terms of how it changes over the years with age. The only thing men have to worry about are their bellies, IMO.

See with hair loss, you can still cope with the situation. If you start getting bald and reach the point where you are a joke among womanly circles then you can always shave off your whole head, put on some trendy 500 bucks Kenneth Cole glasses and in an instance you become a teenager woman’s kinky sexual fantasy or a maturer woman’s burning desire.

But with men’s bellies, it’s kinda different. There is nothing that you can do. Once it’s bulged out, it’s there for good unless you work really, really hard (and knowing my fellow desi brothers, I highly doubt that). A man’s belly changes the whole thing. It effects your gait, it effects your overall body outlook, heck it even effects how you look standing next to a woman. I say big belly is the worst enemy known to a man.

Needless to say, I did get the bigger sized slacks and did start doing my customery sit-ups, an activity that’s most boring physically (well, taking a dump doesn’t count) I can ever convince myself to go through. Thanks to some of my favorite Stones and Zeppelin tracks, it’s usually not that painful.

Beer is out.

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"Beer is out."

if not a beer belly then what do you have roman? i rekon its a briyani belly

but u know... run on a treadmill.. that will work.

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This is indeed a problem for us guys. As you age and matabolism slows down, all those biryanees and gajar ka halwaa ;) start to take its place (usually permanent) around the tummy. I've been pretty blessed up until now. With heavy duty cooking and weekend outings, I've begun to put on some wieght.

I started jogging couple of months back. Did it for a month. Maybe I should start again but the weather is not very suitable for jogging plus gymkhana is not suitabale since all the na-mehraams are there. So this is my plight for not joggin these dayz..

well.. cheer up mates. Ramadhan is here and fasting is in full swing so this should shave a few nanometer off your tummy. But if you're like me, you'll usually end up gaining more weight... go figure..

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What? you won't go to the gym because of ??
Anyhow situps won't do it. They only tone your muscles which you'll never be able to see if they're burried under a gut.

You want to loose fat you gotta work it off the hard way. The bike or treadmill are great..but you have to do it at a decent pace where you actually get tired for at least 25 min 3 times a week. Oh and you have to eat right too. You can still eat good portions but it has to be the right kinda food.

Here's another thing for ever 10 lbs of muscle you add to your body you will require 300 more calories to maintain it.

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i got 4 words for u people
"Go Join the Gym"
:D

*Na Kabah mai na Be-tullah na dewaroun key sayoun mai, Namaz-e-Haq ada hotien hain Talwaroun key sayoun main
*

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Originally posted by waqas72:
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Here's another thing for ever 10 lbs of muscle you add to your body you will require 300 more calories to maintain it. **
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I don't know if you mentioned it as a positive or negative...but let me add some more to it...having additional muscle mass is good in the sense that it increases the metabolism of your body...so, although you need the additional 300 calories to maintain it, but they are being redirected from the excess calories that would have gone around as flabby mass around your tummy...or elsewhere.

Strength training can increase the muscle mass, but again muscle without no lean muscle is no good. The best fat-burning strategy is, as already mentioned, treadmill. You can run in the endurance range or fat-burning, endurance is an after thought, if you care about your stamina.....but slow running on the treadmill really works..the only thing you need here is discipline and dedication.

I have been somewhat blessed that no matter what I do, I don't get this fat around my belly (so far :)). Altough I have been involved in sporting and these days I follow a strenuous workout routine, but still, there have been periods of inactivity without any noticeable harm...I have heard these horror stories of everything becoming part of your body (at the wrong places, of course).....just keeping my fingers crossed:)

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Well, I guess I'm pretty lucky I have a high metabolism so pretty much whatever I eat doesn't really have that much effect. There again, that might be because I used to play football every day at school, and still do two or three activities every week. Treadmill is so boring. I don't know how people manage to stay on it for more than 5 mins. Take up a good sport instead, like football, tennis, squash or badminton. You shouldn't eat junk food either, but I do so I'm not going to lecture anyone else.

If men's weigt goes onto their bellies, where does women's go? Their behind, I reckon.

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Bellies:

1) Beer Belly:
It hangs, way long down sometimes. Usual cause is, beer drinking.

2) Curry belly:
This one is huge usually facing upwards because upper part of belly comes into a swelling phase. This form is difficult to repair, often unrepairable conditions cause fatal diseases.

3) Fun belly:

Main cause is eating biscuits & Chocolates. It grows and shrinks depeneding about the belly holder.

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Rommie Yaar, I have gone or going thru the same stage, the thing is still growing and growing. My problem is that I use to smoke and when I quit I started this problem. When I had 29" waist, I not only had problem with women running after me, I had probelm... Ahh Never Mind.....
Now, After changing my entire wardrobe to next level, I think I have to do it again since it's growing fast. I tried treadmill and other stuff but nothing worked. I agree with Ghalib (man I am Proud of you), I can't go to gym, they have to many half dressed NA MEHRAMS running around and it's realy hard for me to jog on a tread with my eyes close and plus with Roza, Toobaa Toobaa Never...

So as far me, I don't worry about this, but for you do something before it's too late....

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Rom. I somehow have a problem with this sort of thinking. I still believe that “Dhead” has very little to do with lack of activity and metabolism and eating or exercising habits. For the most part, it is genetic. If you have relatives with big bellies, you will sooner or later develop one. And it doesn’t look bad either. I don’t see anything wrong with a little pot belly. In terms of girls, I think some women like a little belly on men (although not on themselves).

If you are serious about doing something about it, my recommendation is to start Yoga. I got into Yoga some 15 years ago. Initially to meet chicks, but later got addicted to it. Now I do Yoga at least 3 times a week (at work during my lunch break). You can start off with some easy Aasnas and before you know it, your tummy will feel like it’s just come off the ironing board.

Oaaaammmm (say Oam,,, and breath in).

Rom, you know, the size of your belly is not the problem. The problem is that you can’t keep anything in it.

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heheheheh I will never look at another man’s belly in the same light!!!

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:ferocious laughter:

mem

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When I read the heading.I said to myself...oh My God, Roman is going to bhaNDa phorh on me.....but thanks yar. mera zikkar nai keeta:)

Let me tell you from my experience:
It is a big problem!

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Well, in my case it's definitely not genetic, and it's not even a big problem (not at least now). It's just one size up on the scale, I think I can still manage. But that treadmill thing is truly important, I think. But more for the cardiac concerns (in general) than anything else.

What has happened in past couple of months is that I've been eating a lot of desi food. After the move, I am now living/working in the area where good desi food is available in abundence with all those kababs, pakoras, biryani (of course), and naan + haleem. Ok, so I'm a weak person when it comes to food.

So Ahmadi, is yoga the main reason behind your getting nipped in the butt by women on subways?

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Rom Yara,, I never really look back to see who is pinching. It could be a big fat mama for all I know. I like it no matter who is behind. It is called forward-looking-thinking.

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hmmm, are they always nips?

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Yes Yaara, mostly nips, but twice got my wallet taken. Stupid me thought I was being nipped, but I was screwed.

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literally and figuratively...

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And wallet was in the back pocket in all instances?

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Yes Rom, where else do you expect me to shove it? I know some people keep it in their side pant pockets, but I prefer to keep mine in the back. I think I should invest in a Phatoi and can keep my valuables inside.

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you think it will stop them ripping into your valuables?