KevinJ - I unfortunately checked out your blog and its just a referrer for a dodgy looking commercial site isn't it? Just one blog entry with a link to the rip-off site - oh via
clickbank, a commercial 'referral' service! I was hoping for some genuine advice, and I was disappointed.
Getting back to the
real topic, I have had moobs since I was a kid. I put on excess bodyfat on the chest and on the stomach. Since losing some 48
pounds, I have greatly improved the problem. However, although I am at my perfect
BMI, and perhaps looking a little gaunt in the face, and wearing
small size jeans etc, I still have a bit of a wobble on my chest and stomach. Its the place that my
body likes to store the extra
fat, and its the last sticky-to lose residual
fat.
After losing the weight, I decided to try and increase muscle mass, so I started
strength training - and eating lots of lean protein, veggies, good fats etc. After three months, I am quite pleased with the progress that I have made on my chest - lots of bench presses, and I have grown 'pecs'. However, they don't solve the moob problem, not yet anyway. In some ways, they almost seem to enhance the problem!
So what causes it? Excess
body fat, excess skin, undevelopment of the pecs, diary products, soya, genes, or a combination of some of the above? I still suspect that its too much
body fat. I also have a loose flabby stomach (even though I'm into size 30 (US=10) jeans - I still have that little hangover) as well. Despite losing all that weight, do I still need to lose more? Or would cutting further simply make me underweight?
I'm going to carry on with the
strength training programme for a few months or more. Then I'm maybe going to cut
calories again (I'm presently eating excess
calories for muscle growth) and increase
cardio for a few months or so - see if I can eliminate the problem. If I fail, well, maybe I'm going against nature. I'm 44 years old, and had years of beer guzzling self-abuse, maybe its genetical, and maybe I should settle for all of my achievements so far - greatly enhanced
fitness .... but not yet.
