When you were younger did it seem like nothing could stop you at all? You were lean, fit and had the world in your hand. I can remember whenever I was a teenager that I could run for miles and not get tired at all. I enjoyed playing all kinds of high school sports and even continued to stay physically fit for many years after high school. The real problem started, however, whenever I got married, had children and got an office job. I soon found myself overweight and sporting a big beer belly and man boobs.

Looking back on my life, I really never expected to be in this particular situation. I saw a lot of my friend's fathers who also were sporting a lot of additional fat around the middle and I promised myself that I would never be in that situation. It's not all that difficult, provided you have a little bit of personal determination, to stay physically fit throughout your life. You just need to have a routine and stick to it and not be afraid to sweat a little bit. I'm not quite sure where I went wrong because somewhere along the way I lost my ability to be physically fit.

One day I woke up and looked down at myself and I couldn't stand the way I looked. My man boobs were s
o large that they rivaled the size of my wife's breasts. My stomach stuck up in the air so far and was just as rockhard as could be. I knew that I had to do something about this because if I didn't, I would certainly be a candidate for a stroke or heart attack within the next few years. Already I was starting to see some of the symptoms, such as a rise in my blood pressure and aches and pains throughout my body. It was time to make a change.

That very day I went and joined a gym. I decided that I was not going to try and go all out and get everything done overnight. I would, rather, make this a long-term project that might take me a year or more to get where I want to be but that I would be able to maintain for the rest of my life. I started on a program of light weight lifting in order to build some muscle that would help to burn the fat off of my body. I then started doing some cardiovascular work to boost my metabolism even further.

It took almost a year to the day for the fat to be gone off of my body. My stomach is now gone although my abs are not as ripped as they were whenever I was 18. The best part is that I have my manly chest back and my man boobs are a thing of the past. I'll never allow myself to get that out of shape again because I enjoy being in shape for too much.