Skinny Bastard: A Kick-in-the-Ass for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat and Start Getting Buff

288 Pages·2009·1.28 MB·English

by  Rory Freedman

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Skinny Bastard
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Skinny Bastard
A Kick-in-the-Ass
for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat
and Start Getting Buff
by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
RUNNING PRESS
PHILADELPHIA (cid:129) LONDON
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© 2009 by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
Illustration © 2005 by Margarete Gockel
Author photograph © Kelly Campbell
All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions
Printed in the United States
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information
storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written
permission from the publisher.
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Digit on the right indicates the number of this printing
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009922147
ISBN 978-0-7624-3540-1
Cover design by Bill Jones
Interior design by Maria Taffera Lewis
Edited by Jennifer Kasius
Typography: Dutch801, Helvetica Neue Light, and Boton
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Contents
Acknowledgments 7
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Introduction 9
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Chapter 1: Give It Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 2: Carbs: The Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Chapter 3: Sugar is for Candy-Asses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Chapter 4: Meat: Rotting, Decaying, Decomposing Flesh . . .35
Chapter 5: The Dairy Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Chapter 6: You Are What You Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Chapter 7: The Myths and Lies About Protein . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Chapter 8: No Girls Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Chapter 9: Dumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Chapter 10: Have No Faith: The Government Doesn’t
Give a Shit About Your Health 153
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Chapter 11: Don’t Be a Pussy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Chapter 12:Soup’s On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Chapter 13: FYI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Chapter 14: Use Your (Big) Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Afterword 237
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Recommended Reading 238
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Sources Consulted 242
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Endnotes 270
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For Bruce Friedrich—
you are truly one in a billion
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Acknowledgments
As always, none of this would be possible without Tracy Silverman,
Lauren Silverman, Talia Cohen, Laura Dail, Jennifer Kasius,
Seta Zink, Craig Herman, Melissa Appleby, Peter Costanzo,
Maria Taffera Lewis, Margarete Gockel, Victoria Gilder,
Isabelle Bleecker, Bill Jones, David Steinberger, the entire sales
team, and everyone else at Perseus and Running Press.
Each and every one of you is a blessing.
Dina Aronson, MS, RD, you are as generous as you are brilliant—
the words “thank you” seem awfully inadequate.
Nonetheless, thank you, a thousand times over. And once more.
Special thanks to Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Hope Ferdowsian,
for all you do and all you are.
Love and gratitude to Mikko Alanne, Lesley, Maya,
and Tim Bailey, Chloé Jo Berman, James Costa,
Sue Foley, Meri Freedman, Rick Freedman, Jackie Poper,
Gretchen Ryan, Ari Solomon, Tim VanOrden, and
Stephane and Jackson Barnouin.
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Introduction
S
o you’re fat. Big deal. Chances are, you haven’t done so
badly, despite the few extra lbs you’re carting around.
(Women are so amazing—we can be madly in love with a
man, despite how he looks.) But don’t kid yourself, pal: A hot-bod-
ied man is a head-turner. So don’t waste your money on a stupid
sports car to get chicks; a woman who cares about what kind of car
a man drives is a vapid, shallow whore. Invest in yourself. (A
woman who cares about how a man looks is also a vapid, shallow
whore. But at least you’ll look good.) You have only one body to
get you through this lifetime. So quit eating crap and abusing your-
self! Even if you never look like Brad Pitt, if you’re eating well and
exercising, you’ll be healthier, happier, and more confident. Chicks
dig that shit.
So strap on a pair. It’s time to get ripped.
(P. S. Just so we’re all on the same page: We know men don’t want
to be skinny. We named the book Skinny Bastard because the title
went well with our book for women, Skinny Bitch.)
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