Whether he's gay, straight, bi-sexual or a girl who's in transition to becoming a man, NO man in his right mind wakes up in the morning and says, "today is the day that I'm going to be real fat and feel real good about myself." Really?!
Just because men don't have The View panel providing daily reminders about the scary pitfalls of anorexia, doesn't mean that men don't have body issues. A guy is expected to drink a pitcher of beer, wolf down a double cheeseburger and enjoy a plate of wings with cheesy fries without a problem. It's a right of passage to be a man. Pigging out and carbing out are exclusively male. But on the flip side, guys have to live up to the sex appeal of the True Blood cast of vampires and the charm of George Clooney.
So what's a fat guy to do? He does what everyone else does, he compensates. He learns how to play the guitar, tells jokes or becomes the super fan of a sport that would cause him to have a heart attack and die on the field if he tried to play it.
It's the growing (pardon the inevitable pun) number of fat men in the country that has forced many designers to add spandex to everything they make. They need to accommodate the expanding midsection of men. As a side note, a fat guy in a designer track suit is one of my most favorite ironies in life. It's obvious that he doesn't wear the track suit on or near the race track, unless there's a buffet event being held there.
Stores have also gone to the extent of lying to men in order to make them feel better about their diabetic bodies. They have worked the sizes so that a size 34 in pants is actually a 36 or 38 inches around. I could put Old Navy and Gap on blast here, but they just make the denim not the food. But this tactic doesn't help the cause. And the one thing all fat guys do is they wear a size larger than they really are, which only makes them look bigger. Just because you're big, doesn't mean you can't dress well. Look at Costello & Tagliapietra. They obviously don't miss a meal, but they are still very well put together. It's also their job since their designers, but just because your temple is 80% body fat, doesn't mean you can just wear a muumuu and call it a day.
Real men don't need to diet, they just need to take better care of themselves and put more effort into how they dress. Did you expect me to give diet tips? I'm not a doctor. I only play one on TV.
YES:Even when you're fat, it's still all about the fit. Gentlemen, embrace your curves.
NO: Dressing in all black is not slimming when you're fat. You still look fat but in black.
MAYBE: You should invest in better accessories (i.e. shoes, ties or watch).
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