In the spirit of showcasing a dude who can live up to our female f.a.t.ty pick of the week (Suzanne Somers), we chose a man who also beat cancer to go on to achieve amazing things in his career. We choose Lance Armstrong as our f.a.t.ty (Fit After Thirty Hotty) dude of the week, because we heard he is coming out of retirement for the 2009 cycling season and we think he is the closest thing to the Bionic Man that we can think of!

We Can Rebuild Him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic man. Lance Armstrong will be that man.

In 1996 when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, it had already spread to his lungs, brain, and stomach. He had brain surgery and a drug therapy treatment and battled back to return to cycling in 1998. It sounds unbelievable that this guy was back on a bike only two years after beating a deadly disease!

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I’m not a big believer in faking the big “O”, because it’ll only encourage more of what ain’t workin’. BUT who hasn’t loved Meg Ryan for pulling off the hottest non-sexual, sex scene in any movie, with her fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally? 

But that’s not enough to make her my female f.a.t.ty (f.a.t. hotty) pick of the week. Not only is she fit, and still beautiful - in spite of sporting the overdone fish lips now and then - but she seems so down to earth, fun, and funny.

She seems very comfortable in her own skin - not trying to relive her twenties, but embracing this stage of her life.  and even taking on the responsibility of raising an adopted child.  She’s also done work for CARE in India which works on empowering women in poor countries.

It’s time for the famous female f.a.t.ty pick of the week! What is a f.a.t.ty you ask? It is a Fit After Thirty hotty. It is a f.a.t.* chick we admire because of her ability to stay healthy and fit, and whom, overall, seems like a cool person to have made fitness such a priority. Fit After Thirty declares Sarah Palin as the famous female f.a.t.ty of the week!

Regardless of which side you are on politically, you have to hand it to her for looking the way she does after five kids! And considering that she just had a baby four months ago, she looks unbelievable!

I can’t begin to imagine finding the time to stay healthy and fit while juggling life as a Governor with raising a large family. I don’t claim to know her fitness regime, and for all I know she doesn’t have one and relies solely on shivering in the bitter Alaska cold to burn calories. Throw in some good genetics, and Alaskan Salmon and you’ve got a hockey mom who gets our vote for f.a.t.ty of the week!!!!

It is really no coincidence that I choose Hump Day as the day to introduce my new, weekly ritual of announcing our famous male f.a.t.ty selection of the week. What is a f.a.t.ty? No, it’s not a stogie, it’s a Fit After Thirty Hotty. Here at Fit After Thirty, we love men, and what better way to show our admiration than to pay tribute to the dudes who fit my criteria to win this esteemed title!

What’s my criteria for a Fit After Thirty dude selection, other than being over 30, you ask? Well, Wednesday is hump day. Use your imagination. If you’re offended by that, think of it this way: men talk about women in terms of how “do-able” we are, all the time. So, let’s just be equal opportunity players in that game. Or, I’ll be the lone player and you gals be the spectators. Here we go!

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