Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia Drops 25 lbs by Losing "The Captain"

The overpaid/underachieving Yankees may have some hope in actually cashing in on their exorbitant payroll with newly-svelte hurler CC Sabathia. His weight loss secret? Eschewing sugar-coated razor blades Cap n' Crunch.

As of last season, Sabathia was the biggest player in the majors at an imposing 6'7" and 309 lbs. When Sabathia takes the mound this spring, however, he will have less strain on his right knee (where he had surgery to repair a torn meniscus), more stamina, and less cuts on the roof of his mouth.

Says Sabathia of "the Cap 'n"

I could eat a box at a time. Source

And who couldn't? I mean, can anyone really eat just one bowl of Cap 'n Crunch?

Simple math and biochemistry would lend credibility to this simple explanation of CC's weight loss. Let's "crunch" some numbers shall we on a 16-ounce box of The Cap 'n Crunch';

Calories: 1800 calSodium: 3373mgCarbohydrates: 382gSugar: 197g

Cutting the aforementioned out of one's diet would be well-advised. Especially given that Cap 'n Crunch was rated as the most nutritionally empty cereal by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity - ranking slightly ahead of paint chips.

Sometimes fat loss is a simple matter of cutting out a single vice. Sometimes it's pop or juice, beer or the daily scone you have on the way to work. As long as you aren't replacing said vice with something comparably caloric, there's no reason why you wouldn't drop some pounds.

As for athletes - even pitchers - leaning out will only give you a competitive advantage.

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