The Freshman 15

To gainers and encouragers, the legend of the freshman 15, the 15 pounds that many beer swilling undergrads put on when first allowed to eat and drink without restraint, is the stuff dreams are made of. Bryan, one of the founding brothers of Beefyfrat summed up the significance of the added weight quite nicely:

"Its [the freshman 15] physically indicative of the transfomative quality of college into a man from the boy you were."

This is the first time many an encourager gets to see what they've fantasized about for all of high school actually happen -the sudden blimping of the ex-track star, the beer belly growing on the fratboy who parties just a little too much, the love handles pouring over the shorts of the ultimate Frisbee playing stoner who smokes himself stuffed night after night, the gut pulling the sweaters tight on the cute academic type who stays up all night studying and snacking.

A set of yahoo groups, College Guts, are dedicated to culling through various internet photo sites and finding prime examples of the well-fed undergrad. After the jump is a collection of some of my favorites from College Guts, although definitely not all.