The Week contest: Get dad bod

This week's question: Dating.com has found that 75 percent of singles prefer male partners with "dad bod" more than any other body type. If the proud owner of a dad bod were to write a guidebook on how to achieve this sought after physique — somewhat muscular, but with some extra flesh and a belly — what should it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Becoming a Father Figure"
Rebecca Burgan, Petaluma, California
SECOND PLACE: "A Gut Above the Rest"
Lori Dodd, Browerville, Minnesota
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THIRD PLACE: "Meat, Loaf, Play"
Lisa P Franks, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"It Takes Guts"
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
"Love Handle with Care"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"Go with Your Gut"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
"Eat Pray Eat"
Kristina Sherry, Culver City, California
"Eat Don't Weigh Love"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"How to Spread the Love"
Diane Ross, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
"The Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Father Figure"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Plumping Iron"
Joel S. Moskowitz, San Juan Capistrano, California
"From Beer to Paternity"
Richard Sanders, Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
"Curls and Curly Fries"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Gut Expectations"
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
"Pulled Pork and Pull-Ups"
Noah McDermott, Oakland, California
"Roll Models"
Genelle Sweetser, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
"Fatter Knows Best"
April Tayman, Columbia, Maryland
"Buffed and Buffets"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Paunch-Drunk Love"
Andrea Carla Michaels, San Francisco
"Fat Tire for Spare Tire"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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