It’s June 1st and I’m still at least 5 kg on the wrong side of my Haute Route weight of last August, so I’ve decided to get serious with things and make my intentions public. Here is my ‘before’ photo, taken just now. Surprisingly, I don’t look that fat here. Don’t let the light trickery fool you though – I am.
Wish me luck. The Etape du Tour starts in less than 2 months. I just have one question: who the hell quits drinking beer in summer? Cycling is proving more and more to be an unnatural act.
The Vicious Cycle 
Aaaaaaagh to much!!!! 🙂
Don’t say you weren’t warned 😉
You’ll have to learn from those web sites that promise to make you lose weight and look good in just 30 days. However it has been revealed that those before and after pics are usually just an hour or so apart. The secret is to stick out your belly in the ‘before’ photo and then for the ‘after’ photo, work out hard with weights, sit-ups more weights and sit-ups for a full hour. Then suck everything in and voila – the ‘after’ photo. Save yourself all the hassle and you can get back to drinking that glorious summer beer. The weight still may be an issue though. Oh yes, and don’t forget to rip all the hairs off the chest, and spray on a darker cycling tan to be convincing.
I thought about all that, but really, I figured I’d have the same ‘before’ result without doing anything!
I reckon you could lose a kilo or so if you were to shrink your head down a bit. And I’m not talking about piercing your ego – I mean actually shrinking your head. What the hell have you been eating, anyway..?
I’m ‘glad’ you noticed, Nigel. I was thinking the same thing. Really hoping it was the angle of the camera.
That must be it. The camera.
Speaking of which, I’ve got a dodgy mirror at home that keeps insisting I’m almost bald…
I figuure there’s at least 40 grams with that bed head you can shave off.
That’s ‘helmet head’, Pierre, but yeah, have to make a trip to the coiffure today.
Alarming.
Agreed
You are indeed a braver and more fearless man than I would ever have guessed.
Sorry for the shock, Suze.
It’s not the fat, it’s the police lineup look….
Do a colonoscopy prep and viola!
What are the chances – I was just talking about a colonoscopy yesterday! I’ll give it some thought…maybe this is a ‘sign’.
quality stuff here Gerry..
but i guess a hit, is a hit right?