Before and After

Even though we're five weeks or so out from the Big Gay Cruise and technically still in full-on workout/losing weight mode (spin class twice a day now), I thought it was finally time to do some before and afters. I still think I can shave off a few pounds with the sesame seed and tic-tac diet but for the most part, I'm where I'm going to be after losing 32 pounds and fitting easily into a size 32-waist and baby-Gap t-shirts. For me, that was about the goal all along though now that the weight is off, I can see getting back from the cruise and working out with weights to bulk up and get me to some rippling hotness.

So this is where I was back in the Fall of last year around this time. Even though I didn't start working out until January of this year and was probably ten pounds heavier than in this picture, I think this about sums up how far afield I'd let myself go.

Me feeding the chipmunks, August 2006

And now this weekend, with my snazzy new square-cut trunk I bought just for the cruise, Jeff snapped this picture then subsequently ravaged me, finding himself completely and surprisingly randy over the junk in my trunk packed into the suit.

Me, July 2007

Fine, mock the suit...but then I put the suit on later that same day and the ravaging happened AGAIN! So of course I've ordered two more.