My friend Robin, who manages my favorite Indian restaurant here in Saigon, recently entered a contest (sponsored in part by my other friend, Tim, who owns the gym equipment import company) to see who could improve their body the most over a three-month period.

Here’s Robin’s “before” picture three months ago:

And here’s his “after” picture this past weekend:

He won the contest, and got a check for $2,009, so he was pretty excited about that. I’m personally amazed at how much he changed in just three months. Now, granted that was three months of zero carbohydrates, zero sugar, and zero alcohol – he basically only ate lean meat and vegetables for three months. But damn!