6-Pack + 17 Yrs x 2 Surgeries = 2 Liter

When I used to act for a living, my primary concern was making sure my product, i.e. me, was in the best shape I could be. I spent hours a day at the gym and it paid off. I was never in better shape.

The thing I worked hardest on was my stomach. We have, in our genome, a thing called The Bauer Belly. So, I was determined never to fall prey to its inevitable power and fought the insistent genetics by doing hundreds of sit-ups a night while watching TV.

While converting some old VHS tapes to DVD, I stumbled across a video of me at my peak (see below).

Well, 17 years and two intestinal surgeries later, my once proud six-pack has turned into a two-liter that no amount of sit-ups will ever fix. My flattened tummy muscles have been forever destroyed and I am left looking in the mirror wishing I could look as I once did. I mean, hell, I still sit in front of the TV, except now, doing 100 crunches would only exacerbate my already malformed stomach muscles.

Oh well, at least I can say I had a six-pack once... a long, long, long time ago.

And don't even get me started on my once full head of dark hair...