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By Jacob Hawley
Last week I had a sickness bug.
A few days of not eating, everything coming out and nothing going in, left me grey round the eyes and a bit green around the face.
I looked awful – and I worried about coming out of this and going straight into a few days of filming for a new football series I’m recording.
And yet, when I mentioned this to the lads I was working with, nearly everyone was confused about why I thought three days without eating would be a net-negative for my appearance.
Among the approving comments were: ‘I bet your abs have come through though!’, ‘You’re beach body ready now, mate!’, ‘You can probably avoid cardio this week!’
I’d forgotten, of course, that at this time of year, as the daffodils flower, the clocks change and airlines start spamming your inbox with cheap flights, many lads my age are having the same thoughts – ‘I need to look like I’m auditioning for Love Island, and I need to do it fast’.
It’s strange that while many women seem to be e...
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