They are real, he is going to have to take my word for it. I let myself go over 5 weeks (happens every December) and took the before pics, then the after pics were taken mid Feb. I have actually designed diets for guys with great genetics that were doing everything wrong and they saw similar results in LESS time. These pics were used as marketing material in the gym I work at, members saw me in the change room at the begining of the diet and the end. No question in their minds that it was real.
I will be completely honest about those pics, I was only 11% body fat in the before pic and it was taken after a nice binge. It was more of a bloated stomach than a huge beer belly. THere were no abs to be seen, bloat or not. You can see by the shot of my back that there was a nice layer of fat there.
I only had to loose a little over 10lbs of fat while maintaining muscle in order to achieve these results. Going from 11% body fat to 5.8%, totally doable over 6 weeks. He has to keep in mind that I have been training and doing all sorts of diets for over 12 years. If I don't know what it takes for my body to change rapidly by now I shouldnt be in this business.
This type of transformation is the difference between doing everything right, and doing things half assed (like consuming fat storage foods like RICE CAKES). When you stay in fat burning mode 24/7 your body becomes a fat burning machine. If he was to work with someone like me he would be SHOCKED at how fast his body would change.
Darrin