Confessions of a Deliveroo rider: get fit by delivering fast food

Carlton Reid picks up burgers and pizzas, but he doesn't eat them - he delivers them. In just a few months he has lost weight and saved cash for the Giro d'Italia

There's a way to get healthy from fast food: the trick is to deliver it, not eat it. I'm 52, but am now fitter than I was at 22. As a gig-economy food delivery rider I'm getting paid to melt my middle-age spread. I started in November, but have lost 5kg. Although I only do a few evening hours per week, I have already banked enough cash to pay for a trip to see the Giro d'Italia in May.

I get paid 4.25 for every drop, and the faster I pedal, the more drops I can fit in. Students are the mainstay of the food delivery business, and on a good night - when the students are flush - I can pocket 20 an hour. Not bad for time I'd otherwise waste trawling Twitter.