Hiding beer, burgers and pizza

burger.jpgIf you’re a guy who’s put on a few extra kilograms over the Christmas break there is now a perfect solution … the Mirdle.

News.com.au has published a story which reports that a male girdle is ready to do big business for men who want a trimmer look without doing the work required to achieve it naturally.

The stretch cotton vest and T-shirt are said to reduce a man’s waistline by up to 5cm and will be available in the UK and online from January 7.

I’m certainly in favour of wearing flattering clothing but flattening clothing may just be taking things a bit far for me.

I will admit to putting on a little extra weight over the past couple of weeks but I’m now back on my bike and looking forward to reversing that trend. I managed to drop quite a few kilograms during 2009 and so I was dissapointed that I allowed myself to take a couple of steps back but I’m still happy to look at the big picture and work towards greater fitness again in 2010.

I’m not a fan of tight clothing and I don’t think I’d be prepared to sacrifice comfort for a slightly improved shape, especially when I would know that everything would head south as soon as I removed the Mirdle.

How about you? Do you reckon that it’s a reasonable idea? Is it the kind of thing that might give guys the extra confidence they need or is it cheating? Is it simply making the most of what we’ve got or pretending that we haven’t got that little bit extra?



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Talkin' about a resolution

In all the busyness of this time of year have you managed to set time aside to draft out a few New Year’s resolutions? Maybe you’ll get some time over the weekend.

I know that a lot of people don’t believe in such things but I reckon that any time that we can sit down and take stock of our lives and make plans for the time ahead is time well spent.

Of course there are all the usual resolutions that people make about losing weight, getting fitter, quitting smoking, reducing debt and all the rest but I wonder what 2008 would look like if we made resolutions and goals about improving relationships with those close to us and then asked those people, or others, for help in staying accountable to those goals.

I wonder how things would be if we made resolutions about helping those we may not even know but who need a hand up.

How would 2008 shape up if we determined that family was more important than the demands of work and then structured our schedules accordingly?

What would it be like if we decided that 2008 was the year that we would look beyond the physical and material things of this world to discover deeper spiritual meaning?

I wonder.



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