The custom of fasting during Lent started at a very early date, but the length of the fast varied, eight days being customary at first, but the time was extended to forty days, after the analogy of the period included in the Lord's temptation, Matt. 4:2.
Your waist shape is also determined by the integrity and position abdominal wall muscles and your abdominal skin. Liposuction isn't great at managing either one of those and procedures like tummy tucks can help there. The compression garment helps with skin retraction and minimizes swelling.
Wearing a waist-cinching device for a workout isn't a good idea either, says Glor, especially if it restricts your mobility or your ability to take full, deep breaths. It can really affect your ability to work hard, she says. Plus, I would worry about back acne from the tight apparatus and extra sweat..