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.
Compression shorts are specialty athletic apparel used to create separation between the groin muscles and the hamstrings. Active men and women also wear compression shorts for an extra layer of warmth and to guard against the possibility of developing rashes and chafing as the result of vigorous physical activity.