HOW TO FAKE A WAIST
Midriff vanished now you’ve hit middle age? SAM TAYLOR has the answer
Some time in my late 40s, I lost my waist. I’m not sure where I left it, and I’ve been having trouble locating it ever since.
It seems I’m not alone. Between the ages of 45 and 55, 90 per cent of women will gain 12lb to 15lb in weight — with most of it ending up round our midriffs.
As the menopause takes its natural course, we suffer a dramatic dip in progesterone and develop an overabundance of oestrogen.
Higher levels result in an increase in fat stores that get parked around our abdomen, and we become increasingly apple-shaped.
exercise can help, of course, as can drastic dieting — but there is an easier answer.
All you need to do is buy one of the many outfits in the shops that promise to fake a waist.
As I discovered, the results can be dramatic . . .