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Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Reshape Your Arms in Five Seconds


 

 

 

Moments ago, I received a press release that caused me to snort Diet Pepsi Max directly into my brain. I can still feel the bubbles in my cerebral cortex.

Dude, somebody has invented an arm girdle!!! You pull on these compression sleeves and it squishes your arm fat into submission. Forget annoying exercise, healthy eating, or lowering your body fat. You don't need any of that. Step right up and get some SAUSAGE CASINGS for your arms!

::Boggle::

What do you think of this? Would you wear it? Because they said they would SEND ME SOME to review. That's the last thing I saw before I spilled my Pepsi and slid out of my chair laughing. Wait; let's see what they say. Oh, it's like liposuction for your arms, but without surgery. It naturally "nips & tucks." OMG, listen to this. "Most women today don't have time to eat right and exercise regularly. With hectic schedules, career demands and high cost of living, women need an easier solution. FLABuLESS was created to allow women to wear styles and trends that they otherwise would not have considered."

Give me a moment to collect myself. LOL

I suppose that if you're already working out and eating right but you're not quite there yet, and you want to wear something uber-sleek and clingy, maybe shapewear for your arms isn't completely retarded. It can't be comfortable though, can it? I picture myself spinning around trying to chew my arms off like a dog with a new Halti harness.

I eagerly await your thoughts on this matter.


Posted by skwigg at 3:46 PM CDT

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 3:58 PM CDT

Name: "Rachel"
Home Page: http://www.fitnessformommies.net

I got the same press release!  Looks pretty ridiculous to me.  I don't even know who'd wear it, but, it would make a great post to take a "review" of them- then we could all get even more giggles.  Wonder if you could actually move your arms with them on. Also, how hot would that be to go around wearing that?  They are sending the press release to the wrong people!

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:14 PM CDT

Name: "DolphynGyrl"
Home Page: http://dolphyngyrl.blogspot.com

What, exactly, do they think one might be wearing where this would help? Because I'm thinking that, if I wanted my flabby arms to look sleek and sexy (?) in an outfit... It would be because my arms were going to show.

 And who wants to be all "Hi, look at my classy girdle!"?

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:17 PM CDT

Name: "PastaQueen"
Home Page: http://www.pastaqueen.com/

I got that press release too! Thankfully I wasn't drinking Diet Coke at the time or else my keyboard would no longer work.

 It they're going to make an arm girdle, they should at least give us one with some fake muscles in it too. Like a wonderbra for your biceps! :)

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:18 PM CDT

Name: "Dr. Ding"
Home Page: http://www.askdrding.com

Um.  Where can I order these again?

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:23 PM CDT

Name: "Erin"

Well, I'm somewhat mollified by the name "FLABuLESS."  Flabulessflabulessflabuless!  Just saying it makes the idea of resorting to sausage casings less loathsome.

 

But seriously.  No.

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:49 PM CDT

Name: "Zoey"

No! I wouldn't wear one, but that's not a trouble zone for me anyway...the sad thing is, I see these, along with the Spanx line of 'modern girdles' being targeted at the 20 year old female market...and that I find very sad.

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:59 PM CDT

Name: "thefightgeek"
Home Page: http://www.thefightgeek.org

LOL.

I'm surprised somebody hasn't come up with a total-body girdle :)

 

thanks for the laugh

 

cheers :)

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 4:59 PM CDT

Name: "Libby"
Home Page: http://libby.withnall.com

Very odd indeed. Now I have the weirdest arms - muslces on top but big flappy bits due to having lost over 70lbs. So I'd be someone who could use them - but how? why? In long sleeves I don't worry about the flappy bits and in the t-shirt/singlet top they are useless. 

Libby 

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 5:54 PM CDT

Name: "Kyra"
Home Page: http://shapingmyway.blogspot.com

Do you suppose it's easier to give blood?  Take the place of the tourniquet?    

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 6:22 PM CDT

Name: "Michelle"
Home Page: http://forthelifeofme.wordpress.com

To me, those make as much sense as those half sweater things. They look ridiculous! I wouldn't be caught dead in that. And I don't know anyone who doesn't have time to work out. Only people who are too lazy to turn off the TV (or computer, or videogame).

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 9:07 PM CDT

Name: "Elizabeth"
Home Page: http://www.elizabethsherman.com

"I'm surprised somebody hasn't come up with a total-body girdle :)"

 Well exactly! because if you're going to compress your fat, it's going to muffin-top where the girdle ends - maybe it makes you look like you have capped shoulders! {shrug} So where does it stop? armgirdle, spanx, corset ...

 Actually, if you had to wear all that stuff, I don't think you could really eat anything anyway, so maybe it's a diet aide?

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 10:12 PM CDT

Name: "Carrie"
Home Page: http://afterburneffect.blogspot.com

LOL- full-body girdle- I can just imagine someone trying that, and then end up walking around like the kid with all the snowgear on!

 "I fell and I can't get up!"

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 - 11:46 PM CDT

Name: "kathryn"
Home Page: http://www.kathrynelliott.com.au/blog

I'm with your other readers.  The only time I'd be concerned about arm tone would be when wearing a sleeveless top or dress.  Not the time to be wearing a thick dark coloured arm girdle.  I'm sensing hot, itchiness too . . .

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 12:36 AM CDT

Name: "Angela"

Hi Renee.

While the press release is ridiculous, the product could have its uses. I'm thinking about plump teachers writing on the chalk board. Didn't you ever have one of those teachers whose triceps flapped wildly in her sleeve when she wrote lessons on the board? You know, like Ralphie's teacher on "A Christmas Story." Not saying this is a problem that affects all teachers (or only teachers), but the "before" photo sparked that memory for me. Jiggly arm fat is very distracting, and a little gross. This product could help.

Thanks for blogging.

 Angela 

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 5:07 AM CDT

Name: "Zsuzsa"

There IS a total-body girdle! Can't find it now on the internet, but a few years ago I saw an ad for it!

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 8:10 AM CDT

Name: "Di"
Home Page: http://itsajoytobehidden.bogspot.com

Hahah! Can you imagine being a guy and going on a date with a girl who looked like she had fabulous arms underneath her sweater... and then later, when things get a little steamy... realizing that she's been encased in an arm-straightjacket the whole time?

 

Haha... it's material for The Simpson's, seriously, a chick who's wearing these, plus one of those full-body Spanx things... like the opposite of a human --> superhero transition ;)

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 8:12 AM CDT

Name: "Glynis"
Home Page: http://glynis-p.blogspot.com

Um, yeah, those will look *so* hot with a strapless dress or summery halter. :)

 It makes one wonder where the fat *goes* when it is squished like that. In old-lady girdles it sort of pushes it up and makes that huge grandma boob thing.  Just what exactly would it do on an arm? Eliminate the need for shoulder pads by pushing it up there to create big poofy shoulders...or pushing it down to create Popeye forearms?

And the nerd in me wants to know what bad things it does to the lymphatic system- it just isn't meant to be compressed that way.

 

 

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 8:16 AM CDT

Name: "Bethany"

These remind me of a Spongebob episode called "Musclebob Buffpants"  (I have a kid...just wanted to clear that up)where he orders the slip on arm covers that he pumps up with air to make it look like he has huge muscles......until he is entered into a weighlifting contest and his fake arms blow up.... oh gosh can you imagine if these didn't hold up and the sausage arms came a bustin' out and tore your shirt like the Incredible Hulk....

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 11:58 AM CDT

Name: "Marla"
Home Page: http://weightandpaint.blogspot.com

Hee hee. My first reaction was: "Reshape your arms in five seconds: buy Photoshop." Second reaction: "Reshape your arms in five seconds: just don't hold your arm out like that."

I have other things to worry about than whether my upper arms look fat...  Like, I dunno, maybe my earlobes aren't round enough.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 1:24 PM CDT

Name: "BB"

If the arm model would just work on gaining some muscle in the bicep area, that would take up the skin slack in the tricep area, but that could take a year.  I guess in the meantime, the sausage sleeve is good.

Thanks for showing us this!  You always have the most interesting finds!

Betsy 

 

 

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 3:50 PM CDT

Name: "yogagirl"
Home Page: http://www.poweryogagirl.com

ow. my hands are going numb just looking at that photo. Like having your blood pressure measured ALL day..except for the cuff never gets deflated.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 6:50 PM CDT

Name: "dragonmamma"

Seems to me that if they were tight enough to work, your arms would fall asleep pretty quickly. Gangrene, anyone?

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 8:27 PM CDT

Name: "cathy"

I don't use milk on my cereal. I mix up a small amount of vanilla whey protein powder and use that. I think it tastes better than milk.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 - 10:11 PM CDT

Name: "buffedstuff"
Home Page: http://buffedstuff.blogspot.com/

Just in time for the holidays, you can look sleek, sexy and chic, and for a limited time only, order one and you get our skin tone body duct tape to wrap up the rest of your body.......ah this is a good one, talk about excellent stocking stuffers. 

Thursday, 30 October 2008 - 8:08 AM CDT

Name: "Michelle"

Thaaaankss.  First of all, it somehow made her forearm smaller as well, truly  miracle device.

 Second, since I read the name, I have been singing the "fabulous" song from High School Musical in my head only replacing it with Flabulous, I have seen that movie one time and that is what stuck!

Thursday, 30 October 2008 - 6:32 PM CDT

Name: "Vonnie"

Flash back to the 80's and spandex.....it worked then......forget about circulation and proper breathing...we looked thin!!!

Thursday, 30 October 2008 - 6:49 PM CDT

Name: "Kermane"

Snort, sorry had to pull myself off the floor from laughing so hard. What's amazing is they see nothing wrong with selling it to women, we're too busy, guys have time to take care of themselves. Snort, ROFL.

Thursday, 30 October 2008 - 8:26 PM CDT

Name: "Marsha"

Oh gosh, I cannot even wear Spanx comfortably - and they do not show!

I suppose there is a market for everything.  I wonder whether people who have lost a ton of weight (e.g., from gastric bypass surgery) and have loose skin would benefit from these.  I don't think the only use has to be for people who are unwilling to diet and exercise.

Friday, 31 October 2008 - 9:36 AM CDT

Name: "M A"

Okay, you guys are obviously not 50+ and have just a few blazers that are a little tight on the arms so you can't wear them.  It is a very strange little girdle for the arms, but I can't deny that I am curious.  I'd consider it.  I bet if Skwigg posted where we can get these, some of you would be curious about the details and the price. . . .

So, Skwigg, how about it?  Where do we check these out?

M A

Friday, 31 October 2008 - 9:41 AM CDT

Name: skwigg

Arm girdles - http://www.flabulessu.com/

Friday, 31 October 2008 - 2:35 PM CDT

Name: "Zoey"

Michelle gets the sharp eyes award; they definitely photoshopped the second picture.  And I agree with Di, that would be soooo unsexy to take off in front of a guy...

Friday, 31 October 2008 - 3:55 PM CDT

Name: "Alison"

Uh, did this come from a PR firm or directly from the company?

Either way, did they bother to READ your blog?

Monday, 3 November 2008 - 3:35 PM CST

Name: "PaulN"

It's like bondage light, for women who might like to wear a rubber body suit, but can't quite muster the courage.

 Baby steps, girls, baby steps.

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 - 6:27 PM CST

Name: "anonymous"

SRSLY, where does the flab go? Does it just pooch out the back?

 

Hey, I thought you stopped drinking diet pepsi! 

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 - 6:35 PM CST

Name: skwigg

I relapsed. :-D

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 - 11:16 PM CST

Name: "Lyn"
Home Page: http://www.escapefromobesity.blogspot.com

Did anyoe else notice how the model's forearms got skinnier in the second picture too? Wow, that's some miracle girdle...

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