Resolution solutions

Find the ab in flab

By Alie Ward, Metromix

2008 may have been a blur of benders, ever-burdened elastic waistbands and meek pleas to grandma to kick down another loan, but we strongly encourage you to stick to your January attempts at self-betterment. But because no man is an island, and because our willpower is as feeble as yours, we’ve compiled these resources to keep your New Year’s resolutions from spiraling straight into the toilet (like last year).

If losing weight were easy, we wouldn’t be wearing stretch denim right now. Alas, where self-restraint and eating disorders fail, you can rely on the tough love of Jackie Warner (of the aptly titled Bravo TV show Work Out), who’s now offering celebrity-grade fitness training at part-time-waiter prices. Her new Sky Sport Spa gym sits perched atop a building in Beverly Hills, requires no membership to visit and offers group training sessions that start at less than the price of a new pair of XL sweatpants. Put down the fork and chisel some abs out of that jiggly midsection, you flabby ape. (Sorry—we’re talking to ourselves here.)