The Diet

Flab is the kryptonite of metrosexuality. The diet is the narrow path between the vexing contradiction of gastronomy and an Italian-cut suit. What price, style? Where the diet used to be the exclusive province of women and gay men, it has now become a matter of urgency for the metrosexual male. You pay closer attention to calorie counts than your credit card debt. Meals turn to whole grains and lean protein. An endless parade of vegetables crosses your plate. Many of them have fancy, precious names, but after a month of dietary temperance, they all taste like cabbage -- and you feel like a walking compost heap.

Meaning: Persistence, pressure, contradictions, temptation, cessation.

Reversed: Yielding, reversal, compromise.

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