Though car keys are easy to lose, swallowing them to lose belly fat is a common misunderstanding of the transitive property. Shed pounds logically with today's Groupon to Andlos Institute in Sarasota. Choose between the following options:

• For $49, you get a one-month weight-loss program (a $200 value).
• For $599, you get a tumescent-liposuction treatment (a $1,200 value).
  
  

A one-month weight-loss program at Dr. Robert Carlson's Andlos Institute begins with a consultation with a physician and nutritionist to illuminate the many facets of the fat-trimming process. Clinicians perform several body-fat and muscle tests before tailoring a fitness plan and 28-day nutritional regimen accompanied by a personal food log and a weathered sea captain who reads selections aloud from it. Vitamin supplements including Super D and african mango augment dietary changes, and in-house formulated glycoside and two weeks' worth of HCG cream help hamper cravings. Two weeks into the program, a follow-up appointment with the nutritionists marks progress and makes sure no one has plagiarized portions of the food log.

Those who opt for tumescent liposuction see 2–10 pounds of fat removed from areas difficult to target through diet, exercise, and focus-group surveys. The four-hour treatment begins with application of local anesthetic. Fine instruments keep scarring to a minimum as fat pockets are spirited away for good. Patients can leave the clinic shortly after treatment, and full recovery generally takes only 1–7 days.