We’ve all been there. Your other half is poised, back to the mirror, craning over her shoulder to view her behind. Brace yourself. Here comes that question. “Does my bum look big in this?” Hesitate at your peril. Answer with anything else other than a swift, sound, “no” and you risk being given the third degree for the next half hour, or worse, tears. The best you can hope for is a sulk. At least it’s peaceful. When it comes to the thorny issue of weight gain, honesty is not always the best policy (even if honesty if requested. Trust me, you still need to lie).

So, as we’ve established that an honest, direct approach is dangerous, how on earth do you let your partner know that they are in need of a bit of body re-sculpting without creating a domestic war zone? Before you resort to sticking pictures of Kelly Brook or David Beckham up on the fridge door as a subtle (ahem) deterrent to that tub of ice cream, try a different approach. Try getting her (or him, let’s not be sexist here) to the gyms in West London.

“Whaaat??? If I bought my wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend gym membership I would be ordered to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine” I hear you cry. That may be, but we’re not talking about buying gym membership to West London gyms. We’re talking about something much subtler. And cheaper. Log on to payasUgym, buy a single-use pass to one of many luxury West London gyms (complete with sauna, Jacuzzi, spa, swimming pool…), call it a well-deserved pamper session, and your other half will thank you in ways you had forgotten.

Yes, you read correctly. A single-use pass. PayasUgym is revolutionising the gym industry including gyms in West London. It means, quite simply, that you can now use any participating gym you like, whenever you like, without signing up to a membership contract. It is, as you might have guessed, a pay as you go scheme. You just chose which of the many gyms in West London you want to visit, buy an ePass online and, er…(now here’s the tricky bit), go to the gym.

Because many of the West London gyms on the PayasUgym website are also spas, you can disguise your gift to your partner with the greatest of ease. Careful though, there’s a wide range of gyms in West London, many of which are, unsurprisingly, just gyms, so choose wisely. You probably will not be thanked for buying your lady an ePass to Mr Beefy’s Boxing World, for example. The facilities vary enormously, so do your homework. Luckily for you, this is made easy as all of these gyms in West London are listed on the payasugym.com website for you.