Let's get waisted

*spell check the title, before you get all up in arms*

I said let's get "waisted", thats waist training silly! or corsetting/compression what have you.  Disclaimer: Shannon is no fitness expert, no doctor, no trainer, so you can take this post with a grain of salt... pretty much like all of my posts really, but I do know this technique does work for me.  I came across this method on what else.. Instagram, c'mon you should know me by now lol.  Women were using these corsets/body shapers/compression bands to help slim down and sculpt/shape their bodies into how they desired along with GOOD EATING and EXERCISE.  As a true apple shaped person (most of your weight sits in your torso, mainly your gut, back, and sides... yea that sounds about right) I decided I'd give this waist training thing a try.  Unfortunately and unfairly the apple is the shape you most want to avoid when overweight, because unlike its cousins pear and hourglass, apple shape means that extra weight will be surrounding all your vital organs in the middle of your body ie your heart, lungs, liver, etc.  Before I even started this whole exercise thing I began wearing a body shaping vest that I already had from years back.  I wore it maybe with dresses, which means I could have only worn it maybe a total of once or twice.  It's the Sweet Nothings brand (Walmart) in a size 2x.  Maybe around the middle of February I found a company on IG called Dream Girl Curves Boutique that sold the very popular  Columbian made latex corsets for a lower price then some of the other companies I observed.  I decided to order one from them, but me not listening/assuming/not reading... it's fundamental; I ordered a size L when the website clearly stated order your shirt size and do not size down.  Well needless to say I should have ordered an XL, because I couldn't even get the thing hooked.  Fast forward about three, maybe four weeks later and I was able to hook the corset, but it was still super tight, because unlike the shaper from Walmart latex corsets hardly have any give.. .that's kind of the whole point.  So as to avoid being uncomfortable doing daily routines, I've been wearing the corset at night while I sleep.  I don't need to move then, and I still wear the original body shaper during the day although I'll probably have to size down that one soon.  All that to say that I have found success with this thing called "waist training".  I have been able to redefine my apple into an hourglass with the aid of this technique and ab and oblique exercises, I have lost more inches in my waist than anywhere else. #FIT