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So today i did some shopping and have recently been purchasing larges and 11/12 in bottoms. I began waist training and wearing compression garments throughout the day and when i workout. i use a brand called Squeem which is a compression garment made of rubber and cotton. it is sooo comfortable and the rubber (for some odd reason) has done wonders in fading my stretch marks and tightening my abdominal skin! I have been stuck at 180 despite my continuous efforts at the gym and the scale hasnt moved in two weeks! but today when shopping all the larges and 11/12's were too big. that's right, i've gone down another size. im now a medium (even in leggings which are already tight) and an 8/10. this is such a wonderful feeling. dont be discouraged when the scale doesnt move. inches are coming off! i think i can attribute some of that to the compression garments. my waist is now a 30 and waist training works!

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Wow thats great!! f you dont mind me asking whats a compression garment used for and where can I get it being I have alot of weight to loose cant hurt in investing sooner than later. thanks.

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Wow thats great!! f you dont mind me asking whats a compression garment used for and where can I get it being I have alot of weight to loose cant hurt in investing sooner than later. thanks.

Yes! Please give details. When does someone wear something like this? Daily under clothes or just during exercise?

compression garment is just another name for Shapewear but the compression is a lot stronger and designed to contour the waist area. most of them using a strong fabric called powernet. many people wear compression garments after liposuction to contour the body.. I recently began considering Lipo and got into research on compression garments and figured if i wear them around the clock, i should get a good contour without the lipo (i mean im losing weight anyhow). there are many different kinds. the number one brands are Vedette Shapewear, Squeem Miracle Vests and Body Panty and Fajas Columbianas. Im sure there are tons more but these are the ones i currently have, and i use the squeem around the clock. they are uncomfortable but the more you wear them the loser they get (inches are coming off) and as you train the waist, you move to smaller and smaller sizes. i started off in a large squeem now i am in a medium. i sold my large on craigslist and it went so fast. people really are obsessed with squeems. makes a huge difference and looks great in clothes. hides unnecessary rolls and things like that. i've become obsessed and i even sleep in them.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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