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I got majorly sidetracked by the conversation going on in this thread (above), but here's what I actually came here to say. I took a loooong break from waist training, and left my poor little expensive corset sitting alone in a drawer. I was worried that I wasted all that money. Now that my super painful tummy issues are finally almost gone, I think I'm ready to start breaking in my corset the right way. Apparently I was doing it all wrong.

Lucy (aka Bishonenrancher) of Youtube, recommends breaking in a new corset by wearing it at a 2" inch reduction, 2 hours per day, for 2 weeks. She calls it the 2/2/2 rule. If you haven't waist trained before AND the corset is very stiff and sturdy, apparently it might take 3 weeks to a month to break it in fully.

My corset is CRAZY stiff (and hopefully it really is as sturdy as it feels). The boning along the back lacing grommets is thick and 3'4" wide. The fabric has no stretch at all, and feels a lot like heavy denim. Now that I understand what I'm supposed to be doing, I'll be giving this corset at least 3 weeks to conform to my body before I start "real" waist training. I wouldn't be too surprised if takes a whole month. I'll have to force myself to be patient and be honest with myself about whether it really feels fully broken-in.

I'm starting again today! I'll report back when my corset is finally broken in, or sooner, depending on what happens. I lost ten pounds recently, so my waist is already 1.5" smaller than when I first tried to waist train. BTW,the 10 lb weight loss had nothing to do with the corset, if you're wondering. I wasn't even wearing it at the time. Wish me luck!

*Edit*
I just wanna say that my tummy issues weren't caused by the corset. I've had them for ages. I used to get stomach cramps after almost every meal. Mostly they weren't all that bad, but 3 or 4 times a week they would be really bad. On the worst weeks, I might get super bad cramps once per day, and they'd last hours after eating. They're mostly gone now. It seems to have all changed after I switched from my natural eating pattern of 3 large meals per day to something very different. I now eat a SUPER tiny breakfast and lunch followed by a relatively healthy but huge dinner and "dessert" or snack. The "dessert" is usually something like fruit or oatmeal, not cheesecake of course. I had no idea that this would help my stomach issues, and I expected to find that the huge meal would shock my stomach and hurt really bad, but for some reason it doesn't. Huge meals always used to hurt a lot. Beats me ¯\(°_o)/¯ It's also how I lost the 10 pounds BTW. I've tried eating 4-6 small meals a day and it didn't suppress my hunger as much, or help with my stomach issues. I don't understand why. This is has been the easiest low calorie diet to follow ever.