The aches, and pain...

Last night my corset got to 26.5" - I went to bed as usual, only to wake up around 12:30am because my body was aching. 

Mind you, this happens daily, but usually only in the morning just about when I'm about to get up. So there is tossing and turning. 

However, this morning it was bad. Took my corset off then and there... 

It's expected, but I surely wasn't doing it for 8 more hours lol. We shall try again tonight. 

Tighten in the morning!

This morning I woke up and tightened my corset to 25.5"! 

June 13 and 14

Here are photos from yesterday, and today. 

Tonight I can lace to about 26.25" - the smallest yet. :) 

That half inch!

It seems I'm in a half inch! Put this baby on tonight and measured at 26.5". 

Today I felt a little sore... Moreso than normal, though I am going to chalk that up as it's working. Nothing more than obnoxious and nothing that I would say 'hurt.' Remember, I'm moving my ribs, that has to feel like something. 

Haven't done my belly exercises since Sunday. Which is bad. You truly need to do both, and eat somewhat healthy. 

Now that I'm at this tightness I notice I for even try to breathe through my lower torso anymore, it's all chest, without even thinking. Another positive. Yawns are still a bit tricky, because I can't take a deep breath with this thing on. But manageable.

Photo update. 

Found the tape!

I have found measuring tape! This is for June 9, evening of, before sleeping in the corset. I measured at 27" with the corset on. 

I must say, that threw me off because the space in the back before I'm able to close is at a maximum of 4"... And this is a 22" corset. Ah well, a goal is a goal.

I'll follow with often updates and photos. For those few of you who care. 

Progress!

Believe it or not, about five days in... maybe six... I see progress!  I think... I take a photo every night when I put my corset on... remember, I'm wearing this during the night when I sleep ONLY. It's not so bad... It's a little harder to roll over, and it doesn't wake me up any more than I would wake up regularly to reposition. 
The past two days I haven't done my tummy exercises... but I plan to start back up tomorrow. After a long day I just don't want to... so I need the motivation.

Anywho... I can't find my measuring tape anywhere, so I'm not able to measure it - which is why I've been taking the nightly photos and comparing them as I lay in bed lol.

I've noticed some soreness... which is normal, no real pain, but I can tell that the steel boning is doing what it's suppose to for my ribs to pretty much curl in more to appear smaller. No bruising, just some great corset indents when I take it off in the morning lol. I tend to tighten my corset in the morning when I get out of bed, and keep it on for another 15 minutes or so, I do not know if it loosens during the night, or if I am able to make it smaller than it was the evening before. When I go to bed, I tighten it as much as my arms can pull the threads.

However... Below are photos. And I'm getting excited people! THIS is my motivation to put it on every night.

The before photo, is when I started on day one back in April... (please keep in mind I did it for three days then stopped... so my body went back to it's natural form) the after is from I believe yesterday morning before I took it off.  Pardon the holding what boobs I have, I wasn't wearing a bra - and didn't want to shine you with my headlights. 

Starting Over

Hello the few who have found their way to my blog! :) The past month or so I've taken a break from attempting waist training, and have begun again - from scratch! 

I've chosen this time to wear my corset at night, as I can get much more hours of wear in at night when I don't even notice I'm wearing it. However, I do also plan to wear it throughout the day, with a few hours break here and there to do things such as shower, exercise, or other things that really don't work out well when wearing a corset. 

When I woke up this morning, I tightened my corset a bit more, which I couldn't get it any tighter 8 hours earlier when I laid down for bed. I took it off after eating breakfast, and will put it back on in about a hour, for a few hours, then off again, and on again. 

I did some reading this morning about corseting, which stating fairly plainly that some people could take up to years (yes that's multiple) for their waist to be trained and ribs to stay at a certain place. And of course, I'll never know if I will fall into that 'some people' category. 

However, before taking off the corset, I felt how much space I had before being able to close it, and it felt somewhere around maybe 3 or 4 inches. This is a 22" corset. So I do feel like there's progress, but I do also know it's going to be a long, and uncomfortable road ahead lol. 

I would post photos - but they look no different than the ones I previously have. 

I will get back to updating this daily, or every other day. :) Welcome back, self.