Waist cincher success for loose belly?

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe

Anyone seen changes in their jiggly belly after using a waist cincher for a long duration? How long did you use it? Do post before & after pictures if possible. Thank you.

randomtai

No. Just no.

suzyjane1972

Nope.

suzyjane1972

A cheap piece of elastic cannot tighten skin....genetics determines how bad it will be not some overpriced kardashian junk.

mbaker566

it is not going to help long term. it is good as shapewear

suzyjane1972

And these things can weaken both core and back muscles causing more problems.

Therealobi1

never bought one. i wouldnt want my undergarments to impact my breathing
i reckon your belly will be flatter when you wear it, and then not flat when you take it off.

fattothinmum

Agree it's great as shapewear. With one on, I have an awesome waist in tight t-shirts. Without it, what's left of my fat, is all in my belly and soft, so I don't like how that looks.

MommyL2015

I use one if I have somewhere I want to wear a nice dress and not have my belly stick out. That's about it.

JustMissTracy

Yup, I agree with all above...great for a nite out with a pretty dress, but don't expect dramatic, lasting weight loss/fat loss results.

ChristopherLimoges

Most are a waste of time, some do help blood circulation, contractions, and sweating(mainly liquids burned), but very few actually work. If you want a tighter, firmer core you'll have to work on it; in the case you're concerned about, mainly diet restrictions and transverse abdominous exercises.

SuperSaiyanGoddess86

My sister did with her weight cincher sport vest. She lost 6 inches of her stomach back and love handles are gone all in 3 months. I will have her post her pictures of her before and after and she has kept it off. I think it just varies from person to person and which one you buy as far as quality

MissusMoon

ladyjaye25 wrote: »

My sister did with her weight cincher sport vest. She lost 6 inches of her stomach back and love handles are gone all in 3 months. I will have her post her pictures of her before and after and she has kept it off. I think it just varies from person to person and which one you buy as far as quality

The inches were probably from dangerously rearranging her organs. A cincher can't burn fat.

suzyjane1972

ladyjaye25 wrote: »

My sister did with her weight cincher sport vest. She lost 6 inches of her stomach back and love handles are gone all in 3 months. I will have her post her pictures of her before and after and she has kept it off. I think it just varies from person to person and which one you buy as far as quality

Erm......nope to a piece of elastic magically melting away fat.

nitesky83

I think they work since youre not able to eat your normal portion (because that thing is so darn tight) and so you lose weight

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe

Ohh.. Thanks a lot for the replies! Dropped the idea! Maybe I'll consider wearing it with dresses. That's about it!

randomtai

ladyjaye25 wrote: »

My sister did with her weight cincher sport vest. She lost 6 inches of her stomach back and love handles are gone all in 3 months. I will have her post her pictures of her before and after and she has kept it off. I think it just varies from person to person and which one you buy as far as quality

Yeah... no.

tcunbeliever

If portion control is a challenge for you, the waist cincher will help because it limits the amount of space your stomach can expand when you eat. It helps you feel full on less food and makes you extremely uncomfortable if you eat too much.

richardgavel

Could it at least help with skin tightening in that the stomach isn't being pulled down as much by gravity (assuming there is loose skin to tighten). Same way a bra provides support?

suzyjane1972

richardgavel wrote: »

Could it at least help with skin tightening in that the stomach isn't being pulled down as much by gravity (assuming there is loose skin to tighten). Same way a bra provides support?

No....
The only thing that determines skin sag is genetics and no bra stops drooping if those puppies are gonna sag they're gonna sag and all a bra does is hold them up

MissusMoon

tcunbeliever wrote: »

If portion control is a challenge for you, the waist cincher will help because it limits the amount of space your stomach can expand when you eat. It helps you feel full on less food and makes you extremely uncomfortable if you eat too much.

That is ridiculous advice to give anyone. Do you know that people have died of asphyxiation wearing these things?

usmcmp

They absolutely do not work and they can potentially cause serious damage including internal organ failure and death.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach#latest

Spliner1969

suzyjane1972 wrote: »

And these things can weaken both core and back muscles causing more problems.

^^^this^^^ With a wrap of any type on you may look better but it allows your muscles to relax and that's not what you want. If you want a flatter belly, trust me, work on the ab muscles and all of the muscles in your body on a set schedule. With everything you do, keep your abdominal muscles taught, it helps support your back and strengthens those muscles. Eat at a deficit and the fat will go away eventually. It may, however, be the last to go. I hit my goal almost 2 months ago and have been on maintenance. My belly is much flatter in clothes, but I still see it in the mirror every morning. The only way I'm going to get rid of the rest of it is to drop to about 10% body fat because it's the last to go on a man. That means I'm probably going to have to go 10lbs under my goal wieght. So I keep up exercise, strength training, and most of all cardio six days a week and I eat at maintenance and continue to log and stay in my macro goals. It's working, but it's going slow. You just have to have patience. I also exfoliate every day any areas where there is loose skin. It doesn't seem like it helps, but over time it does. The last thing I'll mention is that you need to drink plenty of water. Set yourself to drink up to a gallon a day and stick to it. I rarely drink a gallon, but with other things that I drink I probably come close. All of that keeps your skin hydrated, increases its elasticity, and allows it to tighten back up over time.

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe

richardgavel wrote: »

Could it at least help with skin tightening in that the stomach isn't being pulled down as much by gravity (assuming there is loose skin to tighten). Same way a bra provides support?

Exactly what I wanted to know!

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe

Spliner1969 wrote: »

suzyjane1972 wrote: »

And these things can weaken both core and back muscles causing more problems.

^^^this^^^ With a wrap of any type on you may look better but it allows your muscles to relax and that's not what you want. If you want a flatter belly, trust me, work on the ab muscles and all of the muscles in your body on a set schedule. With everything you do, keep your abdominal muscles taught, it helps support your back and strengthens those muscles. Eat at a deficit and the fat will go away eventually. It may, however, be the last to go. I hit my goal almost 2 months ago and have been on maintenance. My belly is much flatter in clothes, but I still see it in the mirror every morning. The only way I'm going to get rid of the rest of it is to drop to about 10% body fat because it's the last to go on a man. That means I'm probably going to have to go 10lbs under my goal wieght. So I keep up exercise, strength training, and most of all cardio six days a week and I eat at maintenance and continue to log and stay in my macro goals. It's working, but it's going slow. You just have to have patience. I also exfoliate every day any areas where there is loose skin. It doesn't seem like it helps, but over time it does. The last thing I'll mention is that you need to drink plenty of water. Set yourself to drink up to a gallon a day and stick to it. I rarely drink a gallon, but with other things that I drink I probably come close. All of that keeps your skin hydrated, increases its elasticity, and allows it to tighten back up over time.

Thank you! So, it is going to take time!

suzyjane1972

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe wrote: »

richardgavel wrote: »

Could it at least help with skin tightening in that the stomach isn't being pulled down as much by gravity (assuming there is loose skin to tighten). Same way a bra provides support?

Exactly what I wanted to know!

A bra supports what's there....if they are saggy and baggy before you put them in a bra they will be saggy and baggy once you take them out of the bra.

Reinventing_Me

I use one of those cheap Velcro ab wraps when I do plyometrics ONLY because the up and down motion of my belly fat and skin without it is pretty painful. I'm looking forward to not using it when my roll shrinks a little more.

SuperSaiyanGoddess86

No ladies she worked out in it for only 1 hour a day and lost 16 inches in her stomach plus her back and bra rolls are gone. she was 250 lbs and now she is 205

suzyjane1972

ladyjaye25 wrote: »

No ladies she worked out in it for only 1 hour a day and lost 16 inches in her stomach plus her back and bra rolls are gone. she was 250 lbs and now she is 205

Nope. ..just no....a piece of elastic doesn't make you miraculously lose weight or inches.

Reinventing_Me

ladyjaye25 wrote: »

No ladies she worked out in it for only 1 hour a day and lost 16 inches in her stomach plus her back and bra rolls are gone. she was 250 lbs and now she is 205

I really think it was the exercise and caloric deficit that made her lose weight and inches...and rolls.

Spliner1969

BecomeBetterThanMyYesterMe wrote: »

Thank you! So, it is going to take time!

I'd say so, yes. I have a belt hanging on my weight bench. I see it there every morning and ignore it because all it did was allow my muscles to relax in my midsection while wearing it. I've been much more successful building my abs on my own. I've been working on my abs 6 days a week along with a caloric deficit for the last 1.5 years. I still have that small amount of belly fat around the belly button that I wish that belt would help but it doesn't. I've been seeing it slowly shrink over the last few months but it's probably going to take a period of a couple of years, and honestly may never be perfect (I was simply overweight for too many years). I now have six pack abs, and even nicely developed obliques and you can see it all the way to about an inch away from my belly button then there's loose skin and whatever leftover fat/loose skin that's hiding under there. There's probably nothing at this point short of plastic surgery that would fix that quickly, so I just keep working on it and I work on dropping body fat by being at a very slight deficit (based on exercise (TDEE), not a deficit for BMR). I'm not so much in a deficit these days, I'm at maintenance so I'm concentrating on maintaining and building muscle in that area as well as everywhere else. Lately I've been working on my upper back and my chest so that it may provide some lift to that area as well. I figure in a year or two I'll know if it will go away without surgery. To be honest, I probably won't ever have surgery, it's just a waste of money since I'm happily married, have raised all my kids, and my wife likes me just the way I am. I need to impress no one other than her. My goal was to be a normal weight, build muscle around the parts of my spine that cause me pain, and to maintain that weight and fitness level long term. So far I've achieved that goal, the mid-section looking nice is just icing on the cake, but honestly I can do without it and can certainly wait it out if necessary.