Does anyone uses a waist trainer?? Someone Plus size preferably

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,065 Member
    Ronc28 wrote: »
    Sugar and all it's forms are your enemy.
    Actually it's the fear of it that's your enemy.
    Check out Dr Mercola!
    Makes sense now why you're posting what you're posting.
    Fat doesn't make you fat. Sugar and excess calories make you fat!
    Actually over consumption is what makes everyone fat. If we're talking anecdotes, there are lots and lots of lean and fit people who eat carbs in moderation on a regular basis with no issues of weight. Good you like what you do for you, but advocating for a system that's not going to be a LIFESTYLE for some for the rest of their life isn't the only way.

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Ronc28 wrote: »
    I would like to clarify my previous post. I am a believer in caloric restriction and exercise as the way to improve your health and lose weight. Sugar and all it's forms are your enemy. Eating a low carbohydrate diet with lots of good fat is the way to improve insulin resistance. Do your own research. There are plenty of people who think eating low fat is the way to be healthy. But, there is significant new research that says eating a high fat diet is best. Check out Dr Mercola! I have noticed a lot of testimonials from vegans, vegetarians, Paleos, and Adkins diet proponents who provide annecdotal proof of their success. But then you find out they are competing in triathlons, running marathons or biking 150 miles per week. Well, probably all of us would lose weight on such a high level of physical exercise. I am 70 years old ... I walk about 5 miles every day and have lost about 30 lbs over the last year. I try to eat less than 100 grams of carbohydrates each day and I stay away from all simple sugars, trans fats, and try to eat fresh vegetables. I am not afraid of fats. And my cholesterol is excellent even though I eat eggs and bacon almost every morning. Fat doesn't make you fat. Sugar and excess calories make you fat. Good luck!



    Whines about non-scientific answers and anecdotes...then recommends Mercola and gives an anecdote?


    :checks calendar: Yeah - I sure hope this is an April Fool's joke. Sadly, I'm thinking not.
  • Taniab43
    Taniab43 Posts: 42 Member
    r_wilson9 wrote: »
    hey you guys I'm really thinking about getting a waist trainer!!! I've been reading the pros and cons but as anyone I'm more so on the pro side lol


    I think there is so e benefit to using a waist trainer. 1) if you have had a baby, it can help to bring your muscle back together, however you will have to do a series of excersies to help also. 2) if you are overweight and need to bring your stomach muscles back together. But that is it.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    edited April 2015
    Obviously there are posters responding that are unclear on what a waist trainer does. It is not spandex but is related to a corset.

    A waist trainer squeezes so tight that it actually displaces the internal organs and can cause health problems. One complication is that by pushing the organs in and up against the diaphragm it causes breathing issues. It can also do permanent damage by tearing tissue and permanently dislodging organs.
    r_wilson9 wrote: »
    hey you guys I'm really thinking about getting a waist trainer!!! I've been reading the pros and cons but as anyone I'm more so on the pro side lol

    No, you have read marketing claims and cons, there are no pros.
  • _QueenE_
    _QueenE_ Posts: 459 Member
    I wouldn't do it. Hard work is where it's at!
  • PatsyFitzpatrick
    PatsyFitzpatrick Posts: 335 Member
    barbecuesauce wrote: »
    r_wilson9 wrote: »
    hey you guys I'm really thinking about getting a waist trainer!!! I've been reading the pros and cons but as anyone I'm more so on the pro side lol

    You're going to have a sweaty middle and temporary results. Just figure out your deficit, eat at that, and be patient. My waist is so much trimmer than it was 48 pounds ago.

    SOOO TRUE!! No sort cuts friend.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    HotKanye wrote: »
    My foster daughter is hooked on the weight trainer corset and I find it so upsetting! From the research I've done a lot of what is said about health concerns is not proven so I don't think it's going to likely do long term damage to your body. HOWEVER it is going to cause you pain/discomfort while using it. It's going to limit the extent to which you can do exercises with proper form. And most of all it's a reinforcement of an outdated and absurd standard of what a woman should look like. I'm not a violent person but I kind of want to slap Kim Kardashian for making this a thing! We do not all need to have giant boobs, a tiny waist and a nice round butt. That's not reality for almost anyone and to expect that of yourself means you need to detox from magazines, tv etc and surround yourself with people who encourage you to love your body the way it is. If you want to improve your health move your body more and make good food choices most of the time. You are beautiful just the way you are so don't give your money to anyone who tells you you need to buy their product to be good enough. You already are. <3

    Ugh gawd you should steal that thing and burn it. It's such a self-destructive fad - "I hate my body so much that I shall attempt to break it so it looks nicer". Yuck, I'm sorry you/she are going through that.
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