Spanx!~

I'm with you there! I was making a dress for a friend and she asked me if she should bring over her spanx for a fitting. I told her no. I wanted the dress to fit her as she is.

Spanx is just a girdle, but instead of laces and boning, it uses spandex.

Let's all stop trying to be something we're not. I love myself, with all my lumps and bumps. I'm trying to lose weight, but even when I'm skinny, I still don't think I'll be flat and smooth.

I have known even "skinny" women that wear them. It is about shaping the body and smoothing out the lines and bulges.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I love my Spanx!! I'm not overweight, but I am a very apple-shaped person, and depending on what material a dress is made of, I look very lumpy sometimes.

Spanx just makes me look smooth and tucked in... it's a subtle difference, but very essential for dresses in certain materials, like that clingy jersey-knit stuff!!

Let's all stop trying to be something we're not. I love myself, with all my lumps and bumps.

So I take it you don't wear a bra? Since you're against smoothing out lumps and bumps? lol

If you go out and wear spanx don't even think about eating or drinking

If you go out and wear spanx don't even think about eating or drinking

Oh they're not that bad, it's just elastic... try a corset with boning! now THAT will curb a girl's appetite... hahaha :bigsmile:

I have known even "skinny" women that wear them. It is about shaping the body and smoothing out the lines and bulges.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Actresses often wear Spanx on the red carpet, and Oprah is a huge fan.

I have to disagree - Spanx are simply amazing and not at all uncomfortable. Even once I get to my goal weight, I'm never going to be free of cellulite and when wearing business attire Spanx makes it so much more flattering. I have no problem with women wearing swim suits with cellulite or anything like that, but somehow when wearing close fitting clothing like business slacks or pencil skirts, cellulite is not very flattering. Plus, if you are not a woman who enjoys wearing thong underwear, it smooths out panty lines.

I dont find them uncomfortable at all!

I find them good to smooth out lumps and bumps, don't make you smaller just smoother.

If you go out and wear spanx don't even think about eating or drinking

I don't agree, but I have only worn the bottoms, never the ones for dresses or just the tops, so I don't know how constricting those are. I would never wear a suit without Spanx and I don't feel uncomfortable in them at all. But maybe the dress ones are more constricting.

I've worn the high waisted ones-- basically underwear that goes up to your bra-- and they never kept me from eating or drinking! It's tight, but secure feeling, like a sports bra... It just feels like everything is being held in place... Lol

I wear a 6/8 but my weight is all in the front. I bought Spanx to wear under a clingy party dress and wanted to flatten out my tummy a little. It worked, but it was the most uncomfortable thing to put on! I even tried it on in the store and bought a larger size. They are okay for special occasions, but I wouldn't want to wear one regularly

I had a slip that was similar to spanx, and it had a built in bra, which I really liked and wore it under dresses to smooth things out. Not to suck it all in and lose a couple of sizes. That's when you run into painful gouging and not being able to eat anything for fear of your clothes exploding off of you.

i think they are great, slightly cheaper and less daunting than having a tummy tuck thats for sure... why is it so bad to wear something smooth out your curves. if you are overweight, you can't spanx out being overweight, it just smooths the lines a bit... it's not like you are a size 16 and stick a spanks on and look like a size 10, you'll just look a little less wobbly 16.

if you want to get down to a size 12 or 10 or 8 or 6, you'll have to lose the bodyfat, but the spanks might make you feel good in the mean time.

i use those kind of underwear when i wear a dress, because after having 2 c-sections, my stomach still sticks out and makes me look pregnant, and wobbles, so i put the underwear on, feel a little less bulgy, wobbly and a bit smoother. i'm not at my goal, and still have a way to go, but i'm pretty sure, when i get to my pre-pregnancy weight, my stomach will stick out alot further than it did pre-children.

nobody seems to care if people have a tummy tuck or a boob job (the cheats way out), but it's not ok to stick on some spanks to make you feel a bit more glamourous. just like a bra, how is wearing a bra cheating. if i didn't wear one, my boobs would be down to my belly button, it's genetics and age. unless you are super super psycho fit and obsessed, gravity will take it's toll, age will take it's toll, child rearing will take it's toll. none of us are perfect, we need a bit of help at times to counteract the perils of the ageing body.

people who are delusional (a size 16+ thinking that a spanks will make them look like they've lose 10kg) will always be dilusional. too bad for them. You, on the other hand, are committed to making the changes, will reap the real rewards.

Why would you hate Spanx?

It gives women confidence that they look good in their clothes. I don't see anything wrong with that.
It can tighten up the wiggle, and smooth out the lumps and bumps. It doesn't reduce your size.

When I was 149 I still wore them because I was still wiggly from my excess skin... It helped me feel good in my clothes... I just don't understand the big issue, why be upset that someone else is trying to feel good about themselves even if they are bigger than you?