Losing Weight With A Corset

One of the most common questions about corsets and waist trainers is whether they can help you lose weight. Our corset experts have put together this guide to answer that question. If you need more details or have other corseting or waist training questions, you can reach out to one of them right now:

Fat loss is achieved when you use more calories than you bring in to your body - through a combination of diet and exercise. Corsets don’t target fat loss, as much as we may like. And unfortunately there isn’t a magic weight loss tea, “fat burning” gel or wrap, or celebrity endorsed waist cincher that will cause you to lose belly fat. Waist training can support your healthy weight loss journey to carve out a more curvy hourglass shape when you aren’t laced up in a corset. Just take a look at any of our Before & After results to see how your silhouette can be transformed with waist training.

While waist training does not cause weight loss and it can’t target belly fat, many people find that they don’t overeat at meal time while they are comfortably laced in. If you struggle with eating sensible portions, you might like the feeling of being corseted while eating! We refer to it as an “external lap band” since the sensation is quite similar! Eating 4-6 small meals instead of 3 large meals is another great way to manage portions while waist training, comfortably!

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Corsets are not designed for weight loss-but rather to reshape the waist (and provide posture and back support). If you choose to employ corseting as a way to help shed unwanted pounds by eating smaller portions, here are some things to consider.

Over time with consistent waist training, you’ll notice your natural waistline measurement will come in and measure smaller even when you’re not wearing your corset. You’ll also be able to cinch your corset in further than you could at the beginning of your corset training! So, the corset shapes your waist into a classic hourglass shape but doesn't melt belly fat.

Tip #1: Choose the right size & style! A too small corset won’t give you results more quickly and can even make you look bulkier. If you’re unsure about the fit of your Orchard Corset, try our corset sizing tool or send our team a message and they will be happy to do a fit assessment with you!

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Tip #2: Play with your wardrobe! You’ll notice that some silhouettes flatter a corseted waist better than others, we highly encourage you to lace up and play dress up to find the shape that makes you feel your most awesome. Make sure to check out favorite customer looks in our corset lookbook.

Tip #3: Small tweaks can go a long way! Our friend Lucy of Lucy’s Corsetry has a wonderful tip for smoothing out the lower belly pooch. This trick is great for so many figures: whether you have loose skin from weight loss or childbirth, if you have a low hanging tummy that wants to escape down and out of your corset or even if you’ve just trained down so far that your soft tissue is displacing in a way that you don’t like. Readjusting your soft tissue to come up into the corset rather than down and out will help you to create a smooth silhouette from any angle.

Tip #4: To battle the dreaded back bulge that corseting can create, we highly recommend either our beloved Vedette 941 for Orchard Corset Underbust bra booster. This little shaper can be worn with and without your corset and will smooth and shape for an enviable figure.

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If you’re looking for even more coverage than the popular Vedette 941, we suggest the Vedette 3133 Sleek Upper Arm shaper & Back Bulge Smoother! This powerful shaper has everything you love about the 941 but with even more shaping power!

If you want double the impact, you can use corsets as part of your weight loss journey. Make sure to keep these tips in mind:

Tip #1: Consistency. Like any program that requires dedication, the best waist training results will come from consistency. This doesn’t mean you need to wear your corsets every hour of you day, but dedicating a few hours each day will go a long way.

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Tip #2: Diet. Everybody is different but there are some basic things that all people can try to get in their diet to feel like their most awesome self:

Tip #3: Regular Exercise. Everybody is different but there are some basic things that all people can try to get in their diet to feel like their most awesome self:

Tip #4: Rest and Hydration. Hydration is proven to help promote proper digestion which prevents a bloated tummy, anyone that has ever felt constipated knows that when your stomach feels this way, it can often be accompanied by visible bloating.

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Our bodies recover while we are at rest/sleeping. Our muscles repair themselves and our natural collagen is able to build back up. If we are not rested, our body can’t take care of itself. Everyone is different, but a good goal is to go to sleep and wake up at the same time each day, some people thrive on 8+ hours of sleep and others feel too groggy with that much rest and feel better with 6 or fewer. Whatever makes you feel most awesome is the right thing for you.

Tip #5: Keep a journal. Whether you keep a digital journal on your phone or an old-fashioned paper journal, we highly encourage you to track your progress and results! It can be difficult to maintain perspective when it seems like your results aren’t coming in fast enough, but if you track your natural and corseted measurements, hours you’re able to cinch in, any notes on comfort or fit and feel we think you’ll love the process! Waist training requires you to listen to your body, incorporating a journal can be a positive way to enjoy the waist training journey.

Tip #6: Sleep in your corset. Yes, you read that right! You can sleep in your corset safely. In fact, many people like to get their waist training hours in while their body is at rest. Some people choose to do this because their daily routines prohibit them from corseting while they are awake, or for those super dedicated waist trainers that train 23/7 - only taking their corset off to shower and workout.

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Tip #7: Make some corset friends! While this one doesn’t seem like it’s relevant to results, it’s actually one of the most important and overlooked! Finding support on your new waist training journey will help you to feel more confident in your choices, will allow you to get advice from waist trainers who have been training for some time, have more fun while with it and get to know like-minded individuals who share a passion for corseting! Join our Facebook group to find waist training support all over the world!

Unfortunately, products like this are not able to affect changes on your body. The idea that you can spread some moisturizing gel on your body, wrap yourself in a cincher or corset and “target belly fat” is just too good to be true.

Water weight is just that, weight that is dependent upon the amount of hydration in your body. We can sweat to a point where we will become dehydrated and look a little slimmer for a period, but it’s only temporary. You may sweat out water weight if you let yourself get warm while laced up or cinched into a corset, however water weight fluctuates and will return just as soon as you’re rehydrated.

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This is another one of those too good to be true myths. While you can surgically move fat from one place on your body to another, you can’t shift your belly fat to create a more curvy hip and rounder booty. Wearing a corset will trick the eye into giving the illusion of a fuller hip by comparison of your smaller waist, but it’s not able to force the fat tissue into a new location. Wouldn’t that be nice, though?