What Is The Best Shapewear For Tummy Control?
Today I had a really sweet email from a lady asking me "what is the best shapewear for tummy control?"
This is actually a bit of a tricky one to answer, as it really depends on the size and shape of your tummy. Our tummy sizes and shapes vary wildly, but most of us have one thing in common, we really do not like our tummies.
The Different Types Of Tummy Shapes
The Little Sticky Out Pooch Tummy
If you are generally fairly slim, but have a little tummy bulge that just never goes away not matter how many sit ups you do, this bit is for you. This is my older sister. She is so lovely and slim, but her tiny belly drives her mad. I swear in her head it is some michelin man style tyre round her waist. When actually it really isn't noticable and looks quite nice!
However, you still want it to be slimmer, especially in scary dresses like bodycons. So the sort of shapewear you need to be looking at is SMALL shapewear. Don't go for anything too full on. Just focus on the tummy area.
You can easily get away with an itsy bitsy control thong or a cute little pair of slimming pants. These will give you a nice bit of tummy control, in that your pooch will be flattened and smoothed out.
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The Spare Tyre Tummy
The spare tyre tummy type is the most common one of them all (sorry to call lots of you common, but you are amongst friends). This type of tummy is often caused by not having a strong core body strength. If you don't exercise a great deal and sit down in front of a computer all day, the chances are you have a spare tyre tummy.
The spare tyre tummy is easily disguised with shapewear. You don't need to go for anything too strong - firm control is best for this. It is easy to get on, comfy to wear all day, and it will instantly hide your spare tyre tummy. It is best to go for a high waisted style so that you don't spill over the top of your shapewear.
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The Kangaroo Pouch Or Apron Tummy - Also Called A Mummy Tummy
This one is ME! I'm a woman of a certain age (no I'm not going to tell you, it's getting THAT big) and I have had 2 children. So many lovely ladies that I know tell me they have this type of tummy too. It is a sort of wobbly flap that hangs down and makes me very sad. Mine isn't quite there yet, but I swear in a few years I'm going to have to actually tuck it into my knickers. I've seen it happen, well on really mean greetings cards!
The only way to hide a tummy like mine is with EXTRA FIRM control and BIG shapewear. Things have to be enveloped and contained as there is simply too much for anything small.
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The Wine Tummy
The wine tummy is the female version of a beer belly. Many things can cause it, beer and wine being just 2 of them. The wine tummy is the sort of tummy that is just permanently round and sticky out. In some ways it is preferable to the apron tummy, as it is less lumpy and bumpy. But it is still something that lots of us want to make less of.
The best way to hide a beer belly tummy is by giving it more definition. And for that you have to go with a waist cincher. Full on maximum control with boning. This will pull you in and flatten you out, making you look less round and much more curvy.
3 Shapewear Solutions For You To Try
I hope this little run down of tummies and shapewear was helpful to you. If you need any further help choosing shapewear just get in touch with me. As you can tell, I LOVE to talk about shapewear!