July 18, 2024

Cinched in for the night. Let’s see…

Started 12:30am, 159.6lb for evening weigh-in. Washing the other two liners right now.

Scratch that. I did an extra tug to the laces before the bow, so 31.75".

Nevermind again, I backed it off to 32.5". The top especially was poking my right rib. I feel like it makes the top of the busk poke out, though.

Morning 158.0lbs. I was awake several times, out of bed at 5am and seriously considered removing the corset.

If there is a way to sleep in this corset, I did it wrong. Laying on my back made pain in my epigastric region, which I had to look up. Side sleeping was kinda weird, but stomach sleeping was OK. I thought there was a term for what lingering pain was in the top center of my stomach, but some diagrams suggest it may be the heartburn that people say might happen when sleeping in a corset.

It would be convenient to put it on after my evening shower, then keep it on until the kids come home from school. That woulg give me roughly 16 hrs of shaping! Maybe I back it off to 33.0" and try again some other day? Wonder if I a different one to be able to sleep in it? I left it on top fo the rifle case to air-out, but may be able to put it in the travel case before leaving for Pensacola.