Spanx Leaves Me Breathless…

…no, really. It’s hard to breathe in. It is pretty wonderful, but very tight. I guess if it felt okay, it wouldn’t work as well.

When I first got it – I got the tank top one, I’m not a onesie kind of person – I was trying to put it on, and I thought I’d ordered the wrong size! I checked the tag, which said “Yes, our sizes really do go that high,” so it was the correct size. I put it on over my head, and it just was not working because it was choking me…

Hey, maybe that’s how it makes you look thinner – it crushes your throat so eating is painful? Genius!

Anyway, as I was trying to put it on –  and thinking of how awkward it would look if paramedics found me like that – I turn my head a little and realize that the box says to step into it…and I think that won’t work because IT’S A TANK TOP!! Who steps into a tank top, really?! If it were a onesie or a skirt, I’d understand. Besides, if it’s not going over my boobs, how in the world will it go over my rear end?

So I keep struggling, hoping that I don’t somehow rip the seams out of it with an extra pointy elbow, and I finally get it over my boobs. I figure that it’s time to rest for a bit because that was exercise – another added bonus? – but then I realize that it’s really tight around my ribcage, so I’d better pull it all the way down.

It’s completely on, and the result was nice, but is it really worth the literal pain and effort to put it on? Tell me what you think.