Tales of a Waist Trainee
I was on the phone the other day with my very good friend Ezinwa, it’s
been three months after NYSC and trust me; these calories ain’t kidding.
As a single lady, call me vain, but I don’t think its right to have one
pack. I was seriously considering getting a waist trainer and told Ezi
about it. It felt like she was going to eat me up but for distance when
she yelled “Dami don’t try it!” Then the narrative began.
Ezi had this boyfriend during service who kept complaining about sizable she had become especially in the tummy area. For a while, people thought she had a bun in the oven. Bae went as far as giving my friend so much money to get “a few of this girdle girls wear nowadays” to get rid of her bulgy belly and unsightly love handles.
She was GLAD! She got two different types of waist trainers and things were fine till my friend could no longer breathe. Shortly after the training began, she noticed started having terrible heart burns. Coughing became really difficult as she felt intense pains in her chest and waist in the process. Later she had horrible chest pains and at some point, my friend could barely sit, stand, bend or crouch. Just like Yorubas illustrate one who swallowed a pestle.
She had to go home damning whatever consequences NYSC had in store for her. Her parents took her to their family hospital and just like in Nollywood movies; the doctor said there was nothing wrong with Ezi medically as he couldn’t make any diagnosis.
She was placed on observation and the paramedics ran new series of tests. This time, an x-ray was taken. When the results came through, the doctor said it showed that she had a couple of disoriented ribs. She hadn’t been in any accident so everyone wondered why. Funny enough, my babe still had her trainer on. She needed to have her bath the next morning and when she took off her armour; she noticed the pains were worse when the armour was off than when she had it on. She had her bulgy belly out but when she tucked it in the natural way, the pain subsided. She did all she had to with her tummy tucked in and on getting back to her suite, she made her observation known to her doctor.
After three long days at the hospital, it was discovered her internal organs were just finding it difficult to obey the trainer. Under normal circumstances, as the doctor said, waist trainers have more effect on the inside than they do on the outside. In order to achieve that coke bottle shape you see on the outside, lots of displacements have to take place in your body system. Bended ribs, shifted kidneys, shrinked intestines amid many other organ reconstructions. She merely experienced a cumulative result of the entire training process. The doctor explained further by saying the organ reconstruction process is unnoticeable for some while it’s intolerable for others. It all depends on how much discomfort your body system can put up with.
Ezi eventually burnt her waist trainers because according to her, she couldn’t give it to her worst enemy. She could not watch anyone else go through such pain. She got better after a while and even lost all the extra pounds and bulgy belly as soon as she started working, thanks to life in Lagos.
Moral of this tale: Everybody and every body is beautiful. You are wonderfully and beautifully made. Love yourself and if a couple of pounds won’t let you, shed weight the healthy way. There’s no short cut to it. Eat healthy, hit the gym and pray to God. You’d be amazed at your results.
PS: Dear reader, this article doesn’t give you the liberty to stare at my stomach whenever you see me.
Ezi had this boyfriend during service who kept complaining about sizable she had become especially in the tummy area. For a while, people thought she had a bun in the oven. Bae went as far as giving my friend so much money to get “a few of this girdle girls wear nowadays” to get rid of her bulgy belly and unsightly love handles.
She was GLAD! She got two different types of waist trainers and things were fine till my friend could no longer breathe. Shortly after the training began, she noticed started having terrible heart burns. Coughing became really difficult as she felt intense pains in her chest and waist in the process. Later she had horrible chest pains and at some point, my friend could barely sit, stand, bend or crouch. Just like Yorubas illustrate one who swallowed a pestle.
She had to go home damning whatever consequences NYSC had in store for her. Her parents took her to their family hospital and just like in Nollywood movies; the doctor said there was nothing wrong with Ezi medically as he couldn’t make any diagnosis.
She was placed on observation and the paramedics ran new series of tests. This time, an x-ray was taken. When the results came through, the doctor said it showed that she had a couple of disoriented ribs. She hadn’t been in any accident so everyone wondered why. Funny enough, my babe still had her trainer on. She needed to have her bath the next morning and when she took off her armour; she noticed the pains were worse when the armour was off than when she had it on. She had her bulgy belly out but when she tucked it in the natural way, the pain subsided. She did all she had to with her tummy tucked in and on getting back to her suite, she made her observation known to her doctor.
After three long days at the hospital, it was discovered her internal organs were just finding it difficult to obey the trainer. Under normal circumstances, as the doctor said, waist trainers have more effect on the inside than they do on the outside. In order to achieve that coke bottle shape you see on the outside, lots of displacements have to take place in your body system. Bended ribs, shifted kidneys, shrinked intestines amid many other organ reconstructions. She merely experienced a cumulative result of the entire training process. The doctor explained further by saying the organ reconstruction process is unnoticeable for some while it’s intolerable for others. It all depends on how much discomfort your body system can put up with.
Ezi eventually burnt her waist trainers because according to her, she couldn’t give it to her worst enemy. She could not watch anyone else go through such pain. She got better after a while and even lost all the extra pounds and bulgy belly as soon as she started working, thanks to life in Lagos.
Moral of this tale: Everybody and every body is beautiful. You are wonderfully and beautifully made. Love yourself and if a couple of pounds won’t let you, shed weight the healthy way. There’s no short cut to it. Eat healthy, hit the gym and pray to God. You’d be amazed at your results.
PS: Dear reader, this article doesn’t give you the liberty to stare at my stomach whenever you see me.
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