11/30/09 -day 16

Great Thanksgiving. Not too gluttonous. I am making this dress for a Christmas party. It is the full length one out of a red shantung. I have another butterick 1952 vintage pattern that looks fabulous with the corset. I will post pics.

It didn't wear it at all on Thanksgiving or on Friday. Oops. But the rest of the weekend, I wore it at about 26". For several hours on sunday I wore it at 25". It doesn't hurt like it did. 26.5" is way too loose now.

I am a little confused. When my corset is laid out flat, each half measures 11.5". So it should measure 23" when completely closed. Strangely though, when I have it on and there is only a 1" gap, it measures 25". That would seem that it would be 24" when closed. I don't get the discrepancy.

Somebody help me with the back fat issue. Yuk!! A tiny waist is really offset by the nasty spillover effect. It is difficult to be discreet about wearing a corset when it looks like I am wearing a way-too-small bra.
I went jogging yesterday and made myself sick again. This is stupid. I have really scaled back. I jog a 1/2mile then walk a 1/2 mile, totalling three. One would think my body could handle this!!! Buncha crap. It can't go on forever.