Back on the Wagon

Today makes one week of "Take Two". I stopped shortly after my last post due to frustration and lack of support from my husband. I am now single and corseted again. What else has changed... I am more successful with running. I'm now up to 7 miles. My waist is a natural 26.5" and I've been lacing to 26. I haven't lost any weight, but I know my composition has shifted toward more muscle. This time around I am getting rid of expectation. I wear it as loose as I please and am happy to have it on. I am enjoying the experience. I got a cotton off-the-shelf Mescantes that is buskless. Aside from the string being a mile long, I do prefer this one. It is easier to wear under jeans, even tight ones. I don't worry about ruining the cotton. My biggest problem now is the need to take it off at the end of the day because of the itchies. My skin gets so impressed and wrinkled it seems like a bad idea to keep it on 24. Maybe tonight I will loosen it only.