Spanx

Just do what I do, order a marquee to wear when desperate, you can get them in nice colours now!

No, for your daughter's wedding breathing is entirely optional. Is it too late for the diet? I kept meaning to, never got round to it and when I saw the pics I thought , sh*t, should have done the diet. Long live shapewear!

I think they are the most uncomfortable thing going and the spare has to go somewhere is it to late to start a healthy eating plan?

Sound really uncomfortable to me - don't do it, life is too short!

Don't go there, you'll pass out!Cover up with a nice jacket

You will end up with a muffin top. I bought a pair and I thought I was going to faint.
When DD got married I pulled my body into shape on toning tables, do they exist now ? If they are still around they really, really work.

I've tried the M&S version, and found them more M than S!

They do work to a degree, I was trying the sort of very long line knickers ones, but found that they left a tell tale bulge on my lower thigh!

And I couldn't put my hand on my heart and say they were comfortable!

Try TKMax. I bought a lovely camisole type top- squashes the boos a bit, but irons out any midriff bulges. Only £9.99.

Sorry- boobs!

I've a Spanx all-in-one. It cost me dear. Tried it on and, although I looked very trim, I felt as though my insides were being gradually condensed to a pulp. Took it off. Wrapped it in tissue. Put it back in it's box. Placed it in the drawer and there it shall remain... .

I bought a pair of Spanx for my daughter's wedding a couple of years ago. By the time it came to the reception, I had gone upstairs to my bedroom and removed them!! Very restrictive and I'm not particularly fat - just wobbly. After the wedding, they went into a drawer and have stayed there ever since. My daughter wore a pair under her wedding dress, but she managed to keep hers on! More stamina than me.

DD thought about wearing control pants under her wedding dress (she is thin as a stick insect) but decided against them in the end as couldn't face a Bridget Jones type scenario on her wedding night!
Now what you need is what my mother used to refer to as a "firm foundation" footings anyone?

Thanks everyone - you've saved me a few £££££. And I thought Spanx were supposed to be the miracle shape-wear us less-than-perfect ladies were all waiting for, but obviously not!
Don't think i am particularily large (size 16) but never really lost the rounded tum after the sprogs (many, many years ago) And yes, i do have a healthy diet (incl. the obligatory 5 a day) but with the best will in the world, dont think i'm going to lose it in the next 6 weeks.
Perhaps i should go for a cheaper/less restrictive version (someone suggested Primark ?) and hope for the best.

What are toning tablets, harrigran?

I bought a pair of a French make years ago in a small boutique- cost about £50 which i thought was ridiculous BUT they made me immedialtely look a stone slimmer & were so light & comfortable & they are still going strong & I have worn them so many times - I mean at least once or twice a week if not more.
If only I had not thrown the box away as I have no idea of the make. I would buy another pair like a shot if I could find them. have tried other cheaper makes but nothing is anything like these.
So if anyone has a clue what they could be I'd love to know!