No, Waist Trainers DO NOT work

Waist Trainers. You've probably been seeing them all over the place. Women wearing them at the gym while they work out or hiking, spam emails promising dramatic results and Kim Kardashian's instagram, which, bee tee dubs, makes for the newest entry on my long, long list of "Reasons Not to Pay Any Attention to Kim Kardashian."

No, they don't work. Don't be stupid.

Seriously. What is wrong with this family? 

The copy on one of the websites marketing these useless, victorian-esque torture devices says:

“waist shapers will help you lose fat and inches from your waist, metabolize fat, release toxins, compress your core, and reduce food intake throughout the day.” 

There are a lot of problems with that sentence. It is not possible to spot reduce at your waist, nothing you wear will help metabolize fat, your "core" won't be compressed while you wear it but  all your internal organs will be, the only toxins "released" will be the ones squeezed out of those gasping, strangled, bruised and "compressed" organs, and those'll just float around in your bloodstream polluting the rest of your body until they can be reprocessed by your, hopefully soon to be liberated liver (side note - only ONE thing helps remove toxins from your body: water. More blogs on "cleanses" coming soon).

Somebody who has worn one may tell you they "worked out in it once and lost two pounds!!" Thats' probably true….but it was all water. Basically your friend is bragging about being dehydrated, and she'll gain that weight back with every ounce of liquid she ingests starting with the useless $9.00 "pressed juice" she also swears by (oh yeah, there's a blog on that coming, too).

Here is what I need you to do: Stop believing ridiculous bullshit because you would rather look for shortcuts than workout and eat properly.