Shaping Up for That Big Event

When faced with the approach of a big event that you absolutely positively must look your best for but you find that the outfit you have chosen to wear is now pretty tight on you, it's time to take drastic action! Looking around for answers to the immediate problem will throw up some interesting possible solutions.

That's not such a big deal if the event is a week or even a few days away, because strict dieting might just save the day. Let's look at some of the options you might be faced with:

Drastic Dieting

Starving yourself is not really an option, even if you have been thinking about it. That's because not only could it impact your health, you probably hate to go without food for any length of time! But you can dramatically reduce your calorie intake from now up until the time you need to wear that outfit!

Get out that recipe for cabbage soup and make that your main meal from now until the important day. You can lose a few pounds in a few days on that diet, but remember its only meant as a short term fix. You'll likely put back the weight later once your return to eating your normal diet!

Get to the Gym

The gym is another option, but you have to be pretty determined to make it work for you. Recent studies have concluded that exercise is not the best way to lose weight, although it is the best way to improve fitness and health, while it can definitely tone up and firm up your body, which is the ultimate solution you want to achieve to fit into that outfit anyway.

However, not everyone is able to get to the gym and work out like a maniac for an hour or more every day. You could try aerobics classes, but again, it is very hard work and if you're not used to it you could end up doing yourself more harm than good by overextending yourself.

No one wants to turn up at a big event feeling terrible and aching all over!

Get Some Shapewear

A third alternative exists and that is to fake it! Get some good quality shapewear and prepare to be amazed that you can fit into an outfit a size (or more) smaller than you normally could do. How is this possible?

Modern shapewear gently compresses those flabby body areas that tend to bulge out of tight fitting clothing, such as the tummy, thighs, upper arms and backside. It does an excellent job of keeping everything held in while you feel comfortable wearing that amazing outfit without looking like you shoe-horned it on!

Because it is not constrictive like older girdles and corsets used to be, this body shaping underwear remains comfortable while actually promoting blood flow to the areas being held. Best of all, good quality shapewear undergarments are so sheer nowadays that it is virtually invisible beneath clothes, so no one need know that you are even wearing it!

What will you choose as your solution?