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Haha at the corset rollercoaster. Jeeeesh do I know EXACTLY what that's like! Except not with a corset. Yet. I went through it when I bought a swimsuit that was absolutely perfect for me. And then realized I really didn't have the money I'd just spent. And I'd have to, like, wear it in public to get it's intended use out of it. Then I was like, screw it, the swimsuit is awesomesauce! Then I was like, but in public... Then I was like screw em. If they don't like it, they can leave the danged pool, I'm the pool manager dammit.

I'm not anymore... And I don't have access to a pool anymore... but the swimsuit did end up getting used this summer.

As for the diet so long you lose your appetite... That's normal. And it's not really a lost appetite so much as a diminished ability to digest food after being on a starvation diet for even a short time. You generally need to ramp back up slowly. Or... The combination in that Digest Extra is pretty awesome! I'm glad you have a health food place near you that actually knows their business. The ones by me are more into the whole homeopathy shenanigans. So I tend to order my stuff from Swanson. They're into homeopathy shenanigans too, but they also do know their business over on the real side of things. They've been in the REAL business a lot longer than most. They just joined the homeopathy bandwagon so as not to lose that set of customers from their base to the idiots that overhype the junk.

Lol I'm incredibly bipolar, so I go back and forth like that with EVERYTHING. I hate everything in my closet right now, even though when I bought it I was absolutely in love with it. :/ I can just never be satisfied with things.

I've actually lost a pound or two somehow...even though I stopped dieting and exercising so much...I guess with my new, smaller appetite (I really did eat way too much before, so this is good) and my digestion pills, I'm finally starting to get to where I need to be. I may even be closer to 25.5" by the time my corset comes in the mail! I'm so glad that woman knew what she was talking about. Unfortunately, not everyone there necessarily has these problems, so I'm so glad we could find the one girl who knew first-hand. If I ever need advice in-store like that again, I'm definitely going to see if any of the employees know first-hand before taking advice based on what most of the customers buy.