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I’m on day three of the 30 Day Shred and frankly, if I live to day 30 it will be a complete miracle. Yesterday I whined to Chris that I wanted results a whole lot faster; she suggested that I do the entire 30 days all at once.

I was tempted.

I know that sculpted triceps take time and work, and I’m good with that, mostly (except for the part where the work part leaves me completely unable to lift my arms any higher than my waist — that part makes me a little weepy). In the meantime, though, I’m trying to manage the little roll of pizza dough that lingered after I lost all the baby weight, right there under my belly button and over the top of my jeans.

You know what I’m talking about.

Some of my friends have gone the tummy tuck route to get rid of that roll, because situps just weren’t doing it for them. I’m not a plastic surgery kind of girl; I’m envious of women with perfect breasts and flat stomachs, but all I can think is how much J. Crew that tummy tuck would buy, and I can’t do it.

Instead, I am all about shapewear. Because if a tank top can hold my pizza dough roll in place, then I say bring it.

I’ve tried every possible brand and style of shapewear, no exaggeration. And hands down, my favorite is the Yummie Tummie tank. It’s comfortable and well made and — and! — can totally be worn as a layering piece that people actually see!

In other words, it doesn’t look like shapewear. Which is awesome. (See the tank under my cardi, up there? Yummie Tummie! Really! And I left the house like that today!)

The Yummie Tummie tank is a lovely cotton across the chest and hips, but across the stomach it’s a solid panel of hold-it-in lycra blend that smooths the pizza dough roll away. But here’s the magical part: unlike other shapewear, the Yummie Tummie tank doesn’t leave me feeling like I might need to have my spleen removed at the end of the day.

Comfortable shapewear — who knew? Best thing ever. Promise.

A big thank you to the very clever girls at Clever Girls Collective for asking me to be a Yummie Tummie Ambassador, and to the Yummie Tummie people for providing me with the tanks.

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I like mine too. I got my first one at Ross on clearance for $5.00 and my others on Rue La La for less than half of retail. I’d never pay full price for them, but they definitely make me feel more confident in my form fitting sweaters.

I laughed out loud at the part about it being a miracle if you live to day 30 of the 30 Day Shred. That was me, 30 days ago, lady! You can do it. Although I won’t even tell you about how incredibly impossible Level 3 is. Also Level 2. Sorry.

I was going to say something about the fact that I could never pay $62 for something that goes under my clothes, no matter how awesome (that’s like 3/4 of a day’s pay for me). So I appreciate Corey’s comment with suggestions.

Susan says: Good point, girls — these tanks are expensive. If you’re a Twitter user, watch for #yummietummie, or follow Yummie Tummie (@yummietummie) — they’ve been tweeting about discounts and giveaways. Right now, there’s a $250 gift card up for grabs, which is a really sweet deal.

oh man, i so want one.

I just bought the Yummie Tummie nursing tank and love it! Also, if you can hang on with the 30 day shred series, I’ve found that it really worked for me when I forced myself to do it everyday.

Dude. I have several, because I don’t have pizza roll, I have triple layer cake. But I got a leopard patterned one at BlogHer! Voila, life is complete.

Susan - I am starting the 30day shred on Monday w/a friend from work. I am nervous but want to do it to get rid of my pizza roll, muffin top - whatever you want to call it. If the shred would also erase stretch marks, I’d be forever grateful………

This is what I’m wondering - if the $62 is worth it. That is a lot to take away from my J.Crew fund, I MEAN HOUSE FUND.

Dammit. I KNEW I forgot to do something at BlogHer; it was holding you down and stealing one of your Yummie Tummies! Sigh.

Susan, my husband and I are Shredding, too. I wrote about our “experience” getting started here: http://katandgray.blogspot.com/2009/06/shredded.html . We’re still doing it, but more sporadically. We need to get committed to every night again!

I just recently purchased a yummy tummy tank in a pink blush color, XL size- I’m large chested. I adore it so much. I will say that usually I can not find shape wear that fits my chest. I’m a 40DD. So bravo to yummy tummy for us large chested girls. This is the best shapewear out there hands down ! I love mine and like you said, it can be shown because it looks like a tank, not shapewear. Love this company.

I was just reading how much you all have paid for these tanks. I didn’t spend that at all. I bought mine at ROSS store. It cost me $6.99. Go to ross and take a look.

I’ve tried Yummie Tummy before but I didn’t like how the shirts compressed my chest. I prefer slimpressions.com because they have shirts that cut below the bust line and allow for some lift. I’d look at them too if I were you.

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