Archive for the ‘Contest Winner!’ Category

We asked for your shapewear stories, and you came through with several great ones! It was too hard to pick just one winner and runner up like we originally planned, so we added a second runner up prize, as well as three honorable mentions.

Amanda from NYC is our grand prize winner! She will receive a $500 Yummie Tummie gift certificate, plus a $500 shopping spree and professional styling guidance from Heather Thomson!

Two second prizes, a $500 Yummie Tummie gift certificate, go to Brittany from Chicago, and Monica from The Woodlands, Texas.

Four lucky ladies received honorable mentions, and $100 Yummie Tummie gift certificates:

• Liza, Brunswick, MO
• Heejon, Cedar Park, TX
• Marie, Casa Grande AZ

Congratulations to all of these yummie ladies who were brave enough to share their stories. And bonus fun: everyone who entered will receive a $25 coupon + 10% off coupon!

Here are the winning stories. You’re sure to laugh and nod in recognition - we did!

Grand Prize: Back to School!
Amanda from New York, NY

Shapewear Story grand prize winner Amanda!

I was getting ready for my first day of school after an 8 year hiatus and feeling a little self conscious, I thought I would wear something to help me look better. Someone suggested a Spanx full body suit – which she heard could flatten my tummy, hide my rolls and lift my bum – so I bought one.  After a long struggle, I finally managed to squeeze into the contraption and then put on my favorite pair of dark washed Levi’s (you can’t go wrong with jeans, eh?) and a mock turtle neck and out the door I went ready to face the world!

As I was sitting in the cab on my way to campus, I noticed that the top of the body suite was digging into my chest, right under the bra band. I couldn’t breath but I wanted to look good so I figured I would suck it up. However, by the time I got to school, I was almost suffocating, and on top of it all, I had to go pee!

When we arrived at school I rushed to the bathroom, where I faced a big dilemma: Do I squeeze out of the Spanx contraption or do I try the pee thru crotch less thingy?  Bad decision. As soon as I started to try to pee I realized the mess that I had put myself in. Not to be graphic, but ladies, you can imagine the result. What a mess! So there I am, all soaked and I still couldn’t breath! I hadn’t even attended a single class before I had to go back home to shower and change out of the Spanx straight jacket. Right into the trash it went.

Before heading back to school I decided to go out for a little retail therapy and hopefully to find a solution that would work. I walked into Intimacy on Madison Ave and noticed a cute Yummie Tummie Strappy Tank top! OMG! I put on the black strappy tank and my prayers had been answered! It was perfect. My rolls were under control, my tummy was flattened, and my breasts were free to breath, it was sexy, comfortable and best of all I didn’t feel like a prisoner in it! I couldn’t stop giggling… I was saved! I felt so yummie in my own skin and I looked forward to my first class! Thank you Yummie Tummie. You made me both look great and feel great!

Shapwear Story winner Brittany!

Second Prize: Nearly Cost Me My (Future) Marriage
Brittany, Chicago, IL

I have NEVER shared this story with anyone before because it is so embarrassing! I was going to a birthday party at the Mystic Celt bar in Chicago after suffering through law school final exams. I wanted to look extra good, so I bought a girdle/long underwear-type contraption to help hold in the extra few late-night-study-sessions-must-include-doughnuts pounds on my belly under the tight black shirt I wanted to wear. At the party, my friend introduced me to a gorgeous guy. We hit it off instantly: we shared a lot in common, laughed at each others’ jokes and flirted feverishly. He was the man of my dreams! Perfect: tall, handsome, smart and funny.

Even though he made me feel super comfortable, I felt so self-conscious because the girdle started to roll down my ribcage forming a hideous roll above my bellybutton. After a couple of hours of chatting, my girl friend came up to take a picture of the two of us together. He put his arm around me for the picture and I nearly fainted, worrying he was going to feel my lump of shame. You can really see it in my face in the picture.

Immediately after the picture was taken, I rushed to the bathroom, hoping to remove the offending undergarment and toss it in the trash (just in case he might want to put his arms around me again!) I figured by now he would have enough beers under his belt not to notice a little extra pudge in my middle.

The bathroom was extra tiny and impossible to maneuver in. I had to wait in line for an eternity for a stall to open up. Once I got in, I was banging into the stall walls, cursing and stumbling, nearly dropping my shirt into the toilet. Finally, after several minutes, I emerged, ready to make the man of my dreams fall in love with me, only to find he wasn’t there. I looked everywhere but he was gone. HE LEFT THE BAR! He didn’t even ask me for my phone number first!

I went home feeling heart broken and ready to swear off men for good. Had he felt my stomach cincher? Had he run off when he realized I had rolls? I decided that I had nothing to lose, so I looked him up on Facebook and sent him a message, asking “Did I do something wrong? I thought we were really hitting it off!” The next morning he replied, saying he was confused because he thought I had left him alone at the bar, after I ran off to the bathroom for 15 minutes. He said he was sorry and asked for my number!  That was 2 years ago and we are now getting married in October! Since then I have found Yummie Tummie and just love them. I only wish I had found them earlier!

Second Prize: Yummie Styl’n
Monica, The Woodlands, TX

Shapewear Story winner Monica!

I was at my daughter’s college town apartment and I spilled my drink on my shirt so I needed to borrow a top for a basketball game we were going to. She wears different styles of tops so as I was choosing I realized that most of her tops show the middle (tummy).

I wear my yummie tummies everyday and thank goodness that day i was wearing my nude tank top; so I went bold and chose a nice top that I could use as a top layer. With my yummie tummie it looked perfect! All her friends complimented my outfit since I was “in style”.

Needless to day we had a great time and I didn’t even think about looking awkward around her friends. I have been wearing my yummie tummie since I had my baby 11 months ago….yes…..i have one in college and one in diapers, and a middle one too!!!! THANK YOU YUMMIE TUMMIE!!!

Shapewear Story honorable mention Liza!

Honorable Mention: Don’t Call Me Muffy!
Liza, Brunswick, MO

No body is perfect, but the trick is to hide your imperfections. I learned this the hard way. I was wearing a gorgeous long, flowing, tight gown and to be honest, I thought I looked pretty good. That is until my date showed up. When we were getting into the limousine he grabbed one of my love handles and proceeded to call me “Muffy” because of my muffin top. Somehow he thought this clever little nickname would endear me to him and he couldn’t understand why I left the dance early – and alone.

The next day I started searching for a solution to my muffin top. The Yummie Tummie Freedom T was my answer. I absolutely love it, which is more than I can say about my former boyfriend.

Honorable Mention: Plumbers Crack
Heejon, Cedar Park, TX

We all wear low-rise jeans and trying to keep our shirts tucked is a difficult task when the shirts are getting shorter and jeans are getting lower. One day wearing my low-rise jeans and looking good at the airport, my young daughter dropped something and I had to pick it up. Before I did I started debating with myself – should I pick up the item and possibly show my butt crack or should I leave it and avoid possible embarrassment? As I debated my daughter said, “please pick my toy up mom!”  I told her she needed to because I cannot bend over. She giggled and replied, “Why you afraid your butt crack is going to show!”

That was the last time I wore low-rise jeans without a long tank. Yummie Tummies are great because they are long enough to tuck inside your jeans and it holds everything in so you don’t have to worry about bending over. That’s my story. Thank you Yummie Tummie!

Honorable Mention: Yummie Nurses and Doctors!
Marie, Casa Grande AZ

I am a RN at a very busy hospital where everyone is always trying to lose weight and look good. We all are women at a certain age where weight doesn’t come off as quickly as it once did. I wore one of my Yummie Tummie’s to work under my scrubs. Everyone wanted to know what diet I was on because I looked so thin. Finally I told them about my Yummie Tummie’s and this began several trips to the restroom to show them off to everyone.  They all wanted to see how beautiful they were and how they don’t look like regular shapewear that you have to keep hidden.  They were amazed when I told them how comfortable they were. There are now many more “yummie tummies” at my workplace. ☺