Well, I had high hopes for this, was looking for something to hold in the lower belly without it bulging out the rest of my body. And to begin with, Im only 121 pounds and wear a size 3 pants, but some of us will always have that "having babies" flab in front. So I just tried this on and put on a dress and I was like, wow! This looks good, but then I turned around and the top of it in the back was pushing so hard it bulged out back flab at top and looked horrid. And like I said, Im not a big women and don't have back flab, but I did when wearing this. Also, by the measurements I should have bought the extra small but sized up to the small just in case and back flab city...lol  So when you try this on, make sure you look at your self from every angle before walking out the door....lol