I am also a 53 year old member of the Blubber Belly club, and 2 years post-menopausal. About 6 years ago, I lost 35 pounds on Weight Watchers, and have put all but 10 pounds back on again. When I lost the weight, the belly was still there, only smaller, but iy never went away.

A friend of mine at work bought one of these midriff bulge smoother things that she referred to as an all-in-one. She manage to suffer for a whole 30 minutes before running to the restroom to wriggle out of it. It sure smoothed out the belly, but all that blubber had to go somewhere, so all of a sudden her hips ballooned out form all the belly fat being squished downwards. She was bemoaning the fact that it didn't squish the fat upwards to enhance her cleavage! The rest of us that were witnessing this display were laughing hysterically!