The beginning

I have just purchased my first proper, heavy duty, waist training corset. 
It should arrive tomorrow. EEEEEEE, excitement!
I have been looking for a waist training diary/blog to follow, and having come up lacking (surprisingly) I have decided to start my own. So here I am.
Background story..... I am a 43 year old mother of 3. Over the last year I have lost 3 stone with Slimming World, but have found that despite looking great and feeling all slinky again, I have regained my waist at the cost of all my other curves.
Don't get me wrong! I am very happy that I'm a good, healthy weight again. I am more active, I sleep better, I feel better, I dress better etc etc. But I would dearly love to have some kind of curvature going on.
My solution is to waist train.
I've always loved corsets, but have only recently realised that they are not just for going out, special occasions and wearing OVER clothes. I am currently a size 30" waist, which is great! (I haven't had a 30" waist since before I had my children!) But I also only have a 32" chest. So the overall image is 'stick'. Not the look I am aspiring to.
My initial aim is to get to a 24" waist. I understand this is a long process. It may take me a year or more, but I'm hoping it will be worth it in the long run. I'm also hoping my posture will improve (I'm quite tall, so I have spent the majority of my life hunching).
I am prepared. I have researched waist training regimes and plans to get a guide of time/ size etc. (Harder than it looks, there isn't much free advice out there).
I have cleared my plan with my doctor.

So....here we go! The plan begins as soon as the corset arrives! 
See you all back here soon! (Hopefully!)