by aheags208
9 months ago
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how do i get rid of a "muffin top"? its very annoying and i try every exercise i workout daily and i try watching what i eat but i cant seem to lose any of it or even lose weight at all. i stay at one weight. help?
I am a student in made to measure clothes and I just recently learned why we have muffin tops. The problem: fashion! We have done this to ourselves. With the introduction of "low rise" pants/jeans! What happens is that our natural shape is an hourglass. Even plus size like myself, I still have a very defined waist because I refuse to wear low-rise. When you wear low rise pants, they no longer have that ledge, if you will, to hold on to. By ledge, I mean where the hips narrow to become the waist. Instead, they are trying to hold on to the widest portion, your hips.
Imagine, if you will, sliding a ring down a tube versus sliding it onto a cone. On a tube, the ring will slide completely to the bottom unless you make the ring sooo tight that it squeezes onto the tube and you will see a pucker where the ring is too snug. BUT!!! Imagine sliding that same ring onto a cone shape. It can only slide down to where the ring and cone are similar in size, but the wider section below the ring stops it from falling further.
Same thing goes for your pants. In order to lose the muffin top, all you can do is lose a little weight. However, once you go down that dress size, forego the too-tight low-rise jeans and try a pair that sits a little bit higher, closer to your natural waist (where the sides of your stomach fold when you bend left and right). Otherwise, you wind up with the same problem all over again. Don't believe it? Sit somewhere with lots of foot traffic and take a look at all the slim girls. (Healthy bodies, not too skinny). You'll probably notice that even the size 4's and 6's have a muffin top! It's true!
And stop worrying about what the number on your tag says! I'll let you in on another secret I learned. All the numbers are lies! In North America, there is no law requiring each size to be universal. You might wear a 4 in Wal-mart, an 6 in Tommy Hilfiger and a 10 in some high-end snotty boutique! And STILL don't worry! In industry that size 4 is actually a size 8, that 6 is a 10-ish and that 10 is about a 16! Companies lower the numerical value on the tags to make women feel better about themselves! Example, in stores, I wear a 26-28 depending on the cut... In industry patterns, I use the 32-34 size!!!! So don't even TRY to correlate or calculate your size based on your measurements because there is absolutely no correlation between your measurements and the store sizes.
In the meantime, here's a picture for thought. This woman is NOT overweight by anymeans and take a look at the back view picture: that looks like a muffin top to me! And she's not even sitting down yet!!!
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