hi, I know this isn't a topic that's really talked about here. personally i have a horrible muffin top, so its hard to wear shirts that doesn't show it off or hide it in dance costumes, dresses, anything type, etc. personally i am not overweight. I am 5'10 and xxx pounds, but yet, i am still stuck with it. and i do not no how to get rid of them? i feel like there really is no way

any advise?

Two ways to change a muffin top:

1) Change your pants. In properly-fitting pants, muffin top is reduced if not tiny. I recommend you start with this. Even having 2 pairs of pants that really fit right (meaning, not the smallest size you can fit into, but the size that fits you at your largest spot properly) makes it much easier to be confident about how you look. Don't be afraid or ashamed to go up a size or two: people don't see "sizes" painted onto your clothing, they just see clothing on someone and decide if it fits right or not.

2) Change your diet and activity: muffin-top is really fat, the way to reduce the that area of your body is to do it the traditional way: eat right, be active.

Keep in mind that you don't mention your age. Sometimes, fat will appear on your body in accordance to your body changing. This "tummy pooch" area often gets bigger when transitioning through puberty, because your body is 'protecting' your uterus and attached sexual organs. So, you may be 'working against your body' to change it at this time, but that doesn't mean that you can't try.

I do not notice muffin top unless someone is wearing ill-fitting clothing. AlwaysOnStage described wearing properly fitting pants very well (I also want to add in try a pair of more mid-rise jeans...some of today's lowest riding styles only accentuate muffin top) , but wearing more comfortable fitting tops also disguises it well by giving you a streamlined silhouette. Seriously, I ONLY notice muffin tops on girls who wear too-short or too-tight tops or too tight pants.

Dance costumes are tough....I'm rather thin, but find I would still experience muffin top...espeicially when wearing tights. Some of the elastic bands around tights are SOOOOO tight fitting. So I would either hike that elastic band up to above my belly button or just use scissors and cut into the elastic band part a little bit so it wasn't tight and didn't push all my fat above it.

UberGoober wrote:



Dance costumes are tough....I'm rather thin, but find I would still experience muffin top...espeicially when wearing tights. Some of the elastic bands around tights are SOOOOO tight fitting. So I would either hike that elastic band up to above my belly button or just use scissors and cut into the elastic band part a little bit so it wasn't tight and didn't push all my fat above it.

OH! This reminds me: I found ONE brand of tights that doesn't do this, but I haven't been out shopping in a LONG time for new dance clothes so I'm not sure what brand it is. Instead of the very thing and very tight elastic that always seems to be 4 inches narrower than the tights-material itself, there was a brand that I found where the waistband was a little over an inch thick, and was essentially the fabric itself doubled over on itself and sewn. They stayed up fine, and they did NOT cause that unattractive pinch at the waist that made you look like you have a too-tight belt on. Maybe look around the dancewear store for tights that have THIS feature: ask to look at the waistbands to see if one looks like the kind I describe.

You're tall like me so you might be having the same problem that I have with pants...a lot of companies are making "tall" or "long" pants these days but all they do is lengthen the inseam. They aren't adjusting the rise...so I will try on pants that fit other than the fact that I can't button them because the waistband is barely over my hips instead of where it should be.

My advice is, sadly, to keep shopping around for brands that fit you. If you can find a Vanity store, check them out; they make some pants with a better rise, though not all of their styles are that way. It's the only store where I can buy pants for work so I pretty much wear my four pairs of the same pants Monday through Thursday and a pair of their jeans on "casual Friday." Had I not discovered Vanity I'd be paying a heck of a lot more for some tall people pants elsewhere.

I agree with the finding a new pants style, but also change your shirts too. Wear shirts that are more loose fitting, like something that cinches in under your bust but then flows out for example. That way, even if your pants are giving you a muffin top, noone can see it!

Thanks!

Is there any workout that specifically can get rid of it? Or at least make it smaller?

If you do cardio and strength training, and keep your diet healthy and balanced, then you will lose fat everywhere. There is no way to reduce the fat in one particular area other than lipo.

AlwaysOnStage wrote:


OH! This reminds me: I found ONE brand of tights that doesn't do this, but I haven't been out shopping in a LONG time for new dance clothes so I'm not sure what brand it is. Instead of the very thing and very tight elastic that always seems to be 4 inches narrower than the tights-material itself, there was a brand that I found where the waistband was a little over an inch thick, and was essentially the fabric itself doubled over on itself and sewn. They stayed up fine, and they did NOT cause that unattractive pinch at the waist that made you look like you have a too-tight belt on. Maybe look around the dancewear store for tights that have THIS feature: ask to look at the waistbands to see if one looks like the kind I describe.

They might have been Grishko tights.

I'm not overweight by any means and I have too have a muffin top I really need to start running again because that always helps me.

^Make your clothes fit you; don't force your body to fit the clothes, especially since you're already at a healthy weight.