Are you eating that muffin or wearing it?

Muffin tops.  We all know what that means.  It doesn't even sound good. And, it definitely ain't pretty.  It is hard not to stare at someone who has managed to squeeze themselves like sardines into pork sausage casings resulting in a giant overflow of flesh. Eww. 

• Wikipedia: "Muffin-top" is a generally pejorative (derogatory) slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging fat when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirts in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing.
• Urban Dictionary: When a woman wears a pair of tight jeans that makes her flab spill out over the waistband, ..
• 'Muffin-top:' A bellybutton flasher losing the battle of the bulge.
• The muffin-top’s legacy, if anything, describes the disaster that can result when the fashion industry goes terribly wrong.

See that last one?  'when the fashion industry goes terribly wrong.'  Yes indeedy.  Terribly wrong. Exposed poundage of flesh can happen to the best of folks - even skinny folks.  Just wear something that is Too Small!! We have discussed this previously - you Must wear what fits. I saw a photo of a famous actress (teeny-tiny and toned) wearing too-tight pants that left her with overhang!  If you are one of the offending muffin top gals: Take Heed.  No one, and I mean NO ONE wants to see your exposed, flesh popping, waistband stressing, body overhang.  You might have paid a lot for your jeans and your too short top and your tramp stamp tattoo, but the world does not want to see your flab - no matter how tanned it may be.  Ever.  Don't believe me?  Just ask them. They may be too embarrassed to tell you what they actually think, but they are Not going to say, "Love your fleshy spillage".  They will not tell you they think your pink thong looks great peeking from the top of your too low pants - in fact, they will be wondering a whole lot of other things - all of which are 'derogatory' (see definition number one).

When you sit down at a chair in a restaurant, and your little top, which doesn't cover your backside properly slides up to show the small child in the next booth that you have a stretched-out tattoo which is spilling dangerously outside your waistband - then you are a muffin offender.  If your love handles are hanging out to the world (not just your 'love' at home) then you must fix this immediately.  Put on pants that fit - they do Not fit if you have spillage.  Move on to the next pair or bigger size.  The world doesn't care about your tail-bone tattoo, make sure your shirt covers You.  Longer shirts are out there, non-low rise pants are out there, and something that Fits you is out there.  Go get it and put it on. 

Anyone can suffer from this little flabby ailment - but don't let it be YOU!  You can leave your front door every morning with the knowledge that you Fit into your clothes and do not fall into a baking category!

You only get One chance to make a first impression.  It really should be fabulous.  We can make that happen.  Let me know if there is something you'd like covered by The Closet Fairy.

God bless you richly.  I know that He has blessed me!