I have one of those natural muffin tops where no matter what pants I wear, my fat sticks over them. That's pretty much all I have to loose, my side view looks great, but my drop waist measurement is bigger than my hip measurement! Anybody else looking to blast their muffin top away?

Call me a freak, but I like the little muffin top, at least on some girls. It's sexy to me. I used to kiss the hell out of my ex's little muffin top. :)

I'm from UK and have only just worked out what a "muffin top" is!!  Well, I haven't got one but my hips walk into the room 10 minutes before I do

I am SO SICK OF MY MUFFIN TOP! Like yours, mine is ever-present...and I'm praying I can work it off! 

Hopefully more people can start thinking like mortalmonkey...:-)

Original Post by elizabe92:

I have one of those natural muffin tops where no matter what pants I wear, my fat sticks over them. That's pretty much all I have to loose, my side view looks great, but my drop waist measurement is bigger than my hip measurement! Anybody else looking to blast their muffin top away?

Have you tried going up a pants size? :P

Top of the muffin to ya!

It's there even without pants on. )=

Hi Elizabe92,

What is your workout regimine right now? I could give you some tips.

Hi Elizabe92,

What is your workout regimine right now? I could give you some tips.

Thanks!

Basically I do a lot of stretching, do various types of dance all week, I have gym every day so I run for 5- 10 minutes a day, and I'm in physical therapy for back pain right now, so I do those type of exercises. Nothing structured I'm afraid.

I'm with ya on the muffin top.  Damn thing just needs to go away.

Mortal Monkey - reading your post always make me laugh lol

Don't flame me for this but its the clothes that you are wearing.  Seriously I used to ahve a "Muffin Top" and found that it "went away" when I wore pants that went over it.  That means NO LOW RISE jeans ladies.   So have a few select pants I am willing to wear to cover the muffin for now.

Denise

I call mine a "shelf" since the baby was born. With crunches, it is totally reducing in size. It's taken over a month though to actually see some results.

I have tried the size bigger pants but then they are baggy/saggy in the back and makes me look worse. Are there certain types of pants to look for?

By the way, how do you get rid of the muffin top? I bike 14 miles a day and run after 4 kids. Any suggestions would be great!!!!

My dad just mentioned an ab roller - would that work?

I have had to start wearing pants that go up to my belly button.  I have worn low rise pants since I was in middle school (I am 24 now) so to move to "high waisted" pants was a little odd at first. Its not so much bigger pants but higher pants. 

My grandmother always wore those "slimming" pants. Like a modern day girdle. Those things help smooth out the muffin top. 

"By the way, how do you get rid of the muffin top?"

-Burn more calories than you consume.

"My dad just mentioned an ab roller - would that work?"

-It will work for making your abs stronger, but won't do anything to reduce fat around your midsection.

I had to giggle, when I logged on here, the ad on the side was for muffins.

Hi,

I would make sure that your diet includes lots of anti-inflammatory foods such as vegetables and the omega-3 fatty acids. Try to avoid grains altogether and get the bulk of your carbohydrates from vegetables and fruit with breakfast and after your workouts (especially berries which are packed w/ anti-oxidants.)

The ab-wheel is a great tool, but I agree you need to focus on reducing fat and not just targeting the abs (although this is a great addition to a total-body resistance training program). Try adding some 20 - 30 minute high intensity intervals to your routine.

Josh Feinman, CPT

I'm with you, well I don't have a muffin top more of a pot belly, due to my past 2 weeks of daily binging :o

Good luck to everyone and war on the muffin tops!! xxx

It's definitely clothing styles.  Hip huggers and low rise pants tend to create the muffin top unless you get a pair of pants that doesn't fit snugly in which case you have to worry about them falling off.