Need to vent about poor fashion choices post wls
My biggest pet peeve for post-op fashion is clothes that are too small....
Just cause they zip doesn't mean they fit. A muffin top looks as bad when you're an 8 stuffed into a 4 as it did a 24 stuffed into an 18.
It's just a number!!!! A manufactured one at that!!! It doesn't mean anything!!! Wear clothes that fit properly, please?
Just cause they zip doesn't mean they fit. A muffin top looks as bad when you're an 8 stuffed into a 4 as it did a 24 stuffed into an 18.
It's just a number!!!! A manufactured one at that!!! It doesn't mean anything!!! Wear clothes that fit properly, please?
High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10 - Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10
Thanks for throwing that in Beth. I have the same issue. If my jeans fit in 99% of the places they are supposed to, I am going to end up with the dreaded muffin top.
When I get frustrated and buy big enough to eliminate that issue, they literally look like they are falling off (and they are).
Sometimes a muffin top isn't a choice. Loose skin will spill over, even sometimes over clothes or waistlines that are too loose, simply due to having the restriction caused by any fitted waistline, tight or not.
What a crappy run-on sentence that is. Too bad I'm too lazy to fix it......
Hope all is well in everyone's world, regardless of what we are all wearing=)
When I get frustrated and buy big enough to eliminate that issue, they literally look like they are falling off (and they are).
Sometimes a muffin top isn't a choice. Loose skin will spill over, even sometimes over clothes or waistlines that are too loose, simply due to having the restriction caused by any fitted waistline, tight or not.
What a crappy run-on sentence that is. Too bad I'm too lazy to fix it......
Hope all is well in everyone's world, regardless of what we are all wearing=)
That's why God allowed someone to invent Spanks. They get rid of muffin tops and are a God send for loose skin. And if Spanks are not an option, get your pants tailored/taken in. Yes it is expensive, but you will feel 1000x better in clothes that fit properly ALL OVER rather than trying to "justify" why you have spillage and/or a muffin top. It's not attractive on ANY one...non opts or post opts.
HW & SW: 363 Surgery date: 8/22/11 
You know I think I was guilty of that. Well sorta. Post-bounce I refused to give up my 8's. But they had to go. I'm actually a 10/12 now (which hurt at the time).
While the change in size was a bummer, I'm actually liking some of the fullness I got back. My boobs made a comeback (hallelujah!) and I have a nice hourglass shape. But you couldn't see that when I was trying to sausage into clothes that showed every lump and bump.
While the change in size was a bummer, I'm actually liking some of the fullness I got back. My boobs made a comeback (hallelujah!) and I have a nice hourglass shape. But you couldn't see that when I was trying to sausage into clothes that showed every lump and bump.
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Nik - you've got it! The sausage look is the problem.
I've lost over 100lbs too.... I know about excess skin. I have clothing issues. I struggle to find 2's (which are actually hard to find) when I could go to the jr's dept..... but they are mostly low-rise and I would be showin' more muffin than should ever be done. You just have to keep trying until you can find clothes that flatter you. I do things like pants from Chico's even though they're a bit "old", they have good coverage.
I've lost over 100lbs too.... I know about excess skin. I have clothing issues. I struggle to find 2's (which are actually hard to find) when I could go to the jr's dept..... but they are mostly low-rise and I would be showin' more muffin than should ever be done. You just have to keep trying until you can find clothes that flatter you. I do things like pants from Chico's even though they're a bit "old", they have good coverage.
High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10 - Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10
My problem with the muffin top is that it's going to happen no matter what. A size 12 has about 6 inches lee-way in the waist. A size 12 is stll loose around my waist (I'm wasp-waisted) and yet there's the inevitable overflow because I have a LOT of skin, and my waist is higher than average clothing waists, and so the skin just oozes out.
I do see some of my students with muffin tops that look more like fully inflated spare tires. Don't understand that look, but it's common. *shrug*
I do see some of my students with muffin tops that look more like fully inflated spare tires. Don't understand that look, but it's common. *shrug*
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
Your student look description is what I'm talking about.
That, and my daughter -- DS in October -- who took any of my too large clothes that were youthful, just wears them too tight. She shows cleavage, I don't get it but I don't care. It's the clearly too tight, overflowing look that bothers me. I wasn't trying to cause controversy.... people simply look better (and thinner) in clothes that actually fit.
That, and my daughter -- DS in October -- who took any of my too large clothes that were youthful, just wears them too tight. She shows cleavage, I don't get it but I don't care. It's the clearly too tight, overflowing look that bothers me. I wasn't trying to cause controversy.... people simply look better (and thinner) in clothes that actually fit.
High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10 - Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10
I think we're thinking the same thing... so I went looking for pictorial examples on the net
When I wear clothing that is loose around my waist, I still get something like this (but I do NOT show the skin, which was a fashion sin when I was a kid/young person):
I can't help the bulge, much larger and the pants would fall off my body. (these pants are tighter than I wear)
A lot of the teens wear THIS look in public, and if they're comfortable, good for them, but for myself I can't fathom it. They cover the belly with thin tee-shirt showing every nook and cranny of the overflow
that was the best I could find. Though a lot of my students pants go up to their waists (the girls) and then above the pants they're about twice as big around as their hips, slopping down in a sort of enormous but melted muffin top. Again, if they are comfortable, good for them, but I don't see the personal allure.
When I wear clothing that is loose around my waist, I still get something like this (but I do NOT show the skin, which was a fashion sin when I was a kid/young person):
I can't help the bulge, much larger and the pants would fall off my body. (these pants are tighter than I wear)
A lot of the teens wear THIS look in public, and if they're comfortable, good for them, but for myself I can't fathom it. They cover the belly with thin tee-shirt showing every nook and cranny of the overflow
that was the best I could find. Though a lot of my students pants go up to their waists (the girls) and then above the pants they're about twice as big around as their hips, slopping down in a sort of enormous but melted muffin top. Again, if they are comfortable, good for them, but I don't see the personal allure.
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
I went looking for examples too.... but I thought I'd get slammed. I don't mind the tiny top.... it's this that bothers me, it does not bother me that she has some extra weight:
http://www.roflgirls.com/images/girls/Muffin_Top.jpeg
http://www.roflgirls.com/images/girls/Muffin_Top.jpeg
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