Comments on: Why Yes, There IS Such a Thing as Too Small

By: Lolla

Lolla — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:06:56 +0000

I am a pear shaped girl, and you know what? I find jeans that fit both my legs and my waist. And I dont have muffin top.

WOW, its not about hiding the muffin top, its about finding the right pair of pants.

I had two friends in high school, one of them was really petite, with a great body, the other one was bigger. And the bigger one always borrowed clothes from the small one, imagine how that looked o.O

Why can't people accept their size? I'm a size 12, and yes, that bothers me, but still, I won't wear smaller jeans to feel like size 10…ahh…

By: L

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:36:45 +0000

Umm, actually, people do see what size you are. The rude ones anyway. These college girls came to my house and picked a pair of my jeans out of my newly-folded-and-waiting-to-be-put-away pile and checked the tag. When she couldn't find it, she asked me where it was. I asked why she wanted to know, and she said she wanted to see what size I wore. I then told her and she replied with "You don't look fat. How come you wear a size -? I'd never have guessed. You don't look fat, but -s are for fatties." Ever since, I've cut the tags out of my jeans.

By: S

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:32:57 +0000

these comments are ridiculous. as some people have pointed out about the sizes, “apple shaped” women store fat in the upper part which creates the muffin top. i’m not talking about extreme cases, but pants have to fit the legs first and foremost. i wouldn’t advise anyone to go size up because jeans stretch out over time. besides dieting/working out, there are other options such as high waist jeans or just a looser shirt if the muffin top is not that bad.

By: Carly

Carly — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:47:01 +0000

I think if people weren't so indenial about their weight/size, there wouldn't be such thing as the "Muffin Top Syndrome." People need to stop squeezing and start buying clothes that actually fit them. I am a 5'3", 115 lb girl. I wear a size 2, but even I know that some of my old jeans that are too tight will make me look enormous despite my petite size. Small jeans are great for motivation I guess, but in reality, it is better to have a pair that actually fit, not a pair that will take 5 weeks of exercise!

By: Barfly

Barfly — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:46:54 +0000

As a male… and there is no need to be mean here…

there is nothing less atractive; add to that some of the women who walk around like that also have an inflated self-image; which only makes it worse… nothing less attractive; IMHO, than a person who refuses to acknowledge their own shortcomings…

that goes for all species of the animal world… I mean; be honest, is there anything more infuriating than say a hooded lemur strutting around all "don't you wish your g/f was hot like me…"

I can't tell you how many times I've seen it and it is still maddening… damn lemurs

By: Bea

Bea — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:30:45 +0000

Oh, and my point was that quite a few of us don't fit the uniform sizing categories that the clothing industry uses.

By: Bea

Bea — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:29:42 +0000

I'm actually very surprised that all these commenters don't bother to even question the idea of standardized sizing. As a girl whose waist is out of proportion with her bust and hips, I can understand why some girls would have a muffin top. I carefully avoid jeans that cause me to get one, but if (and this has happened to me) you find that buying jeans that fit in the waist make the hips awkward looking (what with the curve some manufacturers include there to accommodate the hips), it might be better to go for a size smaller, which fit your hips just okay and your waist just okay.

By: Katelyn

Katelyn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:01:54 +0000

I COMPLETELY agree! I'm no small girl either – but no one can belive I weigh what I do when I tell them because I dress for my body type! I absolutely dispise things that show my imperfections – so I just cannot understand why people do it on purpose! Don't they have a mirror?! I swear I have my own syndrome when I walk down the street – I see everyone's "potential" to look good – like if they got a new haircut or wore the right clothes. There are SO many beautiful girls getting ridiculed because they refuse to accept that they aren't a size 4 or 6. I wear different sizes in EVERY store I go to – in the end…all that matters is that I look amazing when I walk out the door. So grow up and accept your size – or do something about it. There is no easy way out!!!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:02:11 +0000

I'm so glad you posted this!! I see "OSTS" everywhere.

Being very petite myself I don't like to push the issue because my friends just give me that condecending "you wouldn't understand you've always been skinny" thing.

Those of you who are defending the muffin tops, etc. You're the ones who everyone thinks looks bad. That's right, no matter what you say, all evidence points to the contrary- you look awful.

It's true, squeezing into a small size won't actually make you small.

By: Kel

Kel — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:55:25 +0000

Sometimes jeans that fit in the legs don't fit in the waist hence the muffin top. I am pretty thin and I still get it sometimes but I came up with a great trick.

If you simply put a slit or 2 on the sides of the waist of the jeans (right around the hip bone area) you lose the muffin top effect.