Belly Bigger Than Your Bottom?

Women aren’t the only ones looking pregnant these days.

My fellow Baby Boomers may remember an old phrase (and its origin) to describe that spare tire look around the waist. It comes from a Dunlop Tire Company commercial in which vehicle tires placed around a “Dunlop Man” – giving him what looked like rolls of fat around his waist. We didn’t want to be known for having our belly “done lap” below our belt.

In more recent times there is a new name: “Muffin Top.” Here in Los Angeles, there is actually a radio commercial advertising a discount for a cosmetic procedure designed to eliminate the “Muffin Top.” Like celebrity couples get nicknames, abnormally growing body parts get them too. “Love Handles” is another name.” Since when has the Dunlop or Muffin Top look become a thing of beauty?

Children or no children (and obviously men can’t have any, well, one transgender man did), having a tummy pouch or a drooping belly is neither healthy nor attractive. This especially applies to women who have had children and use that as an excuse for not losing weight. The only normal baby fat is the fat YOU had as a baby.

Let the signs and symptoms appearing IN and ON your body be your built in gauge to getting in shape, and more importantly… staying healthy. Having a belly bigger than your bottom is just one of the many gauges.

“Muffin-top” is a generally pejorative slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging flesh when it spills over the waistline of pants or skirt in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. Wikipedia.org

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