Toppers, that is. There are two, even if you only see one in this picture. Trust me, there is one equally as flubbery on the other side, and these shorts do a phenomenal job at squeezing out the handles.
So why wear the shorts, you may ask. Because I love them. There aren't too many colors that can say, "Hello, I'm fast" like shiny royal blue. When I run in them though, I have to wear a shirt even if it's super hot out.
For those of you who still are not sure what I mean by Muffin Toppers, despite the picture, here is the Wikipedia definition: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muffin_top)
'Muffin-top' is a generally pejorative slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging flesh when it spills over the waistline of trousers or skirt in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. This generally occurs when an individual wears low-rise, hip-hugger pants, or midriff-baring tops that are too small.
My condolences to the photo example given on Wiki - who appears to be a child!?!
Now, not too much rubs me the the wrong way so much as teeny tiny girls who don't think they're skinny enough. I am not teeny tiny, but I know that I have a somewhat athletic body; I've been a runner for seven years - That's bound to happen. I hope that me, poking fun at my Muffin Toppers (and occassionally just poking them) does not come off this same way to you.
Allow me to walk you through my weight/body change experience that I've undergone these last few years. In high school, I was the gangly, scrawny gal. No butt or boobs, but rather two less attractive B's - Bangs and Braces. Take a gander:
(This is me, my freshman year, at the state meet in Hershey, Pa. with my brother, Kip, who was also my coach.)
I'm not sure what I weighed in this picture, but by the time I graduated I was about 132 pounds and Muffin Topper-less. Throughout high school, I was paranoid about my size. I looked awkward, and I knew it. I would have killed for a curvacious body.
Go to college, and wishes are granted. Or is it, go to college, and gain 15 pounds? Either way, both occured for me. Instead of curvacious though, I became curvlubbery.
You already know that over these past three years in college, I have had several injuries during which I only cross trained. Biking, swimming, and ellipticizing does not keep the weight off for me like running does. I also gained boobs and a butt, and in the thick of my longest running hiatus, I weighed about 148 pounds. This is not a bad weight for my height, but it took a lot of getting used to since I spent my time in high school as Ms. Gangly. It also took some getting used to because on a college cross-country team, there aren't many girls who are pushing 150 pounds.
I've been running consistently since May, and I've also been doing lots of cross training, lifting, and ab work. While Pat insists that my body really hasn't changed much over the past few months (He's not being an ass hole - He just insists that I wasn't flubbery before), I feel that I have become much more toned in the stomach. My weight stays between 142 and 145, and my little sister, Kristen, says that the Toppers are getting smaller.
But they are still there, and they are the subject of my next major GOAL: I want to get to the point where I can wear these shorts, and feel comfortable not wearing a shirt with them when I run.
I'm not sure the best way to go about this yet. I can't diet much because I'm running over 40 miles a week now, and that will only increase when I go back to school. I don't think I can exactly tone that area with lifting and ab workouts. Suggestions are welcome!
And I will post my Shrink-the-Toppers-With-the-Blue-Shorts-On progress regularly through photo analysis and circumfrence logging. The current perimeter of the Topper area while wearing the blue shorts: 35".
Or maybe I'll have my mom put in longer elastic.
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