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Helps Muffin Tops And Chub Rub

With the weather in NYC climbing into the almost triple digits this week, I will basically be swathed in dresses for the next few days. With dresses comes great responsibility. Unless you weigh 45 pounds and have ITC (inner thigh clearance), your thighs will rub together. Ain’t no shame in it ladies; it happens to the healthiest of us.

I lovingly refer to my thighs rubbing together as Chub Rub and let me tell you something: It hurts. Add this misery to the fact that you’re already swampy from head to toe, and it’s just a disaster.

This is why I keep my slimmers/girdles/Spanx/what have you handy year round. I may be wearing a long maxi dress that is loose and hides a multitude of sins, but underneath, the chub rub is on fire.

Also, it helps to suck in the rogue muffin top from bloating or too many Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups at lunch. I mean, it’s really hot out, so you’re going to be drinking a ton of water. Slap on a summer slimmer and lose those five pounds of water weight in no time.

Since the task of getting on a slimmer is equivalent to wrestling an Alligator for me, I go through them pretty quickly. If you’re looking for some cheap but durable ones, I recommend the Assets brand from Target (similar to Spanx) or interestingly enough, the Duane Reade brand slimmer works very well—and it has a high waist so you can be slim from your knees to your upper lumbar!

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Almeda Bohannan

Update: 2024-05-07