Any women out there have mixed feelings about losing curves?

rosebette
rosebette Posts: 1,659 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've lost maybe 8 lbs. since January and a couple inches. I've taken some new shots, and my butt is literally disappearing. I have jeans I bought in early summer that are loose on me. I guess that should be something to be proud of, but I'm also losing weight in other areas (like my bust), and I'm not sure I like this flatter, "straighter" look. I'm still waiting to take ab shots until the T-day belly subsides a bit more. But anyway, I wonder if any other women feel ambivalent about losing curves?
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  • PieSaver
    PieSaver Posts: 19
    Don't worry about those curves Rosebette. You'll find new parts of your body to love, like abs and triceps.
  • briananoelani
    briananoelani Posts: 34 Member
    I hear you sister! The first time I had dramatic weight loss I went from a 34D and curvy to a 32 A and a stick (from 145 to 129) and I was none to happy to lose them. Thats one of my main worries right now as well.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Yup, along with the first 8-12lbs went my boobs. I went from a 34D/DD to a 34C/32D in less than a month, and ended up with a 30D. My pants went from 10 to 0. I love my abs and shoulder definition, though:) I like not having to deal with the "fluff".
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,659 Member
    Well, I can say I'm still a 34D, but I used to be a 36. Also, the triceps aren't looking so great because I've had a shoulder injury and haven't done any upper body except for abs and the exercises my PT gave me.
  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    edited December 2014
    I lost my butt. Never had boobs to begin with. I'm fine with losing my butt though. Might have been sad if I lost boobs, but god never blessed me with them at any weight.

    A nice butt is a muscular one. Mine was all fat prior to weight loss. That's not all that great anyway.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    My mom has commented that I've "lost my butt". I'm totally okay with losing it and my boobs because neither were ever impressive to look at naked.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I guess I lost my butt, too, cause my mom calls me "tiny hiney" now.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    My loss has been proportionate...
    Keeping the waist-hip ratio (actually, getting more curvy because my waist has lost more than my hips), keeping the G-cup. :stuck_out_tongue:
    Really wish those would go down some... it'd be a lot easier to find bras.
    The first time I had dramatic weight loss ... (from 145 to 129)
    Our definitions of "dramatic weight loss" differ greatly.
    16 lb was 11% of your starting weight.

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  • Aviva92
    Aviva92 Posts: 2,333 Member
    briananoelani wrote: »
    I hear you sister! The first time I had dramatic weight loss I went from a 34D and curvy to a 32 A and a stick (from 145 to 129) and I was none to happy to lose them. Thats one of my main worries right now as well.

    wow! that is extreme for just a 16 pound weight loss. i don't know how tall you are, but if 145 is a healthy weight, i'd probably just stick with that.
  • pap3rw1ngs
    pap3rw1ngs Posts: 58 Member
    I'm actually praying for my breasts to shrink! 50lbs down and I've gone from a 38H to a 36GG (UK sizes) and I'm really hoping a lot more will come off with the next 30-40lbs.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Aviva92 wrote: »
    A nice butt is a muscular one.
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    Amen

  • KKJackson91
    KKJackson91 Posts: 69 Member
    I don't want to lose my boobs, but at least where I lose my boobs my hips make up for it. I know I'm going to be thicker no matter what I do because my hips and butt are huge no matter what I do.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Nope. I still have curves, just smaller. Actually, if anything, my waist to hip ratio is smaller (I carried a lot of excess in my belly/abdomen/back). I went from a 5 inch waist/hip difference to currently 10 inch difference. I'm an hourglass shape now, no longer a squishy blob, lol!
  • briananoelani
    briananoelani Posts: 34 Member
    MKEgal wrote: »
    My loss has been proportionate...
    Keeping the waist-hip ratio (actually, getting more curvy because my waist has lost more than my hips), keeping the G-cup. :stuck_out_tongue:
    Really wish those would go down some... it'd be a lot easier to find bras.
    The first time I had dramatic weight loss ... (from 145 to 129)
    Our definitions of "dramatic weight loss" differ greatly.
    16 lb was 11% of your starting weight.

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    Yeah, I guess I should clarify, dramatic for me since i'm 5'10. At 145 I had a very high body fat percentage for my weight and was in poor shape.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I was a big blob and am becoming more, not less, curvy. :)

    My boobs can get as small as they want. I don't care about their size. The sagging is a little depressing, but if they went to B or A, I'd be delighted. I will happily settle for C. The bras get smaller, but the cup size went from DD to D and hasn't gone down since. :(
  • greenfirearm
    greenfirearm Posts: 120 Member
    Nah, not at all. :)
  • briananoelani
    briananoelani Posts: 34 Member
    Aviva92 wrote: »

    wow! that is extreme for just a 16 pound weight loss. i don't know how tall you are, but if 145 is a healthy weight, i'd probably just stick with that.

    Yeah... I have zero butt so the boobs were the first things to go. I'm 5'10! Right now I'm shooting for 135 (129 is just way too small and I want to hang on to some of these curves still)
  • kaseyr1505
    kaseyr1505 Posts: 624 Member
    Weightlifting has given me some pretty sexy curves.
  • Bekk927
    Bekk927 Posts: 14 Member
    I was so depressed when the first thing to go on me were my boobs - for pretty much my entire adult life they were the only part of me I liked. So I know how you feel. But now that I've continued on its actually improved because loss has moved to the rest of my body and now they look proportionately bigger compared to the rest of me than they did 5 kg ago
  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    No ambiguity here-my curves are always the last to go, and I'm dying to get there. I just don't care for them on myself.
  • callmejessica
    callmejessica Posts: 1,868 Member
    I've always been rather flat, but that's ok. I like my body and I'm just grateful to be happy. With all the strength training I've done, I actually gained a way nicer booty! Woo! Don't stress about the curves (or lack thereof), you're still beautiful and still you!
  • bertypainter
    bertypainter Posts: 18
    I want to be smaller all over,whatever figure flaws i have looks much worse when i am overweight, so even it i lose some breast and butt i will still look better in my clothes.the thing is to be the size you want to be and none of us are perfect and neither are actresses or models they only have very good people airbrushing all their flaws away.
  • fat2strongbeth
    fat2strongbeth Posts: 735 Member
    I love my curves but being healthy is much more important to me.
  • LilyOfTheValley008
    LilyOfTheValley008 Posts: 95 Member
    Yeah, before I used to feel like my boobs were my defining feature so I was pretty sad to drop almost 2 sizes. But honestly the benefits of being fit, healthy and with more stamina outweigh a big chest in my book!
    Plus I now like my stomach and arms a lot better!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I hadn't really thought about it. I don't feel like I care at all right now if I am particularly curvy or not.

  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Oh dear, and how I envy you, I have never had curves, well that is a lie- when I was heavier my belly curved out further than my bust.
    I am at my goal and I am the straight up and down that I was before my menopausal weight gain.
    I am squatting and lunging like crazy trying to get a bit of shape to my but, but I think it is a genetically designed flat one.
    Sorry I haven't got to see your new pics yet Rosebette, I am travelling so can only access with my iPhone and the pics are hard to see well.
    Cheers, h.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Yes ...i find it weird to not be so Jessica Rabbit tbh :smile: I've lost just over a cup size and my hips and thighs are slimmer ... I'm hoping I'll adjust my body image slowly and feel sexy again ... tbh my new size 12 clothes (US 8) fit better than my old 16s (US 12) and there's much more choice at that size (gone ebay mad cos I think I might drop another size) so that helps...as do new shoes

    I find new shoes always help :wink:
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Nope I still have mine. :)
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    I'm in the exact same situation. I went from 210 to 145 and from a 38C to now barely a 34C (and even that is getting really loose. I am thinking I might be a 32B/C). Of course, it seems like the weight I am losing is going straight to my F/G younger sister... who has also told me that I have no rear end either. :trollface:
  • NextPage
    NextPage Posts: 609 Member
    I am a still a pretty curvy girl when slim and so I'm not worried about it. I'm not sure if packing extra pounds is the definition of "curves". For me when I gained weight most of it was in my middle and my waist disappeared. While I also gained an inch or two in the bust, I felt it gave the overall look of losing my curves (I joked that I went from being an hourglass to a brandy snifter). Also with weight training (squats etc.) you can always shape a nice butt for yourself.

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