Losing weight but keeping your bust

faithtobefit · January 2016

I've noticed that for me it's difficult to kick fat in all places except where I'd like it - in the bust !
It's the first fat to go, especially if I do cardio.

Anyone else have the same problems? Is it down to body type? Any advice for me?

bendyourkneekatie · January 2016

Nothing to be done about it, fat will go where it goes, it's all down to genetics, body type, age.

miryamch420 · January 2016

My breasts are the first thing that show any sign of weight gain or weight loss. I personally don't mind when they get smaller, because I think smaller boobs are more beautiful. When they get bigger though, it's like an alarm saying I've been naughty lately and I have to be careful.
Sadly, there isn't much you can do about it. Maybe try to focus on having beautiful breasts rather than big ones? I find that push-ups, chest exercises and Yoga give the best results.

Sued0nim · January 2016

You don't get to choose

You just get to readjust your self perception

Give it time

bendyourkneekatie · January 2016

Oh to have "beautiful breasts"...

(My youngest is weaning, and my boobs are deflating like particularly old balloons....

oh_happy_day · January 2016

It's all down to genetics. Just keep going and try to embrace it.

tomteboda · January 2016

“We must, we must, we must increase our bust.” -- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Like the fifth graders desire in the classic tween novel, longing for what one does not / will not / cannot have is timeless. Genetics and body fat % determined when you went through puberty. It determined how prone to weight gain your chest was. And it's going to determine how much fat stays there when you lose weight.

There's a reason plastic surgeons make a fortune off women who want to be larger and smaller alike. If it's any consolation, I wish I could send you some excess boobage. I've lost 70 lbs and gone from a 38 H or I to a 36 G. Words cannot express how overjoyed I'd be to lose it all. I have not been under an F *ever* since I was 13. Not even when I was so bony you could count my ribs and vertebrae. Genetics... argh.

ck763074 · January 2016

Same thing even for a male, your chest will look bigger when losing stomach fat.

Lounmoun · January 2016

faithtobefit wrote: »

I've noticed that for me it's difficult to kick fat in all places except where I'd like it - in the bust !
It's the first fat to go, especially if I do cardio.

Anyone else have the same problems? Is it down to body type? Any advice for me?

My advice is don't worry about it. You can't control it and it is a process. When you lose fat from the other areas your breasts will look in proportion.
While losing weight one of my breasts got visibly smaller faster than the other one. I felt freaky being so lopsided. After awhile it evened out. My breasts look a bit bigger- even though they are not- now that my stomach area is smaller.

samchez0 · January 2016

Yea there's nothing to do about that. Goodbye tatas!

emmycantbemeeko · January 2016

Like everyone else has said, it's down to genetics where you store and lose fat. For me, my upper body loses quickly, my thighs slowly, and my butt basically never. My hip measurements have been virtually unchanged through gains and losses.

It is true what everyone says about breast appearance being largely a function of proportion, though, so as you lose weight all over, your breasts will appear larger. A small-framed person with a 32 D cup looks much bustier than a larger-framed person with a 36 B cup, even though those are virtually the same actual cup sizes.

abatonfan · January 2016

There's not much you can do. I have a pear-shaped body, and I ended up losing almost all of my chest (seriously -I have to wear kid's training bras now).

The big thing is that bra size is relative to your rib cage size. If you lose weight from your rib cage but don't lose much from your chest, your cup size might end up going up (like from a 36C to a 34D or a 32DD).

arditarose · January 2016

Cross your fingers or get over it. I am almost flat chested now. Luckily that's not the only part of my body worth thinking about and I'm still strong with or without boobs.

JackieMarie1989jgw · January 2016

Unforunately you cant spot-reduce, where you put fat first and where you lose it from first is mostly genetic. I also find my boobs are the first to.go when I lose weight. I lose weight from my chest and my waist/stomach first, but find it nearly impossible to lose weight from my thighs and upper arms without being a lower weight overall than I would prefer (I have actually done measurements, even when I lost 20 pounds my upper arm fat did not budge. Same measurement

) .
Exercise and muscle toning all over can help you appear balanced, but you cant do anything to keep fat from coming from the boobs.

Mouse_Potato · January 2016

I seem to have a particular weight line that determines if I have boobs or not. Above this weight, 32DDD, but squishy tummy. Below this weight, boobs deflate like balloons, but abs start coming out. I have decided I will take the smaller chest and the washboard abs until I get tired of maintaining them. Then I will take the larger breasts as my consolation prize.

choppie70 · January 2016

I have lost 36 lbs and my boobs are just now starting to shrink a little bit. I was hoping they would go sooner.

tkphotogirl · January 2016

My boobs were the first to go and my thighs will be holding on until the bitter end. The joy of genetics!

OzarkLady76 · January 2016

It's all genetics. I have the opposite problem. I'm top heavy & have been up & down the scale more than once. They never get smaller. They never get larger. After losing 30 lbs once, I asked a doctor. He said it all depends on your genetic makeup.

dropitlikeasquat87 · January 2016

My boobs are the first things to go besides my stomach.

cafeaulait7 · January 2016

Mine come and go first, but then they totally stop losing at a certain fairly early point. I think I'm gaining and losing fat and then the stable size is probably mostly breast tissue. So losing first from there may not be bad news for you. It could still go either way.

WinterSkies · January 2016

choppie70 wrote: »

I have lost 36 lbs and my boobs are just now starting to shrink a little bit. I was hoping they would go sooner.

This is me. My daughter weaned a couple of months ago, and I was really hoping that I would be heading back towards a comfortable size.... alas, I have lost very little from my boobs, but a bunch from my ribcage and back. So I actually feel bigger than before! I am sure my husband doesn't mind, but I would love to be smaller.

ogmomma2012 · January 2016

Our bodies do what they do. We have no control of that. Building chest muscles will at least help the perkiness. Mine were the first to down-size.

RedBeardBruce · January 2016

What others have said.....

As a man, it's annoying to still have a little bit of a belly even when I'm close to my goal weight.

NMV_5041 · January 2016

Same problem here!

CassidyScaglione · January 2016

Just the way it goes. I lose from my bust, lower arms and lower legs, and waist first, and from my thighs and upper arms last (which sucks, because that's what I would most like to lose.)

faithtobefit · February 2016

That's a resounding "GENETICS!". Either way it's good to know so I don't get frustrated over it. Thanks everyone

Whitezombiegirl · February 2016

Breasts in a woman in her fertile years are made up of approx. 35% body fat and 65% tissue (ducts, gland etc.) when body fat decreases so does the fat in the breasts. Those ladies whose bust doesn't decrease much with fat loss generally have a higher percentage of tissue to body fat to start with.

After menopause the amount of breast tissue decreases.