185 down to 149 but boobs are still same size! :(

Bizzarrini

I'm 5'7 and in September last year I weighed 13 stone 5 lbs, today I weigh 10 stone 9 lbs. Gone from a size 16 to a size 12. Yay. But i'm still in my 36DD bra Any tips for shrinking the boobs?!

emmycantbemeeko

Where you gain and lose is genetically predetermined. If you search today's posts, you'll see someone upset about the exact opposite problem- that their breasts are the first part of them to shrink.

It's possible to lose breast volume even for people who retain breast volume preferentially by reducing total body fat below the point where you've run out of fat to lose elsewhere, but bear in mind that:

-there's non-fatty glandular tissue in breasts that varies in volume from person to person, and you may be on the high end of that range,
- you may well find that you don't like or can't maintain how thin the rest of you has to be before your breasts start to shrink,
- and that you may discover you don't love the shape/feel of your breasts if they lose significant volume- breasts that lose a large amount of volume tend to sag.

The only way to shrink your breasts disproportionately to weight loss elsewhere is through surgery.

Cynsonya

Haha congrats! I don't think I'm going to be as lucky

jemhh

emmycantbemeeko wrote: »

Where you gain and lose is genetically predetermined. If you search today's posts, you'll see someone upset about the exact opposite problem- that their breasts are the first part of them to shrink.

It's possible to lose breast volume even for people who retain breast volume preferentially by reducing total body fat below the point where you've run out of fat to lose elsewhere, but bear in mind that:

-there's non-fatty glandular tissue in breasts that varies in volume from person to person, and you may be on the high end of that range,
- you may well find that you don't like or can't maintain how thin the rest of you has to be before your breasts start to shrink,
- and that you may discover you don't love the shape/feel of your breasts if they lose significant volume- breasts that lose a large amount of volume tend to sag.

The only way to shrink your breasts disproportionately to weight loss elsewhere is through surgery.

Good post.

BoaRestrictor

Same boat. I have been a DDD cup since I got them. They are only just now starting to come off and become DD cups. For some of us it's the last thing you lose. Pec workouts have helped me with back problems, building muscle under your boobs is highly suggested.

For people thinking lucky: My back hurts and I am seriously considering surgery if they do not go down any further from fat loss. (getting your breasts sliced into to save your back, yeah so "lucky").

CoffeeNCardio

emmycantbemeeko wrote: »

Where you gain and lose is genetically predetermined. If you search today's posts, you'll see someone upset about the exact opposite problem- that their breasts are the first part of them to shrink.

It's possible to lose breast volume even for people who retain breast volume preferentially by reducing total body fat below the point where you've run out of fat to lose elsewhere, but bear in mind that:

-there's non-fatty glandular tissue in breasts that varies in volume from person to person, and you may be on the high end of that range,
- you may well find that you don't like or can't maintain how thin the rest of you has to be before your breasts start to shrink,
- and that you may discover you don't love the shape/feel of your breasts if they lose significant volume- breasts that lose a large amount of volume tend to sag.

The only way to shrink your breasts disproportionately to weight loss elsewhere is through surgery.

This, but I'm gonna a-b-c's it for you.

If your breasts consist of more mammary gland tissue than fatty adipose tissue, they won't shrink as much when you lose weight. If your breasts are made up of lots of fat and very little mammary tissue, they are gonna hella shrink when you lose weight, and that's genetic so there's nothing you can do about it.

If you're reading this and haven't lost weight yet, a good way to tell if your breasts will shrink
(though not how much) is to gauge the signs of higher mammary tissue. These include but are not limited to: how much your breasts swell during your menstrual cycle/ how painful that swelling is, how much breastmilk swelled your breasts after giving birth, how much your breasts swelled while pregnant during the first and third trimesters, and this is the big one: how much bigger are your breasts now compared to before you became overweight. If they are enormous now and didn't used to be, fair bet they're going back to how they used to be. If they've always been pretty big, they will probably stay pretty big.

Note also that even if you meet all these indicators, that's still only an educated guess. You may remain large for a time and then suddenly shrink because that's the last fat deposit your body went for or they may never change size because at your chosen goal weight your body never chose to go after that deposit.