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Question about the girls...No modesty.

nikoba
nikoba Posts: 291 Member
edited November 17 in Social Groups
I'll be turning 40 this year, so I know age is against me. But do I just have to accept the fate that as I lose weight, "the girls" aka - my breasts - will suffer? I'm successfully 25lbs down, and while I haven't noticed tons of shrinkage there, I feel like their consistency has gotten mushier. They've always kinda been my pride and joy and something I could still play up as a big girl. Just wondering if any other well endowed ladies have tips to keep them as full as possible while losing? Any favorite sports bra suggestions welcome too.
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  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    So far they're ok, but I'm only 34 pounds down with ~70 to go. Nursing two kids can't have helped either.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    I have dropped a couple band sizes, but no cup sizes...I love Panache!!!
  • MyriiStorm
    MyriiStorm Posts: 609 Member
    Do push-ups. Strengthening your pectoral muscles keeps the girls nice and perky. ;)
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    I'm down from a DD/E, to the Prez of the Itty Bitty *kitten* Committee. :disappointed:
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    It just might be luck. If you have young acting skin that bounces back from stretching and wrinkling you'll probably keep the girls relatively perky into older age. I lost 35 lbs and went from a 36 C to a 32 DD. Because of the difference in band size the cups are pretty well the same. I'm 53 and they're a little less full on the top than I prefer, but no complaints from other parties lol. But no kids and no breastfeeding, on the other hand I went braless a lot when I was younger. So who knows, we are all so unique. Even each girl is unique.... No twins.
  • missjosefina
    missjosefina Posts: 10 Member
    I'm trying to massage a good firming lotion in to my girls, belly and butt every day. I've not lost much lbs yet so don't know if this is working xxx
  • bjwoodzy
    bjwoodzy Posts: 593 Member
    edited April 2017
    I forgot to add that I smoked for 20 years...that will DEFINITELY age and sag skin faster than most anything. I quit a few years ago, but loose skin is going to be my future no matter how well I eat now, because of that (no kids here, either).
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    bjwoodzy wrote: »
    Lol @ "keeps the girls nice and perky". Keeps? Ha. I haven't been perky since I was 28, and I was not even a C cup back then.

    Now, I pretty much just fill a B, and now that I'm 44, I have flapjacks. They lie low and stay away from radar, literally (under my armpits when I sleep at night, or trying to slide out under my bra band when I'm trying to put it on, etc.). Also, they've always been really far apart, so each of the girls thinks she is an only child. No amount of duct tape or Wonder Bra-stuffing is going to get these two to meet, ever. Cleavage? Never had it. Lol. I can go braless in public and basically get away with it because it's flat. #SadButTrue

    yup. I call mine sad little pancakes.
    They have been unimpressed with the push-ups and strength training I've been doing since I began my weightloss journey.
  • bjwoodzy
    bjwoodzy Posts: 593 Member
    Sorry to hear that - lol @ "unimpressed" though :P
  • nikoba
    nikoba Posts: 291 Member
    I've heard conflicting theories on whether wearing a bra or going braless is better for keeping things in place. I've always had a large chest, whether I weighed 140 or 230, but I never felt comfortable going braless, even to bed. Never had kids and never smoked, so that's not a factor. My health is more important that a full set...so weightloss is the priority...but I'm hoping I can preserve the breast mass for as long as possible.

    If mine become sad little pancakes (love that term, by the way), I'll just ball 'em up like socks and stuff them back into the push up bra :)
  • hmikkola92
    hmikkola92 Posts: 169 Member
    I'm 25, I've smoked for 10 years, and I have a baby. Mine have never been perky lol but now they're just sad... Getting a new bra today to hoist them up but that's pretty much all I can do. If it gets worse with weight loss I'll think about augmentation down the line.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    I am on the small side of things. A C when I was heavier and a B now. I have a fairly large rib cage and clavicle area that sort of gives the impression of size and cleavage. I do like small though. Hubby is SOL. ;) I can fit in clothes well, they don't get in the way, and they are not painful with bouncy exercise.... I think if men had to wear large breasts for a while, they would change their tune. Or never leave the house. ;)

    I used to rely on pectorals to help me build more size but the girls are lower than they used to be. They are still lookin forward but the years of gazing upwards are lonnnnng past.

    I still try to keep my pecs strong,when shoulder pain allows it, but now I get quadruple boob. There is the pectoral bulge and then a flatness/dip and then the breast bulge.... Looks really rather funny if I try to go bra less in a tube style of top. :D.

  • Violet_Flux
    Violet_Flux Posts: 481 Member
    The first thing I noticed while losing a lot of weight was that mine have gotten further away - my big belly was acting like a 'boob shelf' and holding them up even without a bra. Now they're rather lower.

    The most annoying thing though is they are deflating but they're not doing it at the same rate. The left one has hardly changed but the right one has lost a lot. I was probably always a bit lopsided but as the weight has come off it's become a much bigger difference, and super noticable.

    I'm starting to think when I'm done losing weight I'll want a little augmentation on the right side just to even them out.
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    My husband says I have ketoed all my boobs away. lol. I do think weirdly they are rather smaller than when I was in junior high and naturally thin. IDK what that's about. It's like @Sunny_Bunny_ was saying...it wants to take all my boobs and spare my thighs for some reason! Right now they are at least moderately upright/perky. Maybe because there isn't an abundance to sag? lol.
  • RedfootDaddy
    RedfootDaddy Posts: 274 Member
    I cannot wait to get rid of these things . . . my dream is to lose a ton of weight and then get top surgery completely if I need to have skin removed. I pray I'll lose weight faster up top!
  • eneild
    eneild Posts: 198 Member
    Like @nikoba I've always been "top heavy" and never perky. 44DD at 230+ and now 32D at 105 (5'4" for reference). Definite flat pancakes now which get stuffed in my bra! Honestly, the best thing I did for me was having a proper bra fitting done at Nordstrom's. I was literally in tears after my first fitting and seeing how I looked in my new Wacoal bra. Not inexpensive, but something important to reward myself after years of massive chest embarrassment.

    @nikoba I like Natori bras for my idea of running (distance over speed!)

    Just have to add @Steph_Maks your new profile photo looks marvelous! Well done!
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    bjwoodzy wrote: »
    Lol @ "keeps the girls nice and perky". Keeps? Ha. I haven't been perky since I was 28, and I was not even a C cup back then.

    Now, I pretty much just fill a B, and now that I'm 44, I have flapjacks. They lie low and stay away from radar, literally (under my armpits when I sleep at night, or trying to slide out under my bra band when I'm trying to put it on, etc.). Also, they've always been really far apart, so each of the girls thinks she is an only child. No amount of duct tape or Wonder Bra-stuffing is going to get these two to meet, ever. Cleavage? Never had it. Lol. I can go braless in public and basically get away with it because it's flat. #SadButTrue

    OMG @bjwoodzy ...I just about died laughing after reading your comment. Love your attitude!
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »
    I'm quite petite, and sadly, when I lose weight, that's also one (or two?) of the loctions which show it. I comfort myself with the fact that my H says more than a mouthful's a waste....


    ...TMI....? :D

    I've always heard it as handful, but whatever makes you both happy!! :lol:
  • mmultanen
    mmultanen Posts: 1,029 Member
    My body prefers to lose weight from my boobs and fingers. Not my preferred places to be sure. *shakes fist at body* I've gone down in both band sizes and I can tell my cup size is decreasing a bit too but...
    nikoba wrote: »
    I feel like their consistency has gotten mushier.

    Yes. The texture of my boobs has changed. Texture? Is that a thing? I just made it a thing.



  • retirehappy
    retirehappy Posts: 3,785 Member
    edited April 2017
    MyriiStorm wrote: »
    Do push-ups. Strengthening your pectoral muscles keeps the girls nice and perky. ;)

    ^^^ This, I am currently down almost 40 lbs. (from my lifetime highest weight) and my band size only has gone down, I fit better in the DDD cups now. It is the last place I lose weight. I have "muscular" girls, I always get called back in by the mammogram readers to make sure there is nothing unwanted there. My half sister on the other hand lost 30 lbs. recently and went down a cup size but not the band. She has always had a bigger cup size then me so she was delighted. One of my friends (not big busted to begin with) lost 25 lbs and her girls are flat now. So lots of room for variance.
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    I seriously wish mine would shrink. They've always been a bit on the excessive side. Even when I was at 80 pounds lost, I was just starting to loose a titch there. I lost far more back boob and side boob than actual boob. Also, my feet do not shrink. I get so jealous of people talking of shrinking orbs...

    And yes, just like cellulite shifts around and such as skin loosens, breast tissue is primarily fatty tissue, so as fat is burned, the texture will definitely change. I'm a bit floppier now, but as the breast-tech at LB told me, I have shallow breasts, which is the technical term for when they settle down and out rather than remain perky.

    As others have said, mine have never really been perky, and I've not been able to go braless since maybe junior high, if then. My bra size varies WIDELY based on the formation of the cup. In the convertible strapless type that essentially has more support without being a Viking style bra, I'm around a 46C, but in conventional styles, I can be anywhere from a 40 G or I to a 48 DDD or anything in between. It is such chaos to find something, even with a store, because with...floppy shallow pancake breasts, each size fits so differently.

    Should make tomorrow's smash testing (aka mammogram) easier though, right?

    The WORST part of the shifting GIRLS (aka chesticles?) is that they break my underwire supports due to shifting oddly during movement. I am seriously considering investing in an Egyptian inspired "bu-band" support thingie. I DESPISE sports bras, as anything than I can get into without a shoehorn, gallon of coconut oil, and 3 wranglers - it will not have the support I need.

    Thanks, ladies, for reminding me that there are struggles on all sides of this equation...
  • RedfootDaddy
    RedfootDaddy Posts: 274 Member
    I feel like people on this thread would feel this song on a deep emotional level (while wincing in pain): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZx5zfkG6oU
  • KnitOrMiss
    KnitOrMiss Posts: 10,103 Member
    edited April 2017
    That is hilarious. It reminds me of a time when my now ex-husband would get drunk with his friends and wear my bras on his head like a skullcap.

    Edited to add - dancing like that will actually cause microskin tears, causing scar tissue and stretch marks to surface later in life... Just FYI.
  • swezeytba
    swezeytba Posts: 624 Member
    I felt like in the beginning that I was actually losing less from my breasts that I usually do during weight loss, but now that I've pretty much gotten down to where I want to be they are looking pretty sad again. :)
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