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LadyTalulah
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Ok, I know there have been numerous posts about women and breast changes after gaining/losing weight, pregnancy/breastfeeding etc… But this post is more to do with eating disorders and breasts..
Basically, I had an eating disorder when I was 17. I severely restricted calories for about 8 months before I had enough of living that way and got help to recover. Before the eating disorder I wasn't actually that big, I was considered within normal BMI range. I was probably a C cup and I think my breasts were still growing. Then I lost quite a lot of weight and went down to an A.. Now, 1.5 years later, I'm a small B. I've probably got a close to the same amount of bodyfat now than during my eating disorder, but I've got a lot of muscle and I did it the healthy way, so my hormones aren't completely out of whack and my body's not constantly in starvation mode!
Anyways, my question is, can anorexia/bullimia stunt breast growth? If it does, will it "start up again"? I ask because all the women on my Mom's side are DD or larger (and they're petite, it's not like they're big gals!) and I feel like I was heading that way but I had to mess it up with my stupid eating disorder *smh*
Any advice or stories about your experiences are appreciated!! (:
Basically, I had an eating disorder when I was 17. I severely restricted calories for about 8 months before I had enough of living that way and got help to recover. Before the eating disorder I wasn't actually that big, I was considered within normal BMI range. I was probably a C cup and I think my breasts were still growing. Then I lost quite a lot of weight and went down to an A.. Now, 1.5 years later, I'm a small B. I've probably got a close to the same amount of bodyfat now than during my eating disorder, but I've got a lot of muscle and I did it the healthy way, so my hormones aren't completely out of whack and my body's not constantly in starvation mode!
Anyways, my question is, can anorexia/bullimia stunt breast growth? If it does, will it "start up again"? I ask because all the women on my Mom's side are DD or larger (and they're petite, it's not like they're big gals!) and I feel like I was heading that way but I had to mess it up with my stupid eating disorder *smh*
Any advice or stories about your experiences are appreciated!! (:
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Story: Boobs are weird, my cousin was a 14 dress size with C cups, went down to a size 8 dress size and A cups, then she went back up to a 14 size and her boobs were still an A cup.0
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Well, your boobs were already done growing by the time you were 17, so maybe someone somewhere in your mothers family had small boobies? Or maybe someone on your fathers side? And listen - be happy you don't have DD's. A B is a nice, normal size and can easily fit into clothes and bra shopping is a snap.0
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The thing is, cup size isn't the only indicator of how large your breasts are. Band size factors in, too. They go together to determine the size of your breasts.
For example, I'm a 36F. If I were to lose a band size, to a 34, my cup size would increase. So I'd be a 34G. If I were to go up a band size, I'd be a 38DD.
The volume of the cup isn't the same across all band sizes.
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Does it really matter that much to you? Not being snarky, just wondering why it's so important.0
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TheVirgoddess wrote: »The thing is, cup size isn't the only indicator of how large your breasts are. Band size factors in, too. They go together to determine the size of your breasts.
For example, I'm a 36F. If I were to lose a band size, to a 34, my cup size would increase. So I'd be a 34G. If I were to go up a band size, I'd be a 38DD.
The volume of the cup isn't the same across all band sizes.
Make sense?
I don't think you're accurate. The 36 or whatever is the measurement of your under bust. If you lose two inches from the circumference of your under bust it doesn't mean your cup size goes up. I've lost 2 inches from my under bust (went from a 40D to a 38D) and they aren't any bigger or smaller...believe me...my husband would have whined or rejoiced if they were. Besides...if it worked like that women would have their cup sized go up when they lost weight and not down and women who got "fat" would have their cup size go down and not up. I don't know any women who had her cup size increase by losing weight or have it decrease by having gained weight.
To the OP, I have the smallest cup size in my family. My mom's and older sister's are HUGE (like triple F and G's), but I think I get my cup size from my dad's mother. It happens. You don't necessarily get all your lady parts from your mom. Also, girls usually stop developing/growing all over by age 16 (earlier than boys) so by that point you probably had all you were going to get anyways. Why worry about it? There's always breast enlargement if it really bothers you.
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Lauren8239 wrote: »Does it really matter that much to you? Not being snarky, just wondering why it's so important.
Now, I'll let OP speak for herself. But you have no idea of the importance and value given to having large breasts by kids born circa 1995 and later. You have no idea.
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lilmisfit1987 wrote: »TheVirgoddess wrote: »The thing is, cup size isn't the only indicator of how large your breasts are. Band size factors in, too. They go together to determine the size of your breasts.
For example, I'm a 36F. If I were to lose a band size, to a 34, my cup size would increase. So I'd be a 34G. If I were to go up a band size, I'd be a 38DD.
The volume of the cup isn't the same across all band sizes.
Make sense?
I don't think you're accurate. The 36 or whatever is the measurement of your under bust. If you lose two inches from the circumference of your under bust it doesn't mean your cup size goes up. I've lost 2 inches from my under bust (went from a 40D to a 38D) and they aren't any bigger or smaller...believe me...my husband would have whined or rejoiced if they were. Besides...if it worked like that women would have their cup sized go up when they lost weight and not down and women who got "fat" would have their cup size go down and not up. I don't know any women who had her cup size increase by losing weight or have it decrease by having gained weight.
The reason she is correct is that your cup size is determined by subtracting your band size from the circumference of the fullest part of your breasts. If your breasts do not change size but your band does, then your cup size will change because the subtraction would result in a higher number, meaning a bigger cup size. If you do not get a higher number, then your boobs did get smaller.
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lilmisfit1987 wrote: »TheVirgoddess wrote: »The thing is, cup size isn't the only indicator of how large your breasts are. Band size factors in, too. They go together to determine the size of your breasts.
For example, I'm a 36F. If I were to lose a band size, to a 34, my cup size would increase. So I'd be a 34G. If I were to go up a band size, I'd be a 38DD.
The volume of the cup isn't the same across all band sizes.
Make sense?
I don't think you're accurate. The 36 or whatever is the measurement of your under bust. If you lose two inches from the circumference of your under bust it doesn't mean your cup size goes up. I've lost 2 inches from my under bust (went from a 40D to a 38D) and they aren't any bigger or smaller...believe me...my husband would have whined or rejoiced if they were. Besides...if it worked like that women would have their cup sized go up when they lost weight and not down and women who got "fat" would have their cup size go down and not up. I don't know any women who had her cup size increase by losing weight or have it decrease by having gained weight.
It does work exactly that way. You can look it up easily enough. The manufacturers design bras so that as the band size goes up, the 'B' cup (for example) increases in volume. And vice versa. This why the sister sizes are 30DD, 32D, 34C, etc. Same cup volume, different band length.
If you lost in band size and your cup size stayed the same, your breast volume decreased. On the plus side, they decreased proportionately to the rest of you, which is why neither you nor your husband noticed.
When women get fat and gain in the band size, they're almost guaranteed to be gaining fat in the breast as well. So cup size may stay the same or may go up with band size. Occasionally band size goes up and cup size goes down, but that would be very unusual.
Then there are women like me, who lost significant band size and the cup size went up: 34C -> 30DD. My breasts are mostly breast tissue and not fat, so I didn't lose much volume.0 -
Google sister sizes for bras. It's a crazy way they did bra sizes! I so far have went from a 36DD to a 34DDD because I have only lost inches and no boob...I wish I would lose some boob!0
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That's interesting. I guess I never measured my size ever. I just wore what felt right...although I am spilling out of the 38D's. I just ignored it...balls. I don't want to go up a cup size. Finding cute D's was hard enough.Danielle_Husband wrote: »lilmisfit1987 wrote: »TheVirgoddess wrote: »The thing is, cup size isn't the only indicator of how large your breasts are. Band size factors in, too. They go together to determine the size of your breasts.
For example, I'm a 36F. If I were to lose a band size, to a 34, my cup size would increase. So I'd be a 34G. If I were to go up a band size, I'd be a 38DD.
The volume of the cup isn't the same across all band sizes.
Make sense?
I don't think you're accurate. The 36 or whatever is the measurement of your under bust. If you lose two inches from the circumference of your under bust it doesn't mean your cup size goes up. I've lost 2 inches from my under bust (went from a 40D to a 38D) and they aren't any bigger or smaller...believe me...my husband would have whined or rejoiced if they were. Besides...if it worked like that women would have their cup sized go up when they lost weight and not down and women who got "fat" would have their cup size go down and not up. I don't know any women who had her cup size increase by losing weight or have it decrease by having gained weight.
The reason she is correct is that your cup size is determined by subtracting your band size from the circumference of the fullest part of your breasts. If your breasts do not change size but your band does, then your cup size will change because the subtraction would result in a higher number, meaning a bigger cup size. If you do not get a higher number, then your boobs did get smaller.
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Wow, I didn't know it was that complicated! I'm going to have to do my research to really understand how all this is measured! How come every women doesn't have this knowledge?!
Thanks everyone (:0 -
Lauren8239 wrote: »Does it really matter that much to you? Not being snarky, just wondering why it's so important.
Yup, it does. But thanks for your input.
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Sheesh! Glad I am a guy.0
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It's a pain in the butt! I only learned all of this since my weight went up and (thankfully) now back down because NOTHING fit right. You would think it could be a little easier!0
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Dammit! I just took my measurements and I did go up a cup size. Why you gotta rain on my parade mfp? LOL Anyways, don't want to high jack the OP's post. Good luck hun!0
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Why not get some fake ones? I know lots of people who have and who are very happy with the results.0
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RunningMyPugandPapi wrote: »Why not get some fake ones? I know lots of people who have and who are very happy with the results.
Do you have $10,000 I can have??
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LetsGetFitTogether wrote: »Wow, I didn't know it was that complicated! I'm going to have to do my research to really understand how all this is measured! How come every women doesn't have this knowledge?!
Thanks everyone (:
It's becoming more common for women to learn about cup sizes and find properly fitting bras, thankfully. I spent most of my life having large breasts and not understanding how things worked, and thus not having a properly fitting bra.
The very best thing you can do is go for a professional fitting at a store like Nordstroms or Soma Intimates.
This is a really helpful site, too. http://blog.butterflycollection.ca/2012/05/bra-school-not-all-d-cups-are-same-size.html0 -
branflakes1980 wrote: »RunningMyPugandPapi wrote: »Why not get some fake ones? I know lots of people who have and who are very happy with the results.
Do you have $10,000 I can have??
ill give you the 10gs, but if i buy 'em i own 'em.0 -
Victoria's Secret now does very good measurements as well.0
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