boobs

My wife was texting me earlier complaining about her boobs getting smaller as she loses weight. I told her that if they shrink when you lose weight then they weren't supposed to be that big in the first place.

asflatasapancake wrote: »

JessNelson_ wrote: »

I think it depends on the person to be honest...it also depends on what body fat % you drop down to. Boobs are nothing more than fat and a little muscle under that. I unfortunately did not have the pleasure of keeping mine.

I started off with DD at 150lbs and by the end of my journey i was a A and 108. I bounce back and fourth though during my bulking and cutting cycles. but i haven't owned a bra larger than a B in 2.5 years.

Yeah, but you're ripped! Well done!

Haha, well thanks good sir!

I believe, for the most part, it depends on where your body stores essential fat.
- the general shape of your body applies here.

If you tend to be heavier around the hips, you'll lose some fat there but it'll likely be harder to get rid of then in your upper body.... Alternatively, if your body tends to store fat in the upper body, then it'll likely be harder to remove the fat there (i.e. you'll probably still have boobs since boobs are essentially mostly fat stores). If you have a fairly even distribution of fat (I'm going to say hourglass shape but those body shape chart things don't really mean anything) you should be able to, for the most part, maintain a similar breast/waist/hip ratio. Your overall size may shrink but your band size should shrink with it. I used to be a fairly large size but after losing some weight, everything got smaller, but at the same rate. My cup size dropped one size (I'd always been borderline anyways) but I lost 4 inches around my waist to compensate.

That being said, if you are aiming for a % body fat number that's pretty low, if you're considering % body fat, you may loose some of the size, but I'm fairly certain that's only if you're aiming to drop below 18%. Don't take my word on that though.

I have people on my friends list who have lost a dramatic amount of weight, but they still have a sizable bra size..even when their breast size went down, relative to the rest of their loss, it looks the same, or even actually bigger now that the rest of them is so much smaller.

On the other hand...my breasts were the very last place I gained weight, and were the very first place I lost weight. Only 18 lbs down, and have gone from 36C..and for a short while at my heaviest, a 36D... to now swimming in my 34Bs. We dont all gain or lose weight in the same places... There are plenty of small women with a large cup size, and larger women with a small cup size.. its genetics.

But I reckon, if youve lost 40lbs and your are still pretty much the same there and close to goal, then your body isnt planning to get go of them. I think also, if you are an hourglass or apple shape, the odds you will still have sizable breasts, in comparison to the rest of your body, is greater than someone like me who is a pear shape...whose upper body is always small to non-existent compared to the rest of my body, or a banana who is consistent straight up and down.

In other words..dont worry. Esp since youre so close to goal....regardless of size, the dimensions themselves like your breast to waist to hip ratio will always be there.

pics or it didn't happen!

FWIW after losing 18 pounds I went from a DD to a D. I think I'm a D (getting measured this weekend, there's way too much room in my bra).

I recall when I first went from 160lbs to 130, I went from a C to slightly larger than an A. I'm currently a full B and I know that they're gonna shrink the more weight I lose.

However, my body likes to lose weight from the belly-button up, first, no matter what I do.

That being said, it means my arms tone up pretty fast, and I actually prefer how I look with a smaller chest, but that's just me. I think you're just at the mercy of where you body likes to give or take.

Another part of the equation that I haven't seen mentioned here is age and hormones. Women's breasts will often grow larger as they get older and closer to menopause due to hormonal changes. I was an A cup or "nearly A" for most of my life and when I hit my 40's the girls decided to get with the program and grew to a C, then to a D almost overnight (with no significant weight gain elsewhere). Gaining and losing weight when I was young did affect the size of the girls, but after I got older it hasn't been that much of a factor.

BigLifter10 wrote: »

RaeBeeBaby wrote: »

Another part of the equation that I haven't seen mentioned here is age and hormones. Women's breasts will often grow larger as they get older and closer to menopause due to hormonal changes. I was an A cup or "nearly A" for most of my life and when I hit my 40's the girls decided to get with the program and grew to a C, then to a D almost overnight (with no significant weight gain elsewhere). Gaining and losing weight when I was young did affect the size of the girls, but after I got older it hasn't been that much of a factor.

OMG - I really, REALLY hope that is NOT the case. Oy.

Im hoping that it IS the case! LoL!!!! I need something to look forward to here!!!!! Im very small (when within my normal weight range) as well...if I get to have breasts that I actually get to keep when I hit my 40's..then I'll tell you what, come on 40!!!!!

ETA: Awe...I just did a bit of research, not much, but enough to see that the increase in breast size in many women later in life and especially after menopause was due to weight gain. Well, there goes that...!

I've lost 90+ pounds.

The girls are going nowhere. In fact, they seem MUCH bigger because I have lost everything around/below. Boob loss is sad, but it does not happen to everyone.