Losing weight but keeping your bust

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.

Oh to have "beautiful breasts"...

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

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.)

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.

I was DDD 10lbs ago and I'm a DDD now. for some of us our boobs are stubborn. Invest in a good sports bra for cardio. I wear 2 sports bras.

i wish mine would go.