Losing weight, but boobs getting bigger?

swtbttrfly23 · 09-24-2010, 12:52 AM

Hey everyone, so I am working really hard on losing the weight, and I'm feeling really good about it. Haven't been the most faithful with exercise the past 2 weeks, but I've been pretty much on point with my low-carbing and losing well.

But lately I've been noticing that my boobs are feeling a bit bigger. At first I chalked it up to the inches I've lost around the boobs just making them look and feel more defined, but now I'm noticing some newer stretch marks. And they look less flat than they usually do when I'm wearing a bra. I'm just not really sure what is going on, I've never had very large breasts, even when I was at my highest weight they were not all that big. Anyone have any ideas?

katy trail · 09-24-2010, 01:00 AM

first, are you sure you arent pregnant?
doesnt sound like it, so have you been doing any chest area exercises? maybe its possible you gained muscle. very interesting. idk.

bananapancakes · 09-24-2010, 01:21 AM

I'm jealous!!! :P

ringmaster · 09-24-2010, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bananapancakes

I'm jealous!!! :P

lol, me too. I saw the title and was thinking is that a bad thing? lol

bronzeager · 09-24-2010, 08:05 AM

Have you started on the pill or some other hormonal birth control? Some women get bigger breasts from that. I think mine grew from being on the pill.

If you have a doctor you could ask them about it.

Pandabear · 09-24-2010, 08:16 AM

My good friend is actually going through the same problem she lost weight and had to start buying bigger bras!!! I was so jealous!! I mean c'mon she was already a DD and had to go to a DDD! Maybe its muscle gain in the chest which makes them sit higher.

Bac0s · 09-24-2010, 08:28 AM

Totally jealous! I bought a bunch of new bras a couple of months ago and now none of them fit!! They're all SO big on me!

Enjoy it.

(are you *sure* you're not pg?)

Lori Bell · 09-24-2010, 08:53 AM

Are you eating more soy? Perhaps more salad dressings that contain soybean oil. (It's in almost every salad dressing) Soy is often used as an estrogen replacement therapy because of it's estrogen like properties. It also mimics estrogen like side effects. The increased use of Soy is thought to be one of the reason girls are entering puberty (and experiencing breast growth) at younger and younger ages... BTW, I have nothing against soybeans, we have 80 acres of them planted on the farm.

I do know that soy is also one of the main ingredients in the various "breast enhancement" pills on the market.

I don't know, just a though.

Mickeypnd · 09-24-2010, 09:06 AM

idk, but is this a bad thing? maybe you've lost more weight in your stomach and your back and not your boobs, so it feel as if your boobs have grown.

NiteNicole · 09-24-2010, 09:08 AM

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My good friend is actually going through the same problem she lost weight and had to start buying bigger bras!!! I was so jealous!! I mean c'mon she was already a DD and had to go to a DDD!

Cup size is relative to band size. For example, the cups on a 32 D bra are not the same as a cup on a 42 D. If she's had to go down a band size, she may have to then go up a cup size. Also, changing brands makes a huge difference. A Victoria's Secret DD is like a C in most other brands. My A cup friend jokes that shopping in VS makes her feel like a porn star because it's the only place she breaks the B barrier

swtbttrfly, someone else has already asked but...are you pregnant? And if you're doing chest exercises, what are they? I would certainly love to be um, fuller.

SCraver · 09-24-2010, 09:10 AM

My first thought was pregnancy!!

bananapancakes · 09-24-2010, 09:28 AM

Lori Bell, you make a very valid point. I've read about this before.

swtbttrfly23 · 09-24-2010, 12:12 PM

Funny that so many people mention pregnancy, I keep joking with my roommates that I must be pregnant! But there is literally no way I could be preggo so that's not it. I haven't really been working my upper body out much, so I don't think it's muscle,and I don't take any birth control. I have been eating a bit more soy lately, but not a ton by any means.

I do know that my band size has gone down a little bit, and I have lost a little bit of overall upper-body fat in general. I guess I was afraid that I was just going to lose the small boobies I already have, but if anything they've become more defined and developed (if not larger!). My skin has also been clearer with my weightloss efforts, and I am beginning to wonder if being overweight had thrown my hormones out of wack and now they're correcting themselves and resulting in these things?

Anyway, I'm just speculating, and for the record I am in NO WAY complaining about it! I've always been smallish chested (but they've always been quite perky, a result from working as a shampooer in a salon for 4 years, I've been told) but I am kind of loving watching my body change. Hopefully it will continue the way I want and maybe I'll just have a fab rack when I'm at goal. Saggy tummy and thighs, but one sweet rack of lamb!!

Shytowngal · 09-24-2010, 12:17 PM

My band size changed but my cup went up a size. My friends tell me that my breasts still look huge, but not as "in your face" as they were before. Interesting.

FireFlying · 09-24-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by NiteNicole

Cup size is relative to band size. For example, the cups on a 32 D bra are not the same as a cup on a 42 D. If she's had to go down a band size, she may have to then go up a cup size.

I've read this, too. Like, a 34DD is the same cup size as a 36D..and 34D and 36D are not the same. It's all relative to the band.