[honeybunch]

Well, at least he's honest.

[kittenb]

Sounds like this thread had a visit from Smoove B.

Dude you are gross and reported. Get the fuck out of Bust before we hurt you.

[P Lover Ray]

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[Vendetta]

I miss the way I had fun with padding and almost cleavage in tops.. now I have to be covering the bra which is trying to pop out of my clothes all the time. I don't want to put on weight though because my belly is sexier this way so at least I have something that amuses me but oh well.. I lost these pounds in not such a good way so it's going to be easy as hell to put them back again. I should exercice, I can't wait to be able to go to the gym. I know I'll love my body when toned, which is not. I'm out of shape and my hundreds of stretch marks are there to remind me that I should take care of myself more. I drink too much, I smoke too much, I don't sleep too much and all I eat is sh*t.

[edie52]

Ooh, she's lovely, starship. Despite the ill-fitting denim skirt.

I don't have any advice about working out- I don't do it regularly. However, my body is more toned than it was when I was a teenager (thanks to waitressing, and city living that involves tons of biking and walking), and I think it's way sexier. When I wear summer outfits it's all about the back and shoulders and arms (and nipples!) making up for the lack of cleavage. Love me some collarbone, too.

[starship]

simon mill's wife yasmin mills (not quite sure who he is either but heyho):
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/28/...289_468x484.jpg

i had a rare find of a bra actually in my size that was unpadded. i put it on and marvelled at the wonder of what a well-fitting bra can do. ok so from some angles i still looked like a 12 year old but i chose to ignore that minor detail....

one of my aunts bought me an underwear set for xmas. in a B cup haha. i was too embarassed to say it was too big so its kind of lurking in my room right now, taunting me

i thought about building my upper body up at the gym abit but im unsure at the effect it would have on my boobs. i thought it might make them look more boobish cos even the male body builders look like they have breasts rightt. but then i realised i wouldnt be that extreme so maybe it wouldnt have the same effect and would just burn off any boob fat i do have instead, leaving me with even less shape rather than more

[honeybunch]

Vendetta, that's how it is with me,too. In addition I do some dance for cardio which uses a lot of lower body strength. So I kinda have dancer's thighs. I don't have a problem with that, I've been told I have killer legs. However, it can be tricky finding things that fit my lower and upper halves.

Strongirl, cute story! I've been trying to tone up a little around the middle. Actually, I have lost a bit around the middle already. Woohoo!

[ailurophile]

Honeybunch and Vendetta:
I would like to lose a few more pounds but won't because I will lose more breast tissue. I have put some weight back on. Guess where!!! My butt and belly. It goes there first. When they are larger and out of shape, it then goes to my breasts...after the fact. My boobs were bigger when I weighed 20 more pounds of course. I didn't lose my boobs until the last five pounds and then I was angry that I lost that last five. I guess you gotta take the bad with the good. My bf didn't know me when I was bigger... butt, belly and boobs. So guess I'll stay as is; it's not like he's missing anything. Like I said, I want to lose more, but I will just try to tighten things because if I lose more, my boobs will be smaller. Not good for my self esteem. It's not like you could tell through clothes but they looked and felt fuller and it was little more for my man to grab onto.

Fun story, Strongirl.

[strongirl]

Honeybunch, in terms of the abs/boobs thing, I encourage you to work out. I started doing upper body workouts in the gym several years ago with my bf and I love the results, both visually and in terms of increased strength and power. I used to have stick arms, bony shoulders, and with tiny boobs my chest looked like a washboard. Not only did I not show cleavage in low cut tops, I showed bones! You could see ribs and my breastbone running down the center.

Since then, I've added a lot of muscle up top, there's a lot less bone showing, and my abs are defined. Here's a good story that small breasted chicks should enjoy. I went skydiving with my bf, his daughter and her girlfriend, and his ex. His ex has large breast implants which she put in during the time they were breaking up. The skydiving company was mostly buff guys in their twenties. Afterward, his daughter and her friend were teasing me about the fact that all the guys were lusting after me behind my back. Apparently they liked my abs (I was wearing a sports bra and lowcut cargo pants) and one guy kept saying he wanted to lick my stomach! Meanwhile, they referred to my bf's ex as "mom". This is one experience that fuels my perception that big implants can make a woman look "matronly".

I know this story sounds tacky and like I'm competitive with my bf's ex, who I happen to really like and admire. But I think the feedback on toned muscles versus big implants is relevant to this forum.

[Vendetta]

One thing is for sure: when I put on some weight, it goes to my butt and thighs and never to my breasts. The only way they get bigger is with BC pills. But when I lose weight, my breasts are the first ones to go. My bras don't fit me anymore on a scandalous way. When I move my arms the band moves with them. It's unconfortable. And almost all that's left are nipples. Argh. Nearly A-cup to AAA-cup in two months. I don't deserve this!

[honeybunch]

Vendetta, I want to lose a few pounds, and I'm scared that will happen. Though I don't know how much smaller they can get. I tell myself that i could at least have some nice abs if I am gonna have small breasts. Not that my abs are bad I just think they could be better. There's not much I can do for the boobs though.

Is anybody else kinda filled out but still have small breasts? My weight just kinda goes mostly to my thighs.

[ailurophile]

Not sure if you ladies knew this: Victoria's Secret carries Intimissimi ....AND their semi-annual sale just started ...AND they have free shipping on orders of $100 or more for those of you who are not as lucky as I am to have a Vickie's in your area.

I hope everyone who celebrates Christmas had a merry one!

[discowombat]

PurpleStain,

What'd ya get???

I am a bra addict.

I love Lulalu. And everywhere that sells bras! I just love bras!!!

I'm going to peruse the herroom.com site today because they're having a big sale right now.
They have like 30A's and stuff I think.

Well, I followed your tip and checked our herroom.com too. I ordered some items and I'm crossing my fingers that they work out. If not the return process seems relatively painless. I didn't find too much in my preferred size that was affordable and not a sports bra but I did find some in the size that I usually have to settle for that the reviews said ran small. So I'm thinking those might work. One is even a sexy set. I have been looking for lingerie that might fit forever! Thanks! I'll let you guys know if any of it works out.

[lightchested]

PurpleStain,

What'd ya get???

I am a bra addict.

I love Lulalu. And everywhere that sells bras! I just love bras!!!

I'm going to peruse the herroom.com site today because they're having a big sale right now.
They have like 30A's and stuff I think.

[purplestain]

Tomorrow I am going to Lula Lu to spend Christmas money!! Not like anyone's going to see my pretty new bra but oh well, fuckem.

[starship]

haha, you girls keep me sane

just popped in to wish everyone who's celebrating a merry christmas:)

x

[Vendetta]

I lost some weight and my boobs like... where did they go?? I feel like they're smaller than ever. I'm sad *sight*

[ailurophile]

I never named my breasts. .........Should I?

[karategrrl]

lightchested, you are totally cracking me up today!!

Luuuv your avatar, first of all.

And, since a big part of this last year has been in learning about and harnessing the power of positivity in my life, yes, the thought occurred to me to try that in an effort to grow my breasts. "Sheet," I thought, "People have supposedly cured their own cancer with positive affirmations and such...why not grow bigger breasts??" I have to say that while i doubt that my breasts have actually grown one iota, I see them in the mirror now and they look good, even bigger than when I was obsesing about how "small" they looked. It's like seeing the glass (or should I say, <ahem> "cup") half full.

This weekend I watched on YouTube an augmentation procedure done through the belly button (TransUmbilical Breast Augmentation, also known as TUBA). While I have to say that in theory it looks a lot less traumatic to the tissues than the traditional cutting through the skin/muscles under the breasts, under the armpit, or (yik) under the nipples, I'm assuming that when it's time to remove them (as one day it would be), you'd still have to be sliced open to do so.

I had to laugh b/c the whole video was so cheesy--it was obviously an infomercial for a particular surgeon, done up to make it look like a health segment on a talk show--first of all, in the "consultation" with this patient who underwent the procedure, he showed "before" and "after" pics of a woman who looked ridiculous afterward--like, the breasts were the size of her head and stuck straight out--and he was saying, "See, they look totally natural." Yes, about as natural as a penis growing out the top of my head.

The other thing that amused me was that in the topless part of the consultation (they did not actually how her breasts on camera, though), the surgeon said, "Well, you look like a large B or small C. We can make you a large C or maybe a D. That would look natural on your frame." And she was jonesing for, like, double D's and she was a petite woman. What kind of surgeon would take a perfectly good pair of B-to-C cups and operate on them, shove foreign objects into a woman's body that are not medically or aesthetically necessary and that are known to cause possible future health issues???? Doesn't that violate the Hippocratic Oath? (Of course, in this video, there was NO mention whatsoever of possible negative outcomes...just positive ones, just "recovery was so easy, it was a piece of cake, not like all my other friends who had it done the usual way...they are all jealous of me, blah blah." Bleargh!!!


But I digress...yes, lightchested, I also find the reference to daughters of implanted women to be appalling. I once worked for a real jerk who had bought implants for his wife. They had a daughter and son, both in grammar school. I asked what was going to happen, psychologically, with the daughter when she started puberty and saw that she wasn't developing like mom. This jerk said, "Well, that will be an option for her, too." The irony was, this guy had passed on his big nose to his son, who was already being teased about it in school. He was all about his son "learning to accept it" and not listening to the mean kids. Ummmm...male/female double standard, perhaps?? Ah, what a great legacy to pass on to your children.

[lightchested]

I found it on a breast surgeon's website:

The vast majority of women who undergo breast enlargement are very pleased with their results and report years later that they would unequivocally undergo the procedure again. In fact, it is not infrequent for the daughters of previously augmented patients to seek out the procedure themselves.

http://www.creasman.com/breast_enlarge.htm

I reacted strongly to this paragraph for two reasons.
First, regarding the vast majority of the women who get augmentation and "would unequivocally do it again"... well, that's good, because they're going to have to. Implants are not a one-shot surgery, as I'm sure we all know. So it seems a little "after the fact" for a woman with implants to decide she'd "unequivocally do it again". She's pretty much given up the right to make that decision by the time she's implanted, because one way or the other...she will be doing it again! (whether it's a medically-required correction, a cosmetic revision, a re-do to a bigger size when her existing pair start to sag, or the eventual explantation)

Secondly, to use the fact that daughters of augmentees frequently get implanted themselves as some kind of proof that it's a good thing to have done is a completely flawed argument. The daughters are probably getting it done not because the surgery itself is so wonderful (what surgery is???) but because their mothers have taught them to be dissatisfied with the small breasts they've likely inherited from their implanted mothers. And on what grounds can a mother logically refute a daughter's plea for implants if she could not resist the temptation to pop a pair in herself?

To me, that line about the daughters is more a reason not to get implants than a convincing argument that implants are indeed the way to go. I've wondered what the psychological impact is on daughters whose mothers have implants. It's interesting that a surgeon, who has noted a positive correlation, doesn't hide the fact, but rather uses it as a sales tactic to draw in potential gel bag host organisms who may be "on the fence" about whether they're ready to take a pair in. As if a woman would think, "Well, if implantees' daughters feel bad enough about themselves to throw themselves under the knife with reckless abandon... then so should I!"

I am all over the map on the future of my boobs. I can't imagine getting implants, but it doesn't stop me from researching them on a consistent basis. Why won't they just grow for God's sake? I bought a $30 .pdf tonight about using creative visualization to grow one's boobs. I am truly desperate, out of control, and pathetic! (But at least I realize it?)