Don't know whether to be happy or sad about this?

mzlaura
on 8/16/13 1:38 pm - Litchfield, NH
RNY on 03/05/13

I got sized for a bra in April I was told a 44dd or 44ddd. Today I got measured again cause I thought my bra cups seemed big and I am now a 42d. My Tatas are shrinking lol to think I thought I would be the one who's boobs didn't shrink yeah right and I am only 5 months out. I still have over 80 lbs to lose!!! I am wearing 18/20 panties down from a 26/28. Stretch pants an XL, jeans am 18, and tops some XL and some 18/20. My biggest bra was 48ddd. And I used to wear 4x and 5x tops and 26/28 bottoms or 30/32 for jeans!!!! I am obviously losing my top half which seems crazy to me... But also noticing a lot of icky hanging skin!!! My sides, back rolls, boobs, panni is getting bad, even my upper belly, inner thighs! I know skin is better than fat but how do you get past looking at it? I get grossed out and sad I let it get that bad.

HW: 401  SW: 297  CW: 200.8
RNY gastric bypass surgery on March 5th, 2013

  

Oxford Comma Hag
on 8/16/13 1:54 pm
If it is any consolation, my breasts stopped shrinking eventually. I am still left with F cups.
I' ve observed we women tend to lose from the top down. My last 7-8 pounds is hanging around my hips and lower abdomen.
Start a plastics fund now if the skin bothers you. I am okay with my skin, which is good since there is no money right now for plastics. My daughter thinks it is funny. She will gently poke my batwings and say 'Flub, flub, flub. It's so soft-like bread dough.' fun, huh?

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Needanewbeginning
on 8/16/13 1:59 pm - Barrie, Canada
RNY on 05/21/13

I wasn't very 'gifted' with my girls and let me tell ya, they are lookin a little sad these days, lol. Well, not to lol, but they are what they are. I already know I will need plastics done, panni, mons, maybe even a set of girls? Have to cross that bridge later, $ may be the deciding factor in that idea.

Think of it as really, we will be so much healthier, its only skin, if you can ($) and if you want, do plastics, otherwise try to embrace the new you, I know, droopy and wrinkly isn't the best, but WAY better than full of fat.

Starting weight: 334 lbs.Starting opti weight: 323 lbs, Surgery weight 303 lbs.Surgery-May 21st, 2013 with Dr Hagen at HRRH Goal weight 165 lbs reached at 13 months. Current weight 156 lbs

     

Laura in Texas
on 8/16/13 10:26 pm
RNY on 09/17/08 with

Mentally, I could not get past it and had to have plastics. Get some good shapewear while you are losing. Keep getting good bras as you are losing to keep the girls in their proper place. Undergarments make a lot of difference in hiding the skin from the outside world.

Start saving now for plastics or get your finances in order and raise your credit score so you can get a loan. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Congrats on your success so far!! Keep it up!!

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

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65rosesmom
on 8/16/13 10:51 pm

Be happy!  That number says that your back width is declining with your breasts.  The skin is tough, but it takes time for some of the stretch to kick in.  Not that you won't have loose skin, you may have to consider plastics, but at a year out my skin is better today than it was 5 months ago.

My bra went from a 42DD to a 34D.   The cups are much smaller as you go down, I can't believe I'm still in the D range when I look at the empty sacks that are supposed to be breasts.   But as you said, better than fat, right.

Heather   Mom to 3  
Surgery August 9, 2012
HW = 225, SW= 205, CW 135 

    

PetHairMagnet
on 8/17/13 2:39 am
RNY on 05/13/13

I have gone from a 48DD to a 42C (some bras a 42D) and truthfully, I fit in a clothes a WHOLE lot better now that I don't have giant boobies!  It isn't like I am a card carrying member of the itty bitty tittie committee, many would look at me and still think they are large breasts, but in comparison they are SO small. I put on my largest bra this week just to see what it was like and I thought WOW-how did I ever walk upright!? 

But I do want to get them lifted up, they seem determined to tell the world where Australia is located! ;)

Have you tried Pilates or Yoga? I know it won't cure all that ails you in the skin department, but I sure can tell a difference in the time I have been doing it--5 weeks maybe? I am smaller and have less hanging skin, except my underarms. They are just atrocious! 

    

HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman.  I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way.  Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!

        

    

    

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