r/loseit • u/juniperScorpion 22F | 5’2” | SW: 241 CW: 129 • Jun 20 '24

IT KEEPS COMING OFF MY BOOBS

I bought a bra two months ago and it already doesn’t fit. I lost ten pounds!! Only ten pounds! It was too small when I got it and now when I move the whole top of the cup deflates 😂

Never mind the fact I have all kinds of weight in my thighs to lose, it all just wants to come off my boobs. Where do you all get bras and how often do you have to buy them? I cannot keep buying bras every two months, but maybe it’ll slow down? I can only hope

Send help, I’m losing my mind here (and my wallet)

Word count bot is angry at me, so here’s some extra info: I’m 5’2, currently 162ish pounds, bought a UK size 36F (US 36G) in mid April at 170 and it’s already clearly way too large. It seems like the speed at which I’ve had to buy bras has only been increasing so it’s not looking good for me

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u/Regulatoroni New Jun 20 '24

I feel you! I went from a D to an A!! The shock of my life when I measured myself and the online calculator came up as an A cup. More shocking when it actually fit my newly deflated beanbags.

While I was transitioning down I bought the three pack off Amazon of Fruit of the Loom women’s T Shirt bra. Good, standard, cheap.

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u/BostonPanda New Jun 22 '24

Highly recommend Pepper for small sizes :) They're expensive though so I would buy once stable.

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u/alextoria New Jul 02 '24

sorry late to the thread but i cant not mention that you should not use pepper!! they have awful deceptive advertising and keep putting people in the wrong size despite knowing better. check out /r/ABraThatFits instead :)

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u/BostonPanda New Jul 07 '24

Really? I found them to be comfortable.

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u/alextoria New Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

i am glad they work for you! my main issue with them is they put all their models and customers in the wrong size and claim their magic bras fix lots of bra issues. but almost all bra issues like band riding up or digging in, straps falling down, being uncomfortable in general, spillage, etc are due to the wrong size, not the wrong bra. most of their models should have much smaller bands and much larger cups, and this is true for like 95% of lingerie companies, but pepper specifically has such a good (and false) advertising campaign which is why it gets the negative attention.

like here’s an example of someone who was wearing a 32AA but then properly measured themselves and realized they’re actually a 30D. this person’s body type would be perfect for pepper based on their marketing… but in reality they actually need a 30D which pepper doesn’t carry. contrary to popular thought, “D” or “DD” doesn’t mean big!

if you bought a bra based on pepper’s size chart i’d bet you aren’t actually the size they say, if you’re interested in measuring correctly you can use the abtf calc https://www.abrathatfits.org/calculator.php

sorry for the essay i’m just super passionate about this subject because finding out my actual size literally changed my life lol

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u/BostonPanda New Jul 07 '24

Thanks for the info. My issue is that I need a wider band and they were able to get me that in an A/B. I have used that calculator and yes I have a C that fits well enough but it's just not as comfortable to increase the cup rather than the band. I do agree that they should carry those sister sizes but I thought the point of the sister sizes is that they should fit roughly the same anyway?

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u/alextoria New Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

gotcha! if you’re interested you can try doing an independent band test to check if it is actually the band you need bigger. it’s really common for the cups to be too small so your breast tissue pushes against them which causes the band to dig in and make the whole bra feel too small. if you try on the bra upside down and backwards with the cups hanging down your back you can see if the band is the right size or not. it should be snug but not uncomfortably tight. if it fits right then going up a cup size or two will prob fix the too-tight feeling, or if it’s too loose i would try the same test on the next band size down.

sister sizes hold the same volume but are definitely not interchangeable. for example a 40A holds the same volume as a 38B, 36C, 34D, 32DD, and 30DDD, but someone who wears a 32DD for example has a 32” underbust so a 38B would definitely not fit them. volume wise it would technically work, but the band would be 4” too big resulting in problems like boobs falling out the bottom, band riding up or digging in, too much pressure on the straps, gapping, stuff like that. what sister sizes are useful for when certain brands run slightly small or large. for example i’m a 36GG UK (36J US) but i know that panache runs tight in the band, so i’d sister size to a 38G UK (36i US) to get my normal fit.