band size increasing with weight loss?
Since being in Greece, i have lost a fair bit of weight. My underbust still measures 29inches, (that is the size of my naked ribs, loose, tight, is the same - i had a bad Eating Disorder when i was younger, and still wore a 34 band after adding 5 inches to my raw rib measurement.) However, i realised that i should be in a 30 band when i weighed about 10kg more than i do now. However, I find now i have lost weight, my 30 bands feel tighter. It's like the wires are now stabbing into my ribs at the sides - i think it might be because i have lost the padding that was over my ribs. My ribs stick out and you can feel them, i have to bend over to grab skin / fat from the surface of my bones.
Although, when i try a 32 it rides up like anything.... I have ordered Comexim, i think maybe the wires are just crazy wide for my body.
Many people say they loose a band size when they loose weight, i have never heard of anyone having the opposite problem, although i guess it might be the same as when skinny girls have to band size up for their ribs?
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Actually, not weight loss in my case, but when I stopped breastfeeding and my breasts lost a bit of volume (although their perimeter and root width stayed the same) my underbust increased by an inch. The culprit, I think: the reduced volume meant my breasts remained ever so slightly higher on my chest. Because my ribcage is so very tapered the difference was quite significant. Anyway, my underbust measure 28" now (was 27") and I find I need relaxed 30s or snug 32s to be comfortable- Again, super-conical torso and absolutely no padding whatsoever.
Maybe you're in between band sizes now?
yeah, maybe. All of the 32's i tried have ridden up and been uncomfy. I think it has to do with the wires though. I have very close set, narrow rooted breasts, and almost all wires are too wide for me, they tend to sit right on a rib, so when i breath, ouch!
I have a cleo Meg in 30GG, and the wires are very narrow, U shaped in fact. The band on this bra is good, if a little loose in the 30.
I don't know, well fitting bras are so tough to find :(
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