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Title: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: lannie on March 09, 2014, 10:03:28 PM
Post by: lannie on March 09, 2014, 10:03:28 PM
If I were to gain weight and my breasts got larger then lost the weight would the breasts still keep their mass or would the weight in my breasts also go down with my weight?
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: Carrie Liz on March 09, 2014, 10:57:39 PM
Post by: Carrie Liz on March 09, 2014, 10:57:39 PM
The thing is, though, gaining weight doesn't usually mean creating new fat cells. Your bloodstream will deposit the excess energy wherever there is space, usually equally among the body's existing fat cells. So you'll basically just get more fat wherever you already have fat. And likewise, losing weight doesn't remove fat cells, it just deflates those same fat cells that are already there.
So if you gained weight, whatever breast tissue you did have would be inflated in proportion to everywhere else that your body has fat, and then when you lost the weight it would still be in proportion to everything.
The only solution to developing female curves is time. Because while gaining weight generally does not mean adding new fat cells to specific areas, Puberty, and therefore hormones, do indeed cause more fat cells to be created in certain gender-specific areas. But it takes time. And again, gaining or losing weight to put on curves is all about where existing fat cells already are. Those who already have more fat cells in their breasts and butt will put on curves disproportionately, while those who have more fat cells in their stomachs will just end up gaining stomach fat disproportionately to the rest of the body, and thus might actually make the female curves look even smaller. So just be patient. Because until those new fat cells are created, gaining or losing weight won't help you put on curves.
I'm saying this because I did try to use this strategy, trying to gain weight because I figured it would go to my butt and boobs now that I was on estrogen. It didn't. It went right back to my stomach, arms, and upper body, exactly where i was losing it from in the first place. And I didn't really gain any butt or boobs whatsoever. So again, give it time. I've continued to get a bigger chest, and a bigger butt, as time has gone on. But to be honest, my weight gain/loss really hasn't seemed to affect it whatsoever. It goes at its own pace.
So if you gained weight, whatever breast tissue you did have would be inflated in proportion to everywhere else that your body has fat, and then when you lost the weight it would still be in proportion to everything.
The only solution to developing female curves is time. Because while gaining weight generally does not mean adding new fat cells to specific areas, Puberty, and therefore hormones, do indeed cause more fat cells to be created in certain gender-specific areas. But it takes time. And again, gaining or losing weight to put on curves is all about where existing fat cells already are. Those who already have more fat cells in their breasts and butt will put on curves disproportionately, while those who have more fat cells in their stomachs will just end up gaining stomach fat disproportionately to the rest of the body, and thus might actually make the female curves look even smaller. So just be patient. Because until those new fat cells are created, gaining or losing weight won't help you put on curves.
I'm saying this because I did try to use this strategy, trying to gain weight because I figured it would go to my butt and boobs now that I was on estrogen. It didn't. It went right back to my stomach, arms, and upper body, exactly where i was losing it from in the first place. And I didn't really gain any butt or boobs whatsoever. So again, give it time. I've continued to get a bigger chest, and a bigger butt, as time has gone on. But to be honest, my weight gain/loss really hasn't seemed to affect it whatsoever. It goes at its own pace.
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: lannie on March 09, 2014, 11:51:13 PM
Post by: lannie on March 09, 2014, 11:51:13 PM
Thankyou so much! Very informative.
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: Late bloomer on March 10, 2014, 12:00:19 AM
Post by: Late bloomer on March 10, 2014, 12:00:19 AM
A most interesting enigma, fat & fat redistribution.
A lot of my fat came off my spare tire and went to my hips, butt, breasts, thighs.
The curves have developed slowly. My weight was 160 when I got out of my last hospital predicament, and the spiro changes started to take effect.
It's now 185 (I really liked being 160 ish).
So, I'm looking forward to taking long walks to rebuild my stamina and flatten out that tummy.
I was never weight-conscious before, but I sure am now!!
A lot of my fat came off my spare tire and went to my hips, butt, breasts, thighs.
The curves have developed slowly. My weight was 160 when I got out of my last hospital predicament, and the spiro changes started to take effect.
It's now 185 (I really liked being 160 ish).
So, I'm looking forward to taking long walks to rebuild my stamina and flatten out that tummy.
I was never weight-conscious before, but I sure am now!!
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: Missadventure on March 10, 2014, 12:58:23 AM
Post by: Missadventure on March 10, 2014, 12:58:23 AM
Quote from: lannie on March 09, 2014, 10:03:28 PM
If I were to gain weight and my breasts got larger then lost the weight would the breasts still keep their mass or would the weight in my breasts also go down with my weight?
I can't speak to post HRT, since my weight has sadly only increased on hormones... But, I gained a LOT of weight in my early 20s. Grew me some moobs. And, when I lost the weight in my late 20s the moobs didn't decrease in size proportionally to the rest of the weight loss. So for a while pre hormones I actually had a nice shape to me. Then hormones came, and I had a lot of weight gain to my gut... Grr... So much for estrogen promoting female fat distribution...
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: justjournalhonestly on March 10, 2014, 05:42:50 AM
Post by: justjournalhonestly on March 10, 2014, 05:42:50 AM
I also thank you two for sharing your experiences as this was a question I also have researched and seem to see that there are variances to everyone. In the end I see the need for me to lose weight, which has been step one of my transition plans all along, but this just reinforces that. I also read that then once on HRT that cycling calorie intake from gain to loss in theory can aid in curve development. However after reading Carrie's comment, I think it was most likely time that aided those doing the calorie intake cycling. As the hormones create the new fat cells in the breast and hip region, not only do the fat cells in the male typical areas deflate, my understanding is that they can eventually die and get regenerated based on need. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/research/05fat.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/research/05fat.html?_r=0)
Now does this mean they get regenerated where they once were? I don't know for certain, but I am hopeful they would regenerate in the area where our hormones request them to be. Wishful thinking I am sure, thus I just need to lose lots of weight before starting HRT. Mainly to get rid of this all too male gut! UGH!!
Now does this mean they get regenerated where they once were? I don't know for certain, but I am hopeful they would regenerate in the area where our hormones request them to be. Wishful thinking I am sure, thus I just need to lose lots of weight before starting HRT. Mainly to get rid of this all too male gut! UGH!!
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: suzifrommd on March 10, 2014, 05:45:37 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on March 10, 2014, 05:45:37 AM
From my sister, who is a cis-woman, breasts are usually the first place she loses weight.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Title: Re: Weight and breast tissue?
Post by: Jenna Marie on March 10, 2014, 05:31:13 PM
Post by: Jenna Marie on March 10, 2014, 05:31:13 PM
It depends on how your personal body gains and loses weight, and from where. Breasts are about 2/3 fat, so weight changes *can* affect them pretty significantly - but I have cis friends who lose weight first from the boobs, and yet my wife gains weight first in the boobs and it never seems to come off of there again. :) So the only real way to know how YOUR body will do it... is to try. I know, that's not that helpful.