Realty check - body image

[solobiker]

I too have gained some weight due to stess eating and my bras seem tighter. I hope to be able to drop those 10 pounds I gained during my 5 moves I did this past year. I am also way too shy to have a "fit" I did it once and that was more then enough for me. I still wear T-shirts over my bathing suit

[Triskeliongirl]

My suggestion is to buy clothes that you love and that fit you NOW, but don't buy very many and don't spend that much money on a single bra. I buy mine at victoria's secret, and even not on sale they don't cost anything like that much.

I lost 29 lbs over the last 6 months, and since I am still losing I have also been faced with this problem. Everytime I am a new size, I buy a single pair of jeans I love, with enough tops that fit that I don't go crazy doing laundry. Then I buy wrap around skirts that are very adjustable so I can wear them through several sizes. I started a 12 and am now a 6. Not sure if I am going to stabilize at a 6 or 4, so I am still shopping cautiously. I did buy 3 cycling outfits that fit and that I love, and I just wash them out frequently.

[jusdooit]

I guess I'll stop complaining about the cost of my bras! Really,that is VERY expensive. It pained me the first time I broke down and admitted I needed to be professionally fitted. I am very jealous of you ladies who can get away with buying $15-20 bras. An average bra for me costs about $50 a piece. It's impossible to find a 34DDD in anything cheaper. Sometimes I get lucky and catch them on sale. I suggest you keep shopping around until you can get one for a little less. To be quite honest a 34D or 34DD should not be as difficult to find at a high end department store. I do not recommend just making do, a well fitted bra is an absolute necessity.
As for your body image...........keep doing what it takes to get yourself into better shape. Not to be discouraging but a 20 lb weight loss for me resulted in only a change of one cup size, 38 to 34 band, but FFF to DDD in cup.

[mimitabby]

hehehe talk about unanimous.

I have nothing to add here except that i detest shopping for bras too. I was at my wit's end again as the last bras I had foundered and even though I know my size, i couldn't find one I wanted.

Then Queen popped on here sometime and says "I always buy these" so just for the heck of it, i bought two pairs (under 20 bucks) and i like them just fine.
and when they wear out, I'll probably go through it all again.