Can I maintain my breast size?

[hemanthbadda]

I'm a girl and I want to start working out but I'm afraid of my cup size becoming smaller, though I know it'll happen regardless. If it helps, I'm a B-Cup, and I know hitting chest will increase pec size, but would I be able to return to B-Cups? I'm not sure if it's weird to talk about, but I'm still underage, so I know they'll grow as I get older, but I'd still like to return to this size while I work out rn. Is there any way to go back to my B-Cups while hittting chest?

Edit: My main goals are to tone my legs, lose belly fat, and gain arm strength while losing arm fat, but I also think back is like a bonus, so I'm js wondering if it would greatly impact my cup size since I don't wanna lose the little I have rn lol

 

[deandrade]

@hemanthbadda Afaik breast size won't be impacted by muscle growth. Breast size is impacted by body fat % and genetics.

So go ahead and lift but make sure you keep eating.

 

[peteu]

@hemanthbadda Your boobs will get smaller if you lose weight, although depending on how old you are you might still have growth potential. Growing your pecs doesn't decrease your boob size since they're just lil bags of fat that hang off your body on top of the muscle lol

Also toning is a myth, you can build muscle to look more shapely and lose weight to look firmer, and you won't accidentally build too much muscle or start looking bulky or anything like that

 

[hemanthbadda]

@peteu I see, well im a sophomore in hs so ik theyll probably still grow but as of rn i wanna keep the size i have rn

 

[dinafrancis]

@hemanthbadda Breasts are not impacted by muscle mass. You may be overestimating how much muscle you're gonna build up on your chest, it takes a while to make a huge difference. And even then, your cup size is gonna be measured from the breast sitting in front of the muscle. If you could build up giant man pecs, that would only increase your band size

They're largely made up of fat. So getting to a lower bodyfat% could affect them. Now if you get professional bodybuilder lean, ie, not much fat on you at all, then yeah, the boobs go away. But at a healthy weight, you'll very likely maintain your boobs.

In my own experience (and genetics will change this from person to person), I, 5'7F went from my fattest at about 165lbs down to 135lbs without working out. I wore the same bras the entire time. They were maybe a little looser on the band at my low weight. But I definitely stayed a B cup the entire time.

Now i'm 5 years into lifting. Still got the same bras. Fill the band out a little more due to growing my back. And when i'm at my summer lean weight, I'm maybe a small B, but still definitely a B. BUT this goes back to the bodyfat%. My summer lean weight is me getting back down to 135lbs... but now with MUCH more muscle, so I have less fat.

 

[hemanthbadda]

@dinafrancis Oh, thank you, I see. I'm 5'0 and I'm more than sure I'll stay this height since I haven't grown in around 3 years or so. I weight around 125lbs right now and I'm curvy, so I would just like to accentuate my figure a little more. I was just afraid they'd decrease in size since I like how they look. I don't plan to lose a TON of weight, just get a bit of a flatter stomach and tone my legs as well as work on my back. I also wanted to just get more upper body strength since I take care of my baby nephew and he get's carried around quite often. I used to be much chubbier so I have some fat in my upper body I'd like to get rid of, but I just wasn't sure if it would decrease my bra size.

I dont rlly wanna lift too often, just gradually gain arm strength.. if anything I mainly wanna work on my legs/butt and lose some belly fat as well yk? and i know losing fat could affect ur cup cup size so im worried lolll i dont wanna lose the little i got

 

[cgolordshammer]

@hemanthbadda Just in keep mind that you can't really "tone" particular areas. Doing ab exercises for example, will not tone your stomach. It can increase muscle but that can actually make your stomach look larger if you don't decrease your body fat %

 

[hemanthbadda]

@cgolordshammer well, thats my goal in legs lmaooo, i have a large uhhh "backside" and i wanna tone it and maybe make it a little bigger but i just wanna lose belly fat, which means i'll most likely lose fat in my whole body which is why im afraid of my cup size decreasing since i dont got much lmao

 

[cgolordshammer]

@hemanthbadda Personally, I would start doing some weight training and go into a slight caloric deficit. You'll still build some muscle as a beginner and lose some fat. Unfortunately there isn't anyway around losing fat and just hope that less of it leaves your chest.

This is far from scientific as I haven't read research papers or anything but I'm pretty sure breasts often lose fat at a lower percentage than the rest of your body. Genetics play a bigger part. Basically if you cut 8% body fat overall, you very may well only lose something like 2% in your breasts.

By training legs (without cutting fat) you are going to find your pants fit tighter and everything just gets bigger, not really toned. You can only control where the muscle grows and what gets bigger compared to the rest of your legs/body.

 

[hemanthbadda]

@cgolordshammer i see, i know there isnt any possible way to onlyy lose fat in one area without fat being lost in other areas, but i'd honestly like to maintain my fat, just get rid of fat in my stomach and back, but idk if that possible lol im new to this... i js wanna flatter tummy in general, i wouldnt mind keeping the rest of my body fat as long as my stomach was a little flatter

 

[religiouslychallenged]

@hemanthbadda No you can't spot reduce fat. You will lose fat as a whole and you will notice the difference from the areas where they were less fat to begin with. Example neck, face, upper abs etc.. love handles and the breast will be the last.