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So I was at lunch with three friends the other day. Myself and one other friend are pretty flat chested, and my other two friends are quite busty. We started chatting about the pains of our respective boob situations (ex: large chest making your back hurt), but my biggest complaint regarding having a small chest is what I like to call the Boob to Gut ratio, and it goes as follows:
Ladies with a larger chest can get away with having more weight around the middle. Their larger chest proportions out the weight gain, and they still look curvy and beautiful!
Enter the small chest. Gaining weight around your middle, especially when you have a really flat chest, just makes you look unproportioned and awkward. When your gut becomes bigger than your chest, the Boob to Gut Ratio is no longer good!
My friends thought the Boob to Gut ratio was hilarious! What is your biggest complaint about having a small (or large) chest?
um i thought i was the only person who said that~~ i have DDs and i always say as long as my boobs stick out further than my stomach i am good~
Lol! Crebre80, its good to know someone things along the same crazy lines as me :) Yup, the Boob to Gut Ratio never fails. Keep your stomach smaller than your chest and you are good to go!
Lots of things influence the Ratio, as I will now call it. Especially where you tend to gain weight. Most ladies tend to gain in the thighs and rear, but this little bee is an Apple all the way - any extra weight gain goes straight to my gut. If only it would go to my A cup chest, I would be much happier!
Haha, I have definitely thought about this before, as a fellow small-breasted gal. For the most part my biggest complaint is that tops and dresses are always too big in the bust! So annoying.
haha i've told heard that before. As in, guys making a girl lean up against a wall... if her boobs hit before her stomach she has a good boob/gut ratio and she's in. lol
i gain it in the gut and wear a great bra.. recently the stomach is winning though so i'll be working out starting tuesday!!
I totally know what you are talking about as a fellow flat chested girl. I am always worried about my belly sticking out further than my boobs. I was just talking about that with my FI the other day!
My Boobs are always heaps bigger than my waist, so I cannot use that ratio otherwise I would end up looking huge. If I gain wait it hits my but, thigh and Boobs first.
Me too! It really bothers me that I'm so flat chested and gain weight in my belly. It drives me crazy, Its the one area of my body I completely hate.
I have to tell you- I remember shopping for dresses before my 1st wedding. My MOH and my Mom were there and I was showing them a dress I really loved. When I put it on and came out of the dressing room, I heard then giggling. I demanded to know what was so funny. At first they wouldn't tell me but I wouldn't move on until they did. MOH finally said -"Your stomach looks bigger than your boobs in that dress!" I was so crushed. I was a size 6 at the time and barely a B. MOH was a size 16 and a DDD. Not fair and why was my Mom laughing with her. Guess what? Not friends with her anymore. She became so jealous about the fact that I was married that we drifted apart. I am more than aware of the "boob to gut ratio" with my current dress!
I am in the small boob category. I wear a 34B and I am totally freaked about gaining weight in my stomach.
I'm in the mid-small boob category. I'm a 36/38c, but I'm also 6'3" and it looks small on me. I'm built like a pole. No hips, no butt, so weightgain in my middle (where it goes first, besides my always puffy face.... lol) looks like poop on me. Also, my boobs are super far apart. I swear they are more under my armpits than on my chest. (Exaggeration, but still).
Today I'm wearing a false advertising bra, so It makes me feel a little better.
I agree!! I hate that my stomach sticks out farther than my boobs! 
As a chesty girl - very chesty - it's frustrating to always look a lot bigger than I am. That's mostly because the shirts I have to buy (and button-up shirts are out of my life for good now - thanks to these things) have to be so big to fit my chest that unless I look halfway immodest in something very tight on my chest, I look like I am wearing a maternity shirt.
I also tend to look bigger than I am because they are on top and what most people notice first about me. I definitely appreciate being enlightened on the boob-to-gut ratio. That makes me feel better, I guess. I don't like being seen as boobs first and a face second, but I also hate complaining about things that frustrate others. Catch 22 on both side, I guess.
I always think I'm boxy like? lol. I have a waist, but its not super defined and it's wide, so most of the time I don't feel like I have the womanly shape. I wear 36C, so I'm not small or big for my size (5'4", medium frame). I just hate that my midsection is soooo wide. I swear, even if I had abs and no fat (which is def. not the case), I'd still be a freaking wide load.
lol @ boob to gut ratio. I'm also small-chested and definitely know what you mean, although I've had a different name for it. I've always called it "fat-boy syndrome" Meaning if you could be mistaken for an overweight boy with man-boobs then you definitely don't have a good ratio. Good to know I'm not the only one who thinks about this.
@missdoodles: I think that could be the funniest post I've ever read on here!!!!!! LMAO!!!!
Great...I'm gonna think about this boob to gut ratio every time I'm in front of the mirror now. I mean, I always have, considering I'm a 34B and all weight goes to my stomach. But at least now that there's a funny name for it, maybe I can laugh a little!
I have def thought this before! And, channeling Tyra Banks I'm going to now think of boob-to-gut ration as B2G. Pose H to T, girls! (any ANTM nuts out there? ha)
@honeybun - I have a special sense of humor so I'm always glad when others enjoy it lol.
And don't forget laughing burns calories so we can all laugh our stomachs away on this thread :D
@Melissabegins - lol @ B2G, I looove ANTM. The crazier Tyra gets the more I love it!
Me=super busty and tall
Hardest thing about having them? Work. But no, seriously, I work with all men in an enginering office, and everyday I have to stare at myself in the mirror and decide if I'm dressed appropriately or provocatively--jeans and a t-shirt can still be too provocative on me. I'm always very conscious of how I dress. It's just kind of annoying, that's all, and if I am dressed on the sexy side, it's 100% unintentional. but i don't want to accidentally give out the wrong impression, ever.
Otherwise, I love my figure. I'm comfy in my own skin.
I really wish sometimes that I could wear those VERY low cut dresses that smaller breasted women can wear. I think they're so sexy but i just look like a slutty porn star in them, so I stay away from those. Also anything super low back cuz i definitely need a bra.
i have an ample bosom, but i appear in proportion because i have hips and a bigger butt :) fortunately i tend not to collect weight around my middle but if i did i would look reeeeallly strange!
ugh. this is my total complaint about the smaller boob arena. definitely am in the category of having weight gain in the middle area- anyone notice that all tank tops are super long these days and it just accentuates the middle pooch?
maybe by the time the wedding rolls around i will have the larger ratio in the boob area. :)
I'm a 36 DDD and the most frustrating part about it is shopping. Nothing fits right and I have extreme difficulty in finding a quality attractive bra. I do like my figure and appreciate the boob to gut ratio, I just wish that it was easier to shop. Try being told you will need a size 20 wedding dress when you are normally a 14-16 it sucks.
I am definitely always aware of my boob to gut ratio ... I am between a 32-34 F ... it doesn't matter how much I weigh, my chest always stays the same. It can be quite frustrating when it comes to buying clothes, because shirts never fit my chest and abdomen unless they are really stretchy (and nothing really says class like a shirt pulled tight over your boobs - blech). My wedding dress had to be ordered to match my chest measurement and will need to be taken in over the abdomen and hips fairly substantially. My chest measured an 18, and the rest of me around a 12. But it is true, when I gain weight I still look proportional because of the boobage (but I look really funny when I am really skinny - I used to be in the army as a medic and the guys always joked I looked like a porn-star when I was in great shape because the boob-age never shrinks!)
I love this! I am very thankful I am a DD, it definetly balances out other parts. It makes being a size 20 not so bad, since it's balanced.
Hah! I totally think this way. I'm medium-small on top, and I usually figure my weight's OK until my B2G ratio becomes 1:1. At that point, it's time to hit the floor and do some crunches. :)
I giggle a little bit every time I read the title of this thread.
And I definitely think this way too - I'm very small chested, so it's something I pay attention to!
When I was in high school, the bottom of my rib cage stuck out further than my chesticles.
I finally filled out a bit (as in, grew flub over the ribcage part - not as in grew boobs) and try like hell to keep the tummy small!
For any ladies that think small boobed, skinny girls have an easy time shopping - I wear a 30 A. IMPOSSIBLE to find. I have to wear a 32 and swim around in it.
Ugh - I totally agree. I'm a 36A and currently wear a size 8 on bottom. I'm very boxy and athletic. I went dress shopping and nothing that I thought I would look good in looked good on me. I didn't have a waist in any of them. I just looked like a square....
Haven't gone dress shopping since but will start shopping again around the holidays. I figure I'll go to one of the higher end stores so they can look at me and tell me what they think would look good on me, because I GIVE UP!
What about boobs to butt ratio? LOL. That's what I'm always worried about =)
HAHAHAH I love this post. It reminds me why I love WB so much!!
Woah! This thread took off when I wasn't looking ;)
@ejs4y8 - being busty definitely comes with its fair share of troubles too! If it makes you feel better, I CAN wear a low cut dress, but my boobs are so small that they don't even fill it out, and it STILL looks awkward. I would even settle for B cup boobs, anything to be bigger than an A!
@mackiacjeni - wow, we sound the same. I am built straight up an down - no curves on me. I bought a wedding dress that was a modified a-line - it gives girls like us the curves we so desperately need!!
I love these boob stories - keep 'em coming!
Another problem with having a gut equal to or larger than the size of your chest is looking at yourself in the mirror sideways...*shudder*. I will need some Spanx with the best push up bra you can find!
I was ALWAYS small in the bust 34A and very slim (think size 00) but then when I hit my junior year of of college I went up to about 0-2 and a more medium sized 34C...
and I agree with the boob to gut ratio but think that I also fit it some tops better/looked smaller/slimmer with my smaller boobs
@Layla: I am SO glad I didn't have any soda in my mouth when I read chesticles, because it would all be over with now HAHAHAHA
@mackianjeni: I feel like my dress makes me look like a box too! =( In a previous post, I actually referred to myself as a tree trunk...
@valhalla: The sideways view is the view I've had in my head for the duration of this whole thread! It's the worst! ugh
@ejs4y8, I'm a female engineer too w/ 34D's so I can sympathize. I used to let it bother me when I got the morning once over, but now I try not to let it get to me. I still avoid work cleavage, but I can't seem to keep the girls completely hidden.
As a large busted girl, I can tell you that anything involve sports bra shopping isn't fun!! Totally rich people problems.
@Valhalla "I would even settle for B cup boobs, anything to be bigger than an A!"
oh me too, I'd be fraking ecstatic; I'd get to do all the things I can't do now, like jiggle when I jump, or actually buy ladies sized clothing that doesn't drown my chest.
I think this is one of the things that has been stressing me the most, finding something that will actualy look good on me rather than make me look like an overwrapped present in a 5'4" tall rectangle box.
wow, i love this post! i was thinking the same thing ;D
i'm 5'4", 130#, 36A or AA, size 4/6 on top, 8/10 on bottom. i dread the bigger gut to boob too. why can't the fat just migrate up to my little 'easter eggs'?!! (i think betty white said that in a movie. it's so depressing, but i still laugh).
with the added 'bonus' of being short waisted, tailored dresses are totally out. not only can i NOT fill out the fabric in the front, but there is TOO MUCH fabric in the back, which leads to bunching bumps.
all i can say is:
--thank GOD for wonder bras
--jersey knit dresses (stretchy to flatter curves and minimize the short waist)
--a small waist and big hips is kinda sexy. i read somewhere that having around a 0.7 waist to hip ratio is considered attractive across all cultures (by men, if that matters).
i guess the other option is to be pregnant forever and enjoy natural boobs ;D j/k
love the resurected threads.
I'm a small c cup and that's big enough for me. Something annoying is when my boobs get a bit bigger around ovulation and menstruation days, they're sore and sometimes hurt, FI loves it of course but sometimes he's not allowed to touch them cause they just hurt.
I agree with the boob to gut ratio, I've never tought about it but heck it helps.
Totally agree w/the boob to gut ratio. Seems there's a boob to butt, as well. If there's something big on either end to balance out the weight in the middle, it doesn't seem as bad.
I'm a mid to full B typically, but due to gaining about 25 lbs. over the past year & a half, they've ballooned a cup size. Sure, they feel nice, but I can't wear sundresses or anything low-cut w/out getting glares from women & stares from men (not to mention, being worried I may pop out @ some point). It makes you really self-conscious!
Typically, it makes me sad that the first place I lose weight seems to be my boobs, but I'll definitely take it. It seems there are more restrictions w/clothing when you've got huge boobs vs. small ones. I've learned that from my friend, who's a staggering 30G.
Um my boob are so small, I my stomach is basically always bigger. However, nothing a good bra can't fix!!! :(
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