To the Younger Ladies Here, It May Just Take Time

by Kelly

I was always very self conscience of my breasts, even before I figured out a reason WHY! I was also always a little on the chubbier side as well. When I was 14 I grew about 5" in a year to stand just over 5' 7" and then I gradually gained weight again. I always ate healthy and worked out but it was just hereditary to be a little larger, and have larger breasts. Well, I got older, and older and at 20 I was still a 36A and figured the only way I was going to have larger breasts was if I was ever pregnant.

I never even thought about breast augmentation either; I was made like this for a reason and I had developed body confidence in myself. Guys I dated liked me for me. And besides, when looking at lingerie catalogs or models in magazines most were healthy. Yes also tall and skinny but still healthy looking. I began to focus more on being healthy and I had even more of that sexy confidence that every woman needs.

Then, for some reason, my body decided to change a lot again in a short time. In a matter of a year my breasts grew to a 36C. Don't know how or why other than hormones because that's what happened. I was just recently sized again and I am now a 36D (I know, maybe not something to write here but it's part of the story!)

And to be honest, I feel awkward all over again, like I'm 14! I now feel very conscience of myself when I run, I now get hit on by jerky guys at bars, for a while people from my high school were saying that I had plastic surgery! I tried dieting, something I've never done because I'd rather be healthy, and nothing worked.

Eventually I will get used to my body again and have that same confidence that I had not too long ago. My point here is you are you! You are beautiful in any and every way possible and nobody is allowed to tell you otherwise! Women's bodies are constantly changing throughout our entire lives at different paces and we are all different for a reason. Who wants to look at millions of Barbies everyday? I have a 21 year old roommate who has toyed with the idea of dying her hair because she is starting to find a lot of grey hairs and she is a very strong, sexy and sophisticated woman. Her body is just changing.

So be happy the way you are; small or large, young, old, black haired or grey. And why, because you are you...and you still don't have to worry about running in a sports bra!!