Half inch of snow in the yard this morning. A foot of new snow in the mountains. They're advising tirechains in some parts of the passes.

May 11th. The retailers are displaying swimsuits and shorts. I'm regretting taking out the heavy liner of my leather coat.

who had the Only Real In Anime & Comic Books Super Perky C-Cups.

I don't believe in these. Damn it. I *love* my boobs, but I hate gravity. I remember when I wasn't droopy. (Though I was also a B cup back then. I drove my DD+ roommate nuts when we went clothes shopping, b/c I'd try on sweaters without a bra and then jump up and down for effect. Though gravity has now paid me back for my smugness.)

(Though I'm more like to shove something between them for storage. The something has, of course, include shot glasses and beer bottles, iffin I was at a F2F at the time.

Or Pez.

(looks down) They're pretty perky, I think. Nope, no gunplay through my window. I wouldn't think so, though. My mom keeps saying he should have retired after he got his twenty in, or as they say on the Wire, "put in paper". Joseph Wambaugh wrote about that a lot.

Timelies. I was just thinking about my boobs this morning as I put on my bra! They're too big for my tastes now - I used to be a B, and now I'm a C verging on a D. Stupid BCPs. If I went off of those, I'd drop 5 pounds immediately, mostly in my breasts. Then again, the chances of me gaining 30+ pounds and my breasts going up 3 cup sizes over the next year would be much higher, so I guess it's a trade-off.

However, I've not passed the pencil test since I was 16. Droopy boobs are a genetic norm in my family, as are *very* alert nipples. I love bras, especially lined ones. Lovelovelove.

I can't hold a pencil. I don't think of my breasts as especially perky, though, they're just regular large B/small C cups.

(I also have no cleavage, because of the way they're spaced -- in a low neckline, the center of my bra will show before any breastage does. Therefore, I cannot stick anything between them and expect it to stay.)

(I also have no cleavage, because of the way they're spaced -- in a low neckline, the center of my bra will show before any breastage does. Therefore, I cannot stick anything between them and expect it to stay.)

(Me too, unless I'm corseted. I can place my fist between my boobs.)

Cleavage with natural breasts is, I think, largely a by-product of bra design.

I never worry about my nipples showing through, any more. It used to bother me, but you know what? I am a mammal. I have nipples. I don't dress to display them, but these days, my bras are all about comfort.

I am Juliana and LJ.

Why is it lately that I only speak up when the topic involves boobs?

Nora, do you think if someone started on the "for the rest of your life" phase of South Beach, that she'd eventually see results?

You mean weight loss? I guess it depends on how many actual calories you consume vs. how many you burn. But as far as health and cholesterol go, and blood sugar highs and lows, I'd say yes (though I am not a doctor.) The thing about it is that it creates a more stable blood sugar, so you're not as victim to sugar cravings and stuff. Well, for me, anyway.

I certainly don't stick to it all the time, but that's OK for me; it's more a starting off point, and when I do deviate (drinking beer, having a decadent dessert) I have awareness of what I'm eating, and I try not to "blow it" on junk food that's bad for me PLUS isn't even that good-tasting.

I just like it as a jumping off point, because it's healthy feeling, and we end up eating really well. Fresh produce, lean meats, lots of bean/legumes, whole grains (including brown rice, whole wheat couscous, oatmeal, whole wheat pasta).

That reminds me, Farmers Market starts TODAY! I'm going to eat every veggie they have there, this summer. YUM!

I mean, I'm still big as a house, but I'm eating more or less OK, and that's pretty much my goal.

Cleavage with natural breasts is, I think, largely a by-product of bra design.

I've not yet met a bra that can give me cleavage. Grand Canyonage, yes, but not cleavage. Corsets can, because of the squish factor. So I think it's also where the breasts are placed on the ribcage and the size of the ribcage.

Why is it lately that I only speak up when the topic involves boobs?

Because boobs are fun? They really are.