Some thoughts/learnings from two months on NBE
BEFORE YOU START NBE - THINGS YOU NEED TO DO/CONSIDER
- RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH
- Ask questions of those who have more experience
- Develop a suggested program and then ask people to comment on it before you start it
- Start SLOWLY. Why take more herbs than you need to!
- Take before photos at different times of your menstrual cycle
- Take measurements at different times of your menstrual cycle
- Keep a daily diary on how you are feeling in general, food you have eaten, any health issues
- Cut out foods with refined sugar
- No smoking, drinking alcohol, caffeine or tea
MEASURING
- Measure with the tape nice and snug against your skin, but not tight. Make sure there are no gaps.
- Measure yourself 3 times because usually you find you get 3 different measurements on just one occasion of measuring! Take the middle measurement!
- Measure at the same time each month - this might be once or several times per month. Make sure you write the measurement down and which menstrual cycle day it is, not what calendar day it is! This is very important, as you will find that even if you are not on NBE, your breasts will fluctuate. Better still, before you go on NBE, take measurements every couple of days and write it down, note any noticeable fluctuations in your measurements.
- Don't get obsessed with measuring and hoping to see change. One thing is for sure, change will be slow. So just measure, for the sake of measuring and writing down what the measurement is.
- Don't worry if your measurements decrease. This is NORMAL. Sometimes you can gain and other times you decrease. It is ok. Overall, you will hopefully be gaining. Don't stress out! Stress is bad for breast growth!
- Realise that taking your measurement is going to be pretty inaccurate. So keep it in perspective. Don't worry about the small stuff e.g. centimetres. Who cares. Just keep focussed, and get excited when you notice that your measurements are 0.5" greater than what they were before.
- Measure around the widest part of your bust for your bust measurement. under your bust for under bust measurement, over the top part of your breasts for overbust measurement. And measure from the side of each breast to your sternum (in the middle of your chest). You can also measure from the top of your breast to your nipple, and the bottom of your breast to your nipple.
MENTAL PREPARATION
Unless you are somehow different from most people on NBE, you are NOT going to grow into a B cup within a month, or two months. You need to be realistic about your goals and timeframes. There is absolutely no point beating yourself up because after 1 month you aren't even at an A cup.
It seems that 0.25" of growth per month is a reasonable growth rate. This means, that if you are an AAA cup of measurements say, under bust 28", over bust 31", it will take you a good 4 months before you become an A cup. And approximately 9 months before you reach a B cup.
When I first started NBE, I thought, yep, cool, I will grow to be a B cup in a couple of months. Nope. But I am hopeful that I can get there!
Also, you need to realise that getting into a routine of doing NBE (whatever you choose your program to be), is TOUGH. Its one thing to say, yeah, I'm taking x, y, and z per day, and massaging etc. Its another thing to do it, and do it every day like you said you would. I would recommend keeping a diary, that you fill in every day without fail. For me, I have used my program page as this diary, to motivate me to make sure I am doing what I say I am.
The first few months on NBE I have found hard. There have been highs and lows, highs when I think woo hoo I have grown, the measuring tape says so, the pictures show growth, and my breasts feel dense and heavy and lows when my breasts feel small again, measurements decrease, get absolutely sick of massaging etc every day only to not experience any noticeable progress!!!!
So you have to be patient. Re-assess your program after each month. Not after each week!!!! This is a long process.
NBE takes determination, and commitment. You aren't going to show results if you only massage every now and then etc. You have to make sure you are doing it every day. You will be wasting your time otherwise.
I have now gotten into a routine, which I feel I can manage pretty well for the next couple of months. But those first months were definitely the hardest. Just in terms of motivation, keeping at it, your body reacting to the new stuff you are putting in it etc.
Just remember, that sometimes you may show great progress, but then other times, nothing, and sometimes you take 5 steps backwards. Just understand that this is part of the rollercoaster that is NBE.
DIET
You need to make sure your diet is an integral part of your NBE experience. Cut out refined sugars - this means, don't eat things like muffins, cakes, biscuits. Watch out for other sugars. Learn more about diet. Read - "Life without Bread".
Cut out caffeine, juices, sugary drinks, soda, black tea.
Don't smoke! Don't drink.
Eat a form of protein with each meal.
Here are some useful foods to eat:
- flaxseed oil
- kelp (you can buy to sprinkle it on your food)
- quinoa (is a grain, you can get it puffed and eat it as cereal, its very high in protein)
- salmon
- pumpkin seeds
- sunflower seeds
- almonds
- natural yoghurt (no sugar included)
- muscles
- hummus
- chicken liver pate
- lots of dark leafy greens
- meat - (chicken, beef, lamb, seafood)
- avocado, and avocado oil
- protein shakes
Basically foods high in protein and omega 3 and 6.
Try and eat organic vegetables and fruit if possible. Sprays and pesticides can anger your hormones. Don't eat food covered in plastic if you can help it, and never heat your food up in plastic. I use a china bowl and plate to store my food in the fridge and heat it up.
MASSAGE
Make massage oil with cold-pressed avocado oil, borage oil, olive oil. Put in ground fenugreek and ground fennel. Shake it up. Leave it for at least a week. Shake it every few days. Keep it away from lights. Massage twice per day.
JOURNAL/DIARY
Document your NBE from the start. Don't think anything is trivial, because after a few months you may start to notice trends. Make sure the diary is done on cycle days. Your menstrual cycle starts on the first day you get your period. That is cycle day 1. Write down what happens on each cycle day, how you feel, anything out of the ordinary. Describe your breast sensations. Even if there are none, that is still important information. Over time you will be able to track when you are experiencing the most breast sensations. Document what your breasts feel like, are they dense? Keep a score of 1/10 on the breast sensations each day. Keep a record of what you have done each day. It will add up over time!
This is a very important part of NBE because this is what will give you the most accurate appraisal of your situation. Unless you have a mega memory, you will not remember what happened on day 4 of your period two months ago, and what happened on day 4 of your period 1 month ago. Write it down. See if there are any trends.
Don't get all worried about things for no reason, just stick to the facts. Write things down systematically and analyse them.
YOUR BODY
Find out more about your body. Get a hormone blood test. Find out if there is anything of note. If your hormones are a problem, then you need to fix this first. This could take a long time. Google - hormone quiz, and fill out the forms to see whether you are likely to be estrogen dominant, high testosterone etc. Google - metabolic diet types, find out what kind of diet you should be taking. Find out what body type you are. Get more attuned to yourself and how your body is functioning, how you are feeling, and on what days of your cycle. Hormones play a huge part in health, get more attuned to whats happening. Write down what you are feeling every day. Is it a happy day, or a sad day. Do you have high energy, or low energy. You may find that over a couple of months you notice trends happening at certain times each month.
Keep a food diary! Write down everything you are eating. This is particularly useful if you have health problems like stomach problems, digestive problems, tiredness etc.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
READ READ READ. Ask questions! Think what you are doing. Write things down. Make sure your program is sound.
NOOGLEBERRY
You may find noogleberry a useful tool to aid your breast growth. It can be fun because your breasts stretch and swell and it shows you what you will look like when they do actually grow to that size. Again, it takes time.
PHOTOS
Take photos before you start NBE. You will be surprised how much photos show the difference, even if the measuring tape doesn't. Take photos of the front of your chest. Diagonal on each side. Each side of your breasts. Lean forward. Take photos in bras.
Try and stand at the same point away from the camera, so that the distance is the same. That will help you take accurate photos. Take photos regularly. Don't worry if it doesn't look like much progress, over time, it hopefully will!
FINAL THOUGHTS
Don't get discouraged when growth is slow. It can be hard when you see people who already have breasts, and they grow even bigger ones, with seeming ease! Whereas you may be struggling. This is the reality of being in the AAA/AA category I am afraid folks.
There is no easy fix.
Don't bother trying to pack on the pounds, you will only lose any growth next time you lose weight. Just eat sensibly.
Remember that there are other people in your shoes. Keep supporting each other.
Good luck!
Umm.. I'm confused. I wear a full 32A/ small 32B. Started as a small 32A. Are there any factor that would make most bra calculator inaccurate?? B/c the is one bra calculator that put over bust in consideration too? Most bra calculator say I don't fit into a size. lol Girlfirday, what bra size are you on this calculator??? 
Either way you look great!!
