Thanks DoubleCs!
Ok, so I have gone through my photos from Day 1 and looked at the photos from today. I am quite shocked at the comparison! I have attached some comparison photos (let me know if you can't open them as I've saved them in a new format). 1) because I think it shows a huge difference (Obviously I am still tiny, but I went from no breasts at all, to at least some tiny ones!), and 2) because I really was completely and utterly flat before! argh. I think in my mind, I always thought I looked the way I do now! Because I used to always wear padded bras, when I looked at myself in the mirror with the bra on, I was like yep, cool, thats how big I am. Whereas, now I actually fill the bra!, so I am actually that size. Before there was a massive gap in between my bras and chest, but because my bras were generally moulded, you couldn't tell!
I was thinking more about how I used to take my measurements, and I always made sure that the tape was reasonably loose around my breasts. I had read that you weren't meant to hold it tight, but I think I may have taken it a little far. The measuring tape never fell off but it was rather loose. Now how I measure, is I do it in front of the mirror. I put the tape around my back and make sure it doesn't ride up or down, so its straight from my back to my breasts. I then make sure it isn't squeezing my breasts at all, but that it sits perfectly around them, with no gaps. I think because of this, I may have been smaller than my original measurement of 30.5". At any rate, lets take 30.5" as a starting point.
Since Day 1 of NBE I have completed approximately the following. I began NBE on 11 April so its 2 months, 1 week approximately since I began. You can see below for how many days I have been taking the pills, massaging etc.
MASSAGE
- 56 days of massage (twice daily)
- 3 days of massage (three times daily, in the middle of the day just a quick 5 minute massage)
TOTAL DAYS – 56 days
FENUGREEK
- 16 days of fenugreek (1 capsule per day)
- 38 days fenugreek (2 capsules per day)
TOTAL DAYS – 56 days
610mg per capsule
FENNEL TEA
- 61 days of fennel tea (twice daily)
EPO
- 10 days of EPO (1 capsule per day)
- 4 days of EPO (2 capsules per day)
- 33 days of EPO (3 capsules per day)
TOTAL DAYS – 47 days
1,000mg per capsule
SAW PALMETTO
- 9 day of Saw Palmetto (1 capsule per day)
- 19 days of Saw Palmetto (2 capsules per day)
TOTAL DAYS – 28 days
160mg per capsule
FLAXSEED OIL
- 6 days of Flaxseed oil (2 capsules per day)
TOTAL DAYS – 6 days
1,000mg per capsule
SPEARMINT TEA
- twice per day during follicular phase of menstrual cycle
NOOGLEBERRY
- 15 days of noogleberry @ 30 minutes per time twice daily
ROCKMELON RINGTONE
- 21 days of listening to the Rockmelon ringtone (approximately 30 minutes per day spread out at any time, usually listening to it in 5-10 minute intervals)
SUMMARY OF GROWTH
I have not gained any weight since starting NBE, in fact I have lost weight which is really annoying. So I think I can safety deduce from that, that I have not put weight on, on my breasts either, rather what I have gained is not fat, but breast tissue. If I do end up putting on weight again (which will be brilliant!), hopefully my breasts will get a bit larger from that too!
So I've been massaging for just under 2 months. So lets take two months as the time I have been on NBE. Ok, so if that is the case, and we assume my starting measurement was 30.5". I have several times now reached up to 31.5", and more recently 31.75". However after that first peak up to 31.5", I then went down again to 31". So lets take 31" as a standard measurement. That means that I have grown 0.25" per month since I began NBE. If I take 31.5" as what I have grown to, I have grown 0.5" per month. What I will do, is measure myself on day 4 or 5 of my next cycle, and compare that with my first measurements I ever took (As they were taken on that cycle day), and then compare. Either way, the positive side of things for me is that I appear to be growing.
If I continue to grow at 0.25" per month, it will take me another 9 months to reach 33.5" (which would make me a reasonable B cup), and 5 months to reach 32.5" making me a full A cup.
If, on the other hand, I grow at 0.5" per month (haha ok I can dream right), it will take me 4.5 months to be a B cup, and 2.5 months to be a full A cup.
I'm hoping that Noogleberry may speed things along.
One other thing that I am most likely going to do, is take a break from taking the capsules (apart from flaxseed oil, because that is good for my health anyhow), and possibly from massaging with fenugreek too, for an entire cycle, my next cycle, cycle 4. I will continue to noogle in this time. So that may slow things down another month as well.
Does anyone know whether when you take a break, are you meant to stop massaging with fenugreek too? I assume you are, since your skin absorbs the fenugreek..... ??
Ok, so lets see, 9 months time is - mid March 2011. Seems like an eternity away, but hey, I'm going to stick at it!
Hmmmm, imagine how long my program page will be by then! Day 300..... argh!