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Krinkala
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Posted: 26 November 2005 11:14 am |
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| I've lost 50 pounds and I wanted to know the best exercises to gain pec muscles that might help reduce the sagging. I don't have a gym membership. I have been working with dumbbells at home, do yoga, walking and use an exercise bike. Any ideas?
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RedLeave_85
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Posted: 8 January 2006 05:14 pm |
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It sensitive issue, so i think you must ask a doctor 
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nevd
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Posted: 8 January 2006 06:31 pm |
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Incline flyes and incline dumbell press are best for the upper pecs (which is what affects the breasts).
Experiment with the best incline. 45 degrees is a good place to start.
NevD 
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gingerb8956
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Posted: 29 March 2006 11:23 pm |
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I don't know what any of these exercises are called but here's my best description...
Arms up and to the side, so elbows will be at a 90 degree angle away from the floor, hands will be up in the air. Swing arms in toward the front of your body...think f squeezing your elbows together (but you don't really touch elbows). That's kind of a bad description hopefully it makes sense.
Arms straight down, backs of hands facinging aways from you, lift up, arms are close to body and your elbows will go out to the sides. Lift until you reach your arms are parallel with the floor. Again...bad description but...
Good old fashioned push ups! Every time I do them I can really the strain in my chest muscles, plus they get the arms and shoulders.
You may want to take a look at this book published by Self Magazine. You can get it on their website. It's just about 70 pages on exercises you do so to strength train and 85% do not involve a gym. I just bought it and I love it!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 14 April 2006 10:02 am |
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| has anyone tried these excersizes? Do they actually make the sagging less?
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nevd
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Posted: 14 April 2006 12:47 pm |
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Don't know about the folk on this forum, but I've seen lots of others use these exercises (especially the incline variety) with great success.
You do need to stick at it, of course. Nothing works overnight, and muscles that haven't been used in years don't react immediately..
But it's worth the effort, as many people I know would attest.
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Krinkala
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Posted: 15 April 2006 05:23 am |
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Since I originally posted this I have lost another 11 pounds for a total of 61 pounds lost and I have kept up my exercise. I still do all my exercise, but I decided to focus more on aerobic activity right now since my first priority is to get to my goal weight. I'm getting close and finally, the inches seem to be coming off where I want them to.
I will concentrate more on building muscle after the weight is off. I have heard after you lose a substantial amount of weight that it can take a year or two of exercise to get your skin to be as tight as you want it. I imagine that is an individual thing which depends on how old you are and how much you have lost and how fast you lost it. I tried to take this slowly and I am generally happy with the results.
I have reasonably good muscle tone now and am stronger than ever. But my skin is a little looser than I'd like in a few places. Since I have lost more weight I am not as busty and am glad about it. That's just less to have to be held up by the muscle I am building and will continue to build. I am making a commitment to do muscle building and toning exercises for the next couple of years and see what that will accomplish.
Anybody else want to make this commitment with me?
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nevd
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Posted: 16 April 2006 05:05 pm |
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Anybody else want to make this commitment with me?
I'm already doing it!
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Slimandslimmerk
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Posted: 13 July 2006 10:56 am |
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Hi! I found three exercises that could help you with your problem. I found it on another site and am copying it here (I don't know if I have the right to do that) but if I link it, it would be spamming??? ) So here it is:
1) Inclined flyes.
2) Inclined press.
3) Pull-over.
I hope it works out for you! Take Care!
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Please read the Posting Guidelines. You can't copy text from someone elses site -- especially without giving them proper credit. You can post the address of the site, just so it's not a link you can click on.
Thanks,
Peter
caloriesperhour.com
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Aquastar48
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Posted: 21 October 2006 08:44 am |
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Excuse me for sounding dumb here but Pecs, are musles under the breast, and the breast tissue is not musles, and when you loose weight the Pec development will not reduce the saggy skin of the breasts,
But never fear, ask your doctor, because there are ways to keep your firmness, or achieve it again, Sugery is only one alturnitive, but it is not developing pecs, but this use and development of the pecs will strengthen your overall muscle structure.
Dee (Aquastar48)
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Natalie6
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Posted: 25 April 2009 10:36 pm |
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| I lost about 50 lbs nearly 6 years ago after having 2 kids and breastfeeding for nearly 3 years. There's nothing that will erase the combination of weight loss, breastfeeding, and gravity. I'm having breast reduction/lift surgery as soon as my insurance pre-approves it....can't wait!!
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 26 April 2009 05:01 pm |
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I have the same problem. Not breastfeeding, but weight loss and gravity.
Your insurance will cover this? Can you tell more about what the requirements are to get this approved? Is your plastic surgeon the one who is submitting for the approval?
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Natalie6
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Posted: 26 April 2009 05:59 pm |
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My husband's work has excellent insurance which will cover 100% of the procedure....the requirements are shoulder dents, pain which has been tried to be remediated over 6 mos. with no effect (I had massages and acupuncture for 6 years) as I am in constant neck, shoulder, and back pain despite working out every day (I'm on valium for muscle relaxing just so I can sleep), they are very saggy and asymmetrical as well, and the areolar complex is, according to the doctor, "much too large." (Gee, thanks.)
You would just need to check with your particular insurance company. The plastic surgeon is the one submitting the preapproval request.
Good luck!
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 27 April 2009 05:42 am |
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| Thanks for your reply. I am sorry to hear about your pain I didn't even consider that as a factor. Good luck with the preapproval and more importantly, with your surgery. It sounds like it will be a major life improvement for you. Keep us posted.
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Natalie6
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Posted: 27 April 2009 02:12 pm |
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| Thank you!! Now I just have to wait and see how long insurance takes to drag their feet getting the preapproval done!!!
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dilynnlew
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Posted: 28 April 2009 04:49 pm |
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Good luck...I had a breast reduction about 10 years ago...the best thing I have ever done! It really helped the pain and my overall well being and appearance. THe plastic surgeon did a wonderful job and the scarring is very minimal.
Now that I am 10 years older and have recently lost 25 pounds...I would really like to be able to afford a breast lift...but, alas, it is not in the cards right now!
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Natalie6
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Posted: 28 April 2009 05:09 pm |
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Congrats!!! But uh oh, now I have to contend with the possibility that my reduction/lift will need re-lifting. Dang this gravity and aging thing.
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 29 April 2009 04:48 am |
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| What is the recovery time from such an operation? I hate to have serious downtime from my running activities.
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dilynnlew
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Posted: 29 April 2009 12:40 pm |
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Molly,
Keep in mind that I had my surgery 10 years ago...things could have changed since then. But, I will tell you what my recovery was like...I remember I had to be off work for 3 weeks...no strenous activities. I was not allowed to lift, or even lift my arms over my head during this time, due to pulling and stretching of sutures, etc... The first few days were quite painful...but this get better with time. I do remember being very worn out for a couple of weeks. It IS major surgery and it does take time to recuperate.
As far as running...you would need to talk to your doctor about that. I very much doubt you could run for the first couple of weeks, due to the arm swinging type motion it involves.
HOpe I have answered your question. Best of luck!
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mj36
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Posted: 2 May 2009 09:25 pm |
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Mol, I had a reduction/life about 4 years ago. I was out of work (from what could essentially be a desk job) for 3.5 weeks or so, and completely wiped out energy wise for probably a total of 4-5 weeks before I felt strong again. It is MAJOR surgery. I had drains and spent a few days in the hospital, and then had hundreds of stitches, some of which had to be removed, some dissolvable.
I think I was cleared for exercise after about 5 weeks and began some very gentle jogging but mostly walking. Within 8 weeks I was back to full throttle ahead. It took about a year for the actual shape to "settle" and the tissue to soften. They felt very unnatural and tight/hard at first, but as they tissue healed and softened, it has left me with excellent results.
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mj36
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Posted: 2 May 2009 09:25 pm |
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| Haha, LIFT not life...
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 3 May 2009 01:40 am |
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Don't you love those typos that totally alter the context? LOL 
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Hellrazor
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Posted: 4 May 2009 12:42 am |
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My wife had lift/reduction in September she was down almost 2 months.When they do reduction these days they do a lift at the same time. Yeah if you have pain (back Neck or indentations) as result of big boobs then it can be cleared as medically needed. That is how my wife got her's covered and she loved it. I can tell you this after seeing her it was extremely painful the first week after surgery and talk with your doctor about going ahead with it.
To the OP to my knowledge there is no exercise that will help sagging boobs sorry. To be honest you should have been doing weights to start because with how much you lost you lost muscle in the process and it will be hard to regain
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SAGGY
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Posted: 8 November 2009 12:06 pm |
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I have lost 147 pounds and now have the sagging breast thing going on. Is there anything that I can do to firm them up without surgery. I don't think anything (excercise) will firm up my girls. I think the only thing I can do is breast lift. They are really sagging, I have no breast firmness at all. It is like all the meat is all gone. I know that sounds ugly but that is the only way I can explain what they look like without pictures. Anyone can comment and will be greatly appreciated truly.
Thanks bunches
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