When I was a young girl, I lived a sedentary lifestyle. I walked during every running test that the school forced me to take. On family bike rides, I rode a scooter several miles behind. I was the champion of the lazy, an activist for the un-athletic. Previously, I had been able to shove every piece of food down my throat without thinking twice, watching the calories dissolve into an immense, dark, nothingness. Suddenly, the same food that had been down to hit-it-and-quit-it, wanted to stick around and get to know me. My arms had tiny sacks of squish. Fat had not only decided to crash my prepubescent party, but instead of fleeing when the cops came to the door, they were already passed out in every room of my house. The only part of my body that chub had in fact chosen not to occupy, were my two twin beds. My boobs were a vacant lot, completely deserted.

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Every girl waits for the day she grows boobs and can rock some serious cleavage, but for some of us, that day never actually comes. Okay, university for sure. Birth control will do the trick. Nope again. Still nope.
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There is no perfect shape or size for breasts. Normal breasts can be large or small, smooth or lumpy, and light or dark. Your breasts start growing when you begin puberty. During puberty the hormone levels in your body change, which causes your breasts to develop and your periods to start.
Let's get one thing straight: boobs are boobs. They can be round or flat, plump or small, pointy or saggy, wide-set or forward-facing. And did you know there are eight different types of nipples? That's right. And what's crazy is that the world expects all our boobs to be the same, to fit into some "perfect" mold — which usually includes a form-fitting bra. Seriously, is there anything really wrong with going commando? The amazing, Jennifer Lawrence once said : "I never leave my house. Then I don't have to put a bra on and I don't have to change my pants.