The 21 Best Sports Bras for Large and Small Busted Gals!

I like to be really active and exercise and one of the most important parts of this is having a good sports bra.  If you don't have a supportive and comfortable sports bra this can make working out and being active really difficult and painful, especially if you feel like your boobs are hitting you in the face or if you feel like you have "headlights" or protruding nipples showing through your bra, yikes!

I recently wrote an article about the three easy steps to finding the perfect fitting sports bra, and today I'm going to tell you which sports bras are the best ones for different type of activities (low impact and high impact) and for small and large cup sizes.  I'd recommend you reading this article before you continue, it will just make this article make more sense. 

Some women ask why they need more than just sports bra.  Bras are a lot like shoes, you wouldn't wear a pair of flip flops while trying to run a marathon, and you certainly wouldn't wear a pair of Chacos to a black tie dinner.  You have different bras for different activities, your needs, and your size.  I've taken the guessing work out for you and have compiled a list of my favorite 21 sports bras I recommend for large and small busted women, let's dive in!

Be.You.Tiful Link Party #10

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Antique Show Finds

A couple weeks ago McKay and I left the little darling home with my in laws and we decided to go on a post Valentine's date and do some good ole shopping at the local antique show in Ogden.  I love antiques and one of my favorite shows is the Antique Roadshow, so nerdy I know. We had a great time walking around, looking at old stuff, talked about if we had all of the money in the world what antiques we would buy, and finding some great gems.

Caitlin's Wedding Sneak Peek

Hello, it's me, again!

Sorry you haven't heard from me in a while, I've been busy being engaged, planning a wedding, trying to finish my last semester, work, eat, shower, ya know, just the basics. ;)

I thought I'd share a little sneak peak of what my mom and I (mostly my mom) have been planning for my upcoming nuptials.

First things first, look at that handsome guy!  I'm so lucky to be marrying him!

Photo by the lovely, Mikki Platt

On Becoming a Mommy

Scarlett Cay joined our family here on earth December 15, 2013 at 3:26 AM.

7 lbs 2 oz

21 inches long

Alert as ever

Likes to stick out her tongue

Has a heart-wrenching "sad lip"

Blue eyes

Ambiguous hair (dark brown on top, red on the sides, strawberry blonde eyebrows) We're still trying to figure out her hair.  It seems to be coming back in blonde, but who knows?  Her hair has been quite the subject of intrigue from both sides of the family.  Grandmas want red-headed grandchildren I guess.

Our first family photo

Let me start by saying I would like to apologize to my own mother for ever being sassy or bratty at any point in my life.  I now have a 10 week glimpse at being a mom, and--wow.

Something about becoming a mom has made me reflect a lot on my own mother and father.  It's a strange and humbling feeling.  I can't entirely put it into words, but I guess I now understand them more, and I feel selfish for not realizing sooner all they have done for me.  I've always been thankful to my parents, but now I can say I'm starting to understand just how thankful I should be.  It's not easy to care for a baby 24/7.  And I have only been at this new job 10 weeks.  It has also made me understand love in a way I never knew I could.  I feel closer to my Savior and I am so blessed he trusted me with such a sweet spirit. I will eternally be grateful for my precious baby.

The famous "Sad Lip"

I've thought through all the cliched things people tell you about having a baby:

"They grow so fast."
"Say goodbye to sleep!"
"Nothing can prepare you."

But, I can honestly say I had no idea how high the highs would be, and how hard I would feel the lows those first few weeks.  My body was raging with happiness one moment, and the next I could barely focus my thoughts in a sleep-deprived haze.  Scarlett didn't sleep longer than a couple of hours the first 3 weeks.  She would cry whenever you put her down or stopped moving her.  There were nights when Andrew and I took turns pacing the floors to calm her down.  She lost a pound from her birth weight, and I was desperately trying to breastfeed and recover from an unplanned Cesarean section.  Night after night she would cry after I put her down, and I would cry too as I struggled to get back out of bed and not pull on my incision.

After several visits with the doctor, I finally gave in to supplementing my breast feeding with formula.  He told me, "Melanie, formula is not the devil."  And you know what?  He was right.  I wanted to be able to exclusively breast feed, but my baby at 3 weeks weighed almost a pound less than her birth weight. The first night we offered her formula after breast feeding, she was a changed girl.  She relaxed, her body loosened, and she slept.  My poor baby must have been hungry for 3 weeks.  Hangry!

This brings me to why I think birth plans are BULL.  You hear all this junk about how you need to have a plan, and there is a checklist of things you need to "decide" before that day. BULL crap.

Yes, of course it's good to have an idea in your head of how your ideal birth would go.  But, does anyone's experience ever go exactly as they planned?  I wanted a vaginal birth.  But after 24 hours of labor, and pushing, and then "No, stop pushing", and then waiting to progress more, than not progressing, then doctor telling me, it's a C section now, or wait and most likely a C section later.  You tell me, what choice did I have?  Tell me how my birth plan helped me then?  If anything, I was disappointed.  I was upset because I did not want a C section.  I was upset because I wanted to exclusively breastfeed.  My advice?  Go into it knowing what is ideal for you, but planning only on doing what's best for you and your baby.  Because thinking that it will go exactly how you want it to only sets you up to be upset and nervous when it doesn't.  I still feel disappointment from not being able to provide my baby with only breast milk.  But when I really think about it, why should I?  She's happy and healthy and I'm doing my best.

I still am adjusting to my "new normal" and it hasn't been easy.  My clothes don't fit the same, I often leave the house with a pile of clothes on the bed that I have tried on, but they didn't work.  I'm trying to be patient with myself.  I know that I carried a baby and my body has changed, but it doesn't stop me from being upset sometimes.  I hate to catch a glimpse of my scar in the mirror.  And oh the stretch marks-another gem I get to deal with from having such fair skin.  They will fade hopefully.

People aren't kidding when they tell you, "Having a baby will change your life forever!" That's okay with me.  I wouldn't want to go back.  One of my favorite parts of having Scarlett has been seeing Andrew's interactions with her.  It is the sweetest thing.  He adores her and he's such a good daddy.  I'm truly blessed to have him.

I love how tiny she looks in daddy's arms

I'll leave you with a common scene from our household.  Dexter competing with Scarlett for attention.  He has been very sweet and curious, and sometimes I even think depressed.  He's adjusting though.

3 Easy Tips to Finding the Perfect Fitting Sports Bra

Are you active and find you're having a love hate relationship with your bras and being active?  Feel like you're wearing a medieval torture device?  You're not alone.  One of the most frequently asked question I get asked when it comes to bras is how to find the correct fitting sports bra.  Sports bras are almost identical to regular bras, but there's a couple of things that make them different.  I'm here to show you how you can find the right sports bra for your bra size in three easy steps.

Hello World, Again!

This blog isn't big, so we don't have tons of followers, but despite that, I thought I'd write something short about what's been happening this past month, the lack of posts, interaction on Facebook, and the blog literally being put on the back burner. 

You can read the reason behind my blogging break here.  I've taken the last month off due to needing some time to regroup, refocus, get organized, get my priorities straight, rest and relaxation, and to take a breather.  Can I tell you how liberating and freeing this past month has been for me?  Yes, of course I've missed writing and posting, hearing from our followers, and inspiring others, but it was so nice to focus on me, my family, and taking time to do the things I love.  

There's going to be some changes coming to this blog this year.  I'm really excited about them because I think it's going to help define even more who we are at Fry Sauce and Grits, and it will make it look like we're seasoned bloggers, well I sure hope it does.  

I'm excited to have Melanie back from maternity leave and Caitlin back from taking a blogging break to do school, work, and planning a wedding.  I'm excited to announce that we'll be having a fun contributor appear here and there, he's going to bring a little testosterone to the blog.  His name is Sam, and he's Caitlin's fiance.  He's going to be writing some of this thoughts on a man's perspective on things.  It's going to be a lot of fun, and hopefully teach us women what's really going with men and their minds.

You're going to see A LOT more bra posts, which I'm really excited about.  These bra posts are my babies and they take A LOT of time to write and produce.  But from our followers that's what they want to know more about, so you'll see a lot more from me.

Melanie had her baby Scarlett a couple months ago and because she's been basking in motherhood, we're going to be talking a lot more about that topic, which is so dear to Melanie and I.

My goals for the rest of this year is to stop living in survival mode all of the time, to have a purpose in the things I'm doing.  Be more consistent, say "No"more, and start achieving some of the goals I have for myself, and for this blog.

Thank you again to y'all for supporting us and asking why you haven't seen us for a while, it makes us feel like you've missed us just a little bit.