Is It Unlikely?

[Guest tori319]

My shoulders are 10" wider than my hips, pre hrt ,Is it unlikely that I could lose 5" off my shoulders, and gain 5" on my hips?I don't know if this is relevant, but I did use to work out, so maybe that could be a factor?

[Sally]

Dear Tori,

Don't be so concerned - easy for me to say - but do look around you - women come in all shapes and sizes.

They are not all proportioned the same and neither are men - we need to learn to accept that and live with it but then again natal women are driven to diets and surgeries trying to obtain that mythical ideal!

Smile, you might just look like one of those hot swimmer types!

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Jean Davis]

Honey

It really all depends on your bone structure and genes. I really don't think that you'll loose that much off of your shoulders, 5 inches is a lot. But I'm willing to bet you could gain 5 or more on your hips which would bring you very close to looking natural. It is always possible to gain but you can only loose so much as your bone structure will not shrink.

LUV

Jean

[Guest My_Genesis]

Honey

It really all depends on your bone structure and genes. I really don't think that you'll loose that much off of your shoulders, 5 inches is a lot. But I'm willing to bet you could gain 5 or more on your hips which would bring you very close to looking natural. It is always possible to gain but you can only loose so much as your bone structure will not shrink.

LUV

Jean

what she said. yeah hrt can give you more of a womanly figure - won't change your bone structure per se, so your pelvis doesn't actually widen but you do get fat redistribution which pretty much gives you more curviness (the degree to which it does is what varies.) And the opposite for ftms - your pelvis can't actually shrink in size. Nor can shoulders if, say, your scapula has widened. lol. but if it's muscle, that can probably change.

[Guest NatashaJade]

This is one of those "your mileage may vary" things. While your bone structure will not change, you will lose muscle mass in your shoulders and gain fat in your hips. How much of either is impossible to say to any kind of certainty. You should get closer than you are now. But a lot of women have wide shoulders, so who knows?

luv

Gin

[Guest tori319]

So losing 2 1/2" on each side of my shoulders is unrealistic even though I'm slightly muscular and haven't started hrt.

[Guest NatashaJade]

So losing 2 1/2" on each side of my shoulders is unrealistic even though I'm slightly muscular and haven't started hrt.

It's not that it's unrealistic. It's just hard to predict. I've been trying really hard not to set myself up for disappointment as to what the hrt will do for me. I'm just taking it one week at a time

Don't stress about it and you'll be fine.

luv

Gin

[Guest tori319]

Sorry,It didn't post until after you answered.

[Guest tori319]

When measuring hips do you measure over or above your butt.

[Guest My_Genesis]

Just some quickie info I found

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...18124616AAL4kRD

the hip is the widest part of your lower body, so below the waist and "bone" and almost around your upper butt.

From Yahoo Answers UK

Welcome to being a woman, measuring things gets so much more complicated than "x by x" lol...

[Guest Donna Jean]

Tori......

Hon, we'd all like to look good as possible...

I used to have wide shoulders and it distressed me greatly...I thought that I'd never transition looking like that!

But, with my weight loss and HRT I can't even keep a purse strap on my shoulder...

I'm always reaching into my top and pulling the bra straps back up...

There's a lot of meat in those male shoulders!

Give it a chance, Honey......OK?

Donna Jean

[Guest tori319]

This is good news,My shoulder are 6" wider than my hips which is still wide but not as bad,thanks.Oh, and donna how much height have you lost.