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Any Ways to Prevent Masculinization?


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Hi. I've only ever made one topic on these boards before, and I realized immediately after that I posted it in the wrong forum (oops!), so I hope I'm getting it right this time. I'm not trans MTF, I think, but I'm something that would currently very much like to be more feminine. Or just not masculine, at least. Hormones aren't even a conceivable possibility right now, because I have yet to even speak to a gender therapist about my issues (there are maybe 3 in my area: one doesn't see people my age, one hasn't replied to either of my phone calls, and one is on vacation and I waited too long to try contacting them).

So I figure that "diet and excercise" are my only options right now. My college exam schedule has "fortunately" prevented me from going to the gym as much as I normally do, so I'm definitely losing some of my masculine muscle (although I kind of liked most of it...). But if there are any exercises anyone could recommend to help me stay slim while also not being bony and angular in a masculine way, that would be helpful, I think. And are there any exercises that would make my legs less like sticks? Also, I went through puberty a little more slowly than some, but now I think it's catching up to me, because I've noticed more hair on my body (prompting me to shave 50% of it off) and I could swear my adam's apple has gotten bigger in the past few months, which is really, really distressing for me at times. So is there -Anything- I can eat or do safely that will somehow slow down my later puberty effects until I have the chance to talk to a therapist and maybe do androgen-blockers? I'm vegan so I eat a lot of soy, and I'm not exactly worried about the possibility that the phytoestrogens could mess with my male hormones.

I really just need more time to deicde things, but I feel like my body is deciding for me, and I absolutely hate that. Any suggestions?

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Guest mistygirl7

I would suggest high fiber and protein meals that will help build amino acid in your body to help you muscle build and LIFTING weights and doing interverl training that will help not look like a stick and give you some form of shape without bulking up. It's just toning, so when you do start hormones you will get a fantastic feminine figure results.

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Guest mistygirl7

As far as preventing masculine features, you can't, your body genetic will do what it wants till your on hrt. There are other routes but I'm not going to give you that information it not under supervision.

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Guest Gregg Jameson

Hi B-ren,

Welcome to Laura's! :D

As for the gym, work out styles can have an impact upon your body.

Have you ever noticed how athletes of certain types of sports have elongated and lean muscles, while other types of athletes have more bulked muscles? While genes can play a role in this, the type of exercise can also be a major factor. Even within weight training itself, the amount of weight and the number of repititions can have an impact upon whether the effect is slimming and toned or bulked up. (All of this type of info is easily found on the net.)

I hope the gender therapist gone on vacation will return soon!?

I am sure others will be along to comment! :D

Hope to see you around at Laura's!

Happy Holidays!

Brad

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Thank you for the suggestions. I'll try looking up what's best for me... and maybe eating more protein. I'll have to wait for the therapist until January, so here's hoping.

Happy holidays!

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Guest endthesilence

hi. I found for me lean meats and protein, toning in yoga not lifting weights helps a lot. yoga is great for the mind and to make a smaller body/fem etc. I think I read you are a vegan so the meat thing wont apply but seriously try yoga classed you may be surprised ! There are other things that work to but they are NOT healthy and could harm in the long run so I think its better to stick with things that will promote a good life that encourages positive change :) Im no doctor just a person whos always looking for a good way to soften my appearance!! take care :)

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I've read that drinking spearmint tea is sometimes used for women with hirsutism (hairyness). It's a perfectly safe herbal supplement that has a lot of benefits, among them being that's it's an anti-androgen. It's supposed to reduce the amount of free testosterone in the blood, while leaving total testosterone levels unchanged. Don't overdo it on the tea, though. Don't drink any more than one or two cups a day

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