Weight loss

[Guest JorjaFox]

Hopefully someone will be able to answer some of the questions I have

At the moment I have the body of an obese male weighing 300lb , I have lost about 40lb over the last 8 months , I have heavily muscled legs from cycling 10 miles per day , I have a large amount of upper body and abdomen muscle along with the fat . When I start hormone therapy will I lose a lot of the muscle ? Ideally I would like the body of a well toned woman would I have to train really hard to maintain the weight loss and be extra strict with diet ?

[Guest Madison_Always]

JorjaFox,

Unfortunately i t will probably take a lot of work. There is this you tuber named Jesslyn. Her account on YouTube is jesslyngirl87. She is trans and is a former bodybuilder. I suggest watching her videos for advise about losing muscle mass. I have also heard that hurt helps a lot with reducing muscle mass.

[Guest KimberlyF]

It's always easier to lose the fat pre-HRT.

[Guest Sarah Faith]

I started off at 350 pounds when fully came out in 2009, I actually waited until I reached about 210 to start HRT and you will burn fat faster pre-hrt.. That said I'm still losing weight even after HRT I'm down to around 190 now, but I also exercise every single day and count calories. I try really hard to not slack off even though sometimes I do. I have very well toned legs as well because I work out on a treadmill at a steep incline for an hour and a half, and yes even though I keep it up every day I can see my calfs for example are slimming a bit losing a little muscle tone.

Anyways goodluck with the weight loss.

Hugs,

Sarah

[JJ]

In my understanding both E and T drive hunger for different reasons. I have seen it postulated it is because your body thinks it is going through puberty and needs to add either the fatty deposits to hips and breasts in the case of women or bulk up in the case of men and we have the hunger of the proverbial teen. But that doesn't mean you have to gain weight. You just have to find ways to change eating patterns and commit to the idea that it a life change and not a temporary situation to fix a problem before going back to the way it was.

I lost 200 libs since transition-160 of it while on T-and kept it off for a year.in my case I was hoping from all I read that losing on T would cause me to lose fat in female areas first. It did. My body shape is completely different than it was when I was this size in the past. For women I believe there needs to be some weight gain on E to build those rounded hips and breasts because they are both primarily shaped and filled out with fat deposits. You can't as easily deposit fat when you are burning it instead I think. But that is my belief and I have not really researched it.

I have heard it reported here many, many times and seen it in many pics as well that muscle mass will diminish. There is variation from individual to individual but mass does diminish. That said I had really big calves from riding a bike in the mountains for years that never left me while I was female bodied. I spent 3 years as an invalid and my muscles atrophied so for the first time in 45 years my calves are in proportion to my body and T has not caused them to reappear. So some degree of muscle from the biking may remain. the good news is that I see the phrase frequently that for women muscled in the new tan. very in.

Feel free to PM me if there are any weight loss questions you'd like to ask

All the best with losing that weight-it can make a big difference in your whole life

Johnny

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

I am starting to think some people are just not able to drop any weight at all. When I was younger age 22 and younger I was super thin and could eat 7k calories a day and not gain an oz. Over the years I added on some weight a bulked up to around the 220 range. But after Starting HRt I ballooned up to 285 and can not seem to drop any weight at all. I get plenty of exerciser eat less then 2k calories a day and try to keep at 1500 or less but still I am still a fat slob. I try my best to eat right have added so many more fruits and veggies to my diet . I keep away from beef and pork as much as possible and eat mostly fish and chicken for my protein. Except for fruits I keep away from sweets like the plague. I drink a gallon or more of water and or tea( no sugar or any sweeteners) a day. For the most part I feel just fine can do pretty much anything I could from when I was skinny but yet I carry so much darn weight I just do not get it. Before I am able to even think about SRS/GRS I will need to get below 200 lbs. Can not seem to even drop 5 lbs let alone 90 plus lbs. But on a good note I am pretty happy with pretty much everything in my live except the being a giant fat cow.

[Guest JorjaFox]

I started off at 350 pounds when fully came out in 2009, I actually waited until I reached about 210 to start HRT and you will burn fat faster pre-hrt.. That said I'm still losing weight even after HRT I'm down to around 190 now, but I also exercise every single day and count calories. I try really hard to not slack off even though sometimes I do. I have very well toned legs as well because I work out on a treadmill at a steep incline for an hour and a half, and yes even though I keep it up every day I can see my calfs for example are slimming a bit losing a little muscle tone.

Anyways goodluck with the weight loss.

Hugs,

Sarah

Thanks that has made me feel a lot more positive , even after losing 40lb my health has improved I was the most pleased with the way my blood pressure has improved , last check was 130/80 the best it's been for years , also has improved the asthma .

[Guest JorjaFox]

Thank you everybody .

[JJ]

I am starting to think some people are just not able to drop any weight at all. When I was younger age 22 and younger I was super thin and could eat 7k calories a day and not gain an oz. Over the years I added on some weight a bulked up to around the 220 range. But after Starting HRt I ballooned up to 285 and can not seem to drop any weight at all. I get plenty of exerciser eat less then 2k calories a day and try to keep at 1500 or less but still I am still a fat slob. I try my best to eat right have added so many more fruits and veggies to my diet . I keep away from beef and pork as much as possible and eat mostly fish and chicken for my protein. Except for fruits I keep away from sweets like the plague. I drink a gallon or more of water and or tea( no sugar or any sweeteners) a day. For the most part I feel just fine can do pretty much anything I could from when I was skinny but yet I carry so much darn weight I just do not get it. Before I am able to even think about SRS/GRS I will need to get below 200 lbs. Can not seem to even drop 5 lbs let alone 90 plus lbs. But on a good note I am pretty happy with pretty much everything in my live except the being a giant fat cow.

Megan, there has to be a reason if you are not losing weight with that routine. Have they checked your thyroid? Even if they have it could still be a problem. Some people don't test low when they actually are. My whole family has that and after a wise Dr put my mother on thyroid he told her to have those of us with the same symptoms insist they do a trial on thyroid. Mine always tests the same whether I take thyroid or not or when they change the dose but I definitely feel better and function better on the thyroid. One thing that can happen is your metabolism can reset really low if you stay on a low calorie diet 24/7 and make it super difficult to lose but exercise should kick it off more so that doesn't sound like the problem.

Johnny

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

I am starting to think some people are just not able to drop any weight at all. When I was younger age 22 and younger I was super thin and could eat 7k calories a day and not gain an oz. Over the years I added on some weight a bulked up to around the 220 range. But after Starting HRt I ballooned up to 285 and can not seem to drop any weight at all. I get plenty of exerciser eat less then 2k calories a day and try to keep at 1500 or less but still I am still a fat slob. I try my best to eat right have added so many more fruits and veggies to my diet . I keep away from beef and pork as much as possible and eat mostly fish and chicken for my protein. Except for fruits I keep away from sweets like the plague. I drink a gallon or more of water and or tea( no sugar or any sweeteners) a day. For the most part I feel just fine can do pretty much anything I could from when I was skinny but yet I carry so much darn weight I just do not get it. Before I am able to even think about SRS/GRS I will need to get below 200 lbs. Can not seem to even drop 5 lbs let alone 90 plus lbs. But on a good note I am pretty happy with pretty much everything in my live except the being a giant fat cow.

Megan, there has to be a reason if you are not losing weight with that routine. Have they checked your thyroid? Even if they have it could still be a problem. Some people don't test low when they actually are. My whole family has that and after a wise Dr put my mother on thyroid he told her to have those of us with the same symptoms insist they do a trial on thyroid. Mine always tests the same whether I take thyroid or not or when they change the dose but I definitely feel better and function better on the thyroid. One thing that can happen is your metabolism can reset really low if you stay on a low calorie diet 24/7 and make it super difficult to lose but exercise should kick it off more so that doesn't sound like the problem.

Johnny

Have had my thyroid checked so many times . They keep saying I am just fine. But you are right sometimes it will check out just fine but still be messed up.

Its funny when I was in the army and doing field duty there were times I would eat upwards of 5k calories a day and I lost weight. Seems my body thinks its being staved when I try to eat better and refuses to give up any of the stuff I get from eating the food. Last fall was able to drop around 15 lbs but winter came and it all came back..Since then its been a constant battle to not gain any weight and just maintain were I am at.

[Guest JorjaFox]

Megan it's not easy , one thing that has helped me is going to this web site and logging my exercise and filling in my food diary on www.myfitnesspal.com . At first the food diary helps you realise how many calories you are actually getting through. myfitnesspal also has an app for android or iphone with a scanner built in to it , so you scan the barcode on the food you have eaten and it tells you how many calories and records it in your dairy. One thing you need to say to yourself is I can do this. I also could eat anything I wanted to and not get fat , when I was 29 I stopped smoking and got married since then the weight has piled on. in my younger days I could wear a uk size 12 (size 10 in U.S. I think} in female clothing , now its more like a size 24 (size 22 in u.s terms I think). .

I was diagnosed with hypogonadism last year and was put on testosterone injections this has also led to an increase in muscle. I am going to stop these injections and plan to see my gp to get referred to a gender clinic , it was a a temptation to do DIY but I realise now after reading posts on this forum I realise how risky it is. I'm fed up with the secret cross dressing and want my outer body to portray how I feel on the inside.