CRAVINGS !

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Does anyone else get these super intense cravings now they are doing HRT ?

These are not normal cravings I get , they are off the charts ! Its not like , oh I need a Snickers Bar type craving , its my body is screaming to have these foods put into it , and it rewards me with total food bliss and body bliss , soooooooooo odd ?

I just did my Blood Labs , excellent balance perfect health too by the way .

My cravings started right away and have not faltered in their need , and they go like this ;

Raw Oysters w/Saltines , lemon juice , and Tabasco Sauce !

Green Olives with Pimento , by the JAR !

Chips and Salsa , Mild ?

And all Seafood !

This is insane !

I'm in good shape , not fat not skinny and I walk everyday .

How about you girls , or boys :-)

[Guest]

Pickles. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Did I mention, Pickles!

Can't get enough jars home fast enough.

This started when I started HT and, almost, 3 years later it has not changed.

Huggs,

Joann

[Guest]

cravings is a way for your body to tell you : I think I'm missing something. I don't think it have to be a real lack necessarily. That's why pregnant woman have a reputation for having them: their body suddenly need far more nutriments.

It's possible that you can have them on hrt because puberty is an intensive job for our body.

on this totally non scientific note, have a nice day

[Guest LesleyAnne]

I prefer seefood, I see food and I want to eat it

My appetite has increased exponentially since going on Estrogen. I have also gained an unshakable addiction to chocolate, my favorite being Butterfingers.

I'm from N.M. originally so I'm a big Mexican Food Junky, and that includes Tex-Mex. and New Mexico style. Now I just want lots more of it, and I've noticed that I have to exercise a lot more to shed unwanted pounds since I've been on HRT (2 years Friday!). Right up there as one of the best days of my life (there are others that of course are more important, I just mean for self acceptance it was pretty significant of a day!).

Cravings have always been there, they just seem to be calling me louder!

[Guest Kelly Girl]

cravings is a way for your body to tell you : I think I'm missing something. I don't think it have to be a real lack necessarily. That's why pregnant woman have a reputation for having them: their body suddenly need far more nutriments.

It's possible that you can have them on hrt because puberty is an intensive job for our body.

on this totally non scientific note, have a nice day

Thanks for that insight ! I never looked at it as puberty , but it is :-)

I'm nuts in a great way now , loving every second of HRT , and I get to eat great food that's great for me too :-)

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Pickles. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Did I mention, Pickles!

Can't get enough jars home fast enough.

This started when I started HT and, almost, 3 years later it has not changed.

Huggs,

Joann

AWESOME ! I'll raise you ten jars of Green Olives then , my kinda Poker :-)

I'm not alone , big sigh .

[Guest Kelly Girl]

I prefer seefood, I see food and I want to eat it

My appetite has increased exponentially since going on Estrogen. I have also gained an unshakable addiction to chocolate, my favorite being Butterfingers.

I'm from N.M. originally so I'm a big Mexican Food Junky, and that includes Tex-Mex. and New Mexico style. Now I just want lots more of it, and I've noticed that I have to exercise a lot more to shed unwanted pounds since I've been on HRT (2 years Friday!). Right up there as one of the best days of my life (there are others that of course are more important, I just mean for self acceptance it was pretty significant of a day!).

Cravings have always been there, they just seem to be calling me louder!

Thanks , LOL , :-)

I could bathe in a 6 foot Claw Foot Tub filled with Oysters and easily eat my way out of it :-)

Pass the Tabasco !

[Guest Kaylee]

Cravings... oh yeah. Pasta, chips and salse and sea food here too. The craving for "salty" comes and goes (I do apparently have a cycle). Asian food too. Pre-hrt, I constantly wanted Mexican food, but now... Asian.

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Cravings... oh yeah. Pasta, chips and salse and sea food here too. The craving for "salty" comes and goes (I do apparently have a cycle). Asian food too. Pre-hrt, I constantly wanted Mexican food, but now... Asian.

Hi Kaylee , I never thought about the whole cycle thing ? Ovaries or not , this place is awesome !

[Guest Sarah Faith]

Does anyone else get these super intense cravings now they are doing HRT ?

These are not normal cravings I get , they are off the charts ! Its not like , oh I need a Snickers Bar type craving , its my body is screaming to have these foods put into it , and it rewards me with total food bliss and body bliss , soooooooooo odd ?

I just did my Blood Labs , excellent balance perfect health too by the way .

My cravings started right away and have not faltered in their need , and they go like this ;

Raw Oysters w/Saltines , lemon juice , and Tabasco Sauce !

Green Olives with Pimento , by the JAR !

Chips and Salsa , Mild ?

And all Seafood !

This is insane !

I'm in good shape , not fat not skinny and I walk everyday .

How about you girls , or boys :-)

No.

And speaking from the perspective of Molecular BIologist you shouldn't be experiencing random bizarre cravings unless: You are taking a more than just estradiol (potentially progesterone?) and you're making your body think your possibly in pregnancy in which case it could be attempting to store nutrients in preparation for this... OR it's a placebo effect where you think HRT should make you feel intensely different and you're mind makes it happen. Believe it or not estrogen is chemically not all that different from testosterone, just slightly different grouping. All it should do is effect the expression of one set of genes over the other.

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Does anyone else get these super intense cravings now they are doing HRT ?

These are not normal cravings I get , they are off the charts ! Its not like , oh I need a Snickers Bar type craving , its my body is screaming to have these foods put into it , and it rewards me with total food bliss and body bliss , soooooooooo odd ?

I just did my Blood Labs , excellent balance perfect health too by the way .

My cravings started right away and have not faltered in their need , and they go like this ;

Raw Oysters w/Saltines , lemon juice , and Tabasco Sauce !

Green Olives with Pimento , by the JAR !

Chips and Salsa , Mild ?

And all Seafood !

This is insane !

I'm in good shape , not fat not skinny and I walk everyday .

How about you girls , or boys :-)

No.

And speaking from the perspective of Molecular BIologist you shouldn't be experiencing random bizarre cravings unless: You are taking a more than just estradiol (potentially progesterone?) and you're making your body think your possibly in pregnancy in which case it could be attempting to store nutrients in preparation for this... OR it's a placebo effect where you think HRT should make you feel intensely different and you're mind makes it happen. Believe it or not estrogen is chemically not all that different from testosterone, just slightly different grouping. All it should do is effect the expression of one set of genes over the other.

Hi there .

I'm glad I believe in Magic and Unicorns then :-)

That's an entirely too black doom thinking Scientific THEORY for my comfort .

Science , good science , forever changes , based on facts . Therefore everything is open for an interpretation that what is may be proven to once again be theory .

Einstein's theory is a good example .

At one time people thought the World was flat too , and fact .

I absolutely disagree that taking away Testerone with Spiro , then flooding an anatomic male body with Estrogen doesn't produce BIOLOGICAL effect , including food cravings . Nope , not buying that one .

With all due respect of course :-)

[Guest Faith gibson]

Hi Kelly Girl,

I would have to say no, I am not experiencing anything new in the form of food cravings. As a matter of fact I am more determined than ever to eat healthy and shed a few more pounds. I have found that I am much more conscious of my body and very determined to look after it. Exercise is the thing I am possibly craving but it is not a food group. Good luck with all those yearnings though.

Faith

[Cyndee]

Forget science, everything just tastes soooo yummy

I feel, and that's real....

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Forget science, everything just tastes soooo yummy

I feel, and that's real....

I absolutely LUV all of that written word:-) Wooooooo hooooooo , you go girl !

[Charlize]

Chocolate....chocolate ice-cream and blueberries....Mmmmmm. I'm a vegetarian on a low fat diet due to heart disease but the craving is certainly there. Thanks to a no fat chocolate ice-cream and a great many blueberry plants i just finished a bowl before bedtime.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Yummi for Kelly Girls Tummi :-)

Now this is Science , Oceanic Snacking Biology :-)

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Chocolate....chocolate ice-cream and blueberries....Mmmmmm. I'm a vegetarian on a low fat diet due to heart disease but the craving is certainly there. Thanks to a no fat chocolate ice-cream and a great many blueberry plants i just finished a bowl before bedtime.

Hugs,

Charlize

Now that's a happy tummi right , fresh blueberries , mmmmmmmmmmmmm :-)

Night night :-)

[Guest Sarah Faith]

Hi there .

I'm glad I believe in Magic and Unicorns then :-)

That's an entirely too black doom thinking Scientific THEORY for my comfort .

Science , good science , forever changes , based on facts . Therefore everything is open for an interpretation that what is may be proven to once again be theory .

Einstein's theory is a good example .

At one time people thought the World was flat too , and fact .

I absolutely disagree that taking away Testerone with Spiro , then flooding an anatomic male body with Estrogen doesn't produce BIOLOGICAL effect , including food cravings . Nope , not buying that one .

With all due respect of course :-)

Well you can of course believe whatever you like. However I never stated that anti-androgens such as spiro, or hormones like estrogen doesn't lead to a biological response. In fact I am fairly certain that I stated that it leads to a pretty specific biological response on a cellular level. The organic chemistry of how hormones work is pretty straight forward and, unlike the ideological belief for a flat world held by the powers that be during the early renaissance, is pretty sound science. Anecdotal evidence based on personal experience is fairly irrelevant when there is some documentation of psychosomatic responses of individuals undergoing transgender HRT expecting X and then experiencing X.

Male to female (and of course FtM) HRT with anti-androgens along with hormone treatment is often likened to be a second puberty because that is essentially what it is. You are disabling the chemical that signals secondary sexual traits of one gender and replacing it with the chemical that signals the opposite secondary sexual traits. So there may be some evidence related to altered emotional states especially early on, however wild food cravings is generally not associated with puberty of any kind.. Increased food intake? Yes especially in teens obviously.. However odd cravings? That has far more common association with pregnancy, again for the reasons I stated above.

Now if we are talking about does eating feel more fulfilling does food taste better than it did before? Very likely especially if you are going from a state of clinical depression to a state of relative elation.

That's all I'll say about the subject here.

[Cyndee]

Spironolactone does inhibit your body from absorbing salt (sodium).

https://www.drugs.com/spironolactone.html

So an increased desire to ingest salty foods might be noticed by some individuals (like myself).

My Dr warned me about this when I was just starting HRT and advised me to not eat too much salty foods to compensate.

[Guest Kelly Girl]

Spironolactone does inhibit your body from absorbing salt (sodium).

https://www.drugs.com/spironolactone.html

So an increased desire to ingest salty foods might be noticed by some individuals (like myself).

My Dr warned me about this when I was just starting HRT and advised me to not eat too much salty foods to compensate.

That's a really good point Cyndi Rae .

I knew Spiro was the diaretic and blood pressure equation in this mix , but when I do my Blood Labs my potassiums and everything else is phenominally balanced , no cholesterol issues , notta , no sodium increase or decreases , odd . Some of this HRT then leads me to believe exactly what you to pointed out , the possible sodium increase because of the Diaretic , and my Unicorn and Rainbow and Sunshine Theory that the rest of this crazy craving stuff just , IS WHAT IT IS :-)

Thanks for sharing

[Guest Kelly Girl]

This is crazy stuff , I started getting this craving for Anchovy ?

Wife out and about after work shopping , asked if she could pick up a can of Anchovies with Capers please and Sesame Melba Toast .

Wife comes back with 4 cans of Fillets and 2 boxes of Melba , and 2 full jars of gourmet Capers in Oil .

She tells me , " I know you too well " ..

What a Gal :-)

She rides this Crave Roller Coaster with me .

I just finished a can , with copious amounts of capers on Melba , extremely content now .

This would all be allot easier to explain if I were pregnant . But then again , if I was pregnant , I would be writing this from my VILLA in Costa Rica on the Beach in my new Town I just bought that I just became QUEEN in :-)

A Girl can dream :-)

[tracy_j]

I am with Charlize here - Chocolate

Blueberries as well - I like almost all fruit but love redcurrants, just that the seeds are a pain with my teeth (and this years crop are nearly ready ).

Not on hormones so don't know if it would have any effect but I do get cravings for different things regularly even though my diet is fairly balanced

Tracy

[Guest audrey michelle]

the main ones i get are for franks red hot sauce on anything lol, fish tacos, or itallian food (mmmmm) lol :-)