I'm 8 months in. I was really skinny prior to starting HRT and I gained weight because I fell for the meme that you'll start gaining fat in the right places.I gained 15 lbs and all it did was make my waist bigger. My chest hasn't grown in months, my thighs did not suddenly get fatter, or anything, it's just fat in the usual male places.Amd and from reading online, most people don't notice fat redistribution until a few years in. It makes sense, I don't have fat cells im the right places 8 months in I guess.Weight gain isn't worth it.
>>41568441weight cycling is a meme period, it's not how fat works
>>41568456I thought it would work if HRT gives you different fat cells in the right places, but it seems like my timeline on that was way too shortsighted
>>41568441ive been skinny my whole life, 5'9, 135lb, 2 years, my thighs and butt are the only thing that got fat was my thighs, still have a wiaist. some people say sugar goes straight to your stomach, so try healthier foods if u dont. and make sure ur levels are actually good
>>41568441I'm sorry ur not having good weight results anon :c a few questions tho1) height / starting weight 2) how fast did you put on the 15lbs?3) what foods did you eat during it?i'm 8 1/2 months in and have gained/lost the same ~10lbs 3 times now (from 135 to 145 and back) and have had good fat redistribution for the amount of time (less around waist, a rounder less man-gut tummy, thigh shape) and genetics is prob a lot of it but there are like, optimal conditions you can create (take a multivitamin + fish oil + eat 100g of protein a day)
>>41568441i havent necessarily been weight cycling but since starting hrt 10 months ago ive been eating as much as possible (hard) and i have decent chest growth (b cups) and while my wasit did get bigger a lot of the fat went to my butt and thighs. just my personal experience tho, i think something like pio or just waiting a really long time is the only sure way for your fat to get all that feminine
>>415685601) 5'9, started at 130 lbs2) slowly, over the course of a couple months 3) Yeah I ate junk food to supplement my otherwise healthier diet, which I guess was a mistakeLevels could also be a factor. Even at my high dose right now (6mg EV injected Sunday and Wednesday) I don't think my T is fully suppressed. And while I was on 4mg sublingual + 12.5mg CPA, my levels still weren't high.Thanks for the help.
>>41568604I have A cups, so I'm a bit jealous. I guess I'm just unlucky.
>>41568607With what you've said, i'd recommenda) get your levels checked & figure that all out so you know what's up. b) maybe consider getting chubbier. i'm around a bmi of 23-24 and that extra 10lbs takes me from weirdly proportioned to (supposedly) "a body early humans would have worshipped"c) multivitamin + fish oil! tho this is mostly for breast growth. especially the fish oil, maybe im really deficient but ive had a huge continual growth spurt since starting it 3 months agoand np!! gl <3
>>41568441Damn OP you got small knee joins I am jealous as shit I hate my legs because of it
>>41568786joints* AAAA
>>41568786Really, I thought my knees looked masculine because they're so square and I have no thigh fat
>>41568441hehewe made a chubby twink
>>41568441>hasnt even waited a year>only 15 lbs>prob pre 135 so barely underweight anon ur just 19. This is what you do fag wait like a year and a half on hrt and start taking pio at the current weight your at. This idk will start fat cells to move to fem places but idk.
>>41568456I think everyone's got it kind of wrong. I started with a very proto-diabeeto weight distribution and saw fairly early rapid changes (and a resolution of my pre-diabetes). We're talking 8-10 months on a slow hormone ramp-up to become at least unhealthy foid shaped. But then of course we entered the long game.There are multiple mechanisms at play and one is how lipids end up in female fat stores in the first place. My understanding is immediately after eating a lot of fat gets shoved where you don't really want it, then as your insulin drops between meals those cells kind of puke it back up into your blood and female-distributed fat cells start picking it up.But, of course, you gotta have the female-distributed cells in the first place. That process is slow, and AFAICT it's driven by signals like insulin and especially specific free fatty acids in blood. Like polyunsaturated fatty acids! Also pio pokes that button.If you start shoveling in food trying to gain an ass overnight wrong things are probably gonna happen.>>41568607If "a couple" = 2 then 7.5lbs/month is NOT slow.
Question, I'm already chubby, should I lose weight before starting hrt? I've always been slightly chubby
>>41568441the weight gain is such propaganda bullshit. your legs still look nice though idk
>>41568441>>41568607>injectedThere it is againInjected HRT is a meme, you would have great success with Estrifam (trannies need Estrone)
>>41572505>estroneForever or can I switch off of sublingual now?I'm coming up on 5 years.
>>41572381Idk I thought they looked very skinny and male still because I didn't gain any weight there but thanks>>41572505I have not been on injections that long, only about a month
>>415684418 months isnt enough time for fat redistribution to be done... try again in a year >>41569849literally this. just take pio
>>41572505injections are fine... ive been injecting my estrogen for 3 yrs now and i look/feel good>>41572368yes if you have male fat patterns you will be clocky
