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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Sheala on January 16, 2014, 03:22:39 AM

Title: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Sheala on January 16, 2014, 03:22:39 AM
I have noticed since i started HRT my appitite has gone throught the roof and i have started packing on the pounds..... am i the only one ths is happening to?

I know what i need to do to turn it around, but i never gained a pound before now..... i cant seam to stop.
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Lara the Lover and the Fighter on January 16, 2014, 03:25:30 AM
Well, I can't stop eating but I keep losing weight.   I know that sucks to hear but its only because I had a lot of muscle.  Now its all fading away.  I had better stop eating so much too before my muscle loss crutch runs out and I start gaining a lot of fat. 

*looks at stomach*

hmmmmm it might already be happening.  darn it. :embarrassed:
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Sheala on January 16, 2014, 03:33:02 AM
i hate it. i never had much muscle mass to begun with. but i am seeing a deffinat muffin top forming......  :icon_cry2:
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: FalseHybridPrincess on January 16, 2014, 03:44:02 AM
I cant stop eating...

I might have gained some weight but only a little...
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Bardoux on January 16, 2014, 03:47:19 AM
Quote from: Just Lara on January 16, 2014, 03:25:30 AM
Well, I can't stop eating but I keep losing weight.   I know that sucks to hear but its only because I had a lot of muscle.  Now its all fading away.  I had better stop eating so much too before my muscle loss crutch runs out and I start gaining a lot of fat. 

*looks at stomach*

hmmmmm it might already be happening.  darn it. :embarrassed:

Yeah this lol!
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: oh hai! on January 16, 2014, 04:50:14 AM
Was very proud I didn't gain weight  over Christmas. :looks: at shoulders - nice, getting lean, losing mass. :Looks: at stomach


dammit :(
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Lara the Lover and the Fighter on January 16, 2014, 04:53:57 AM
Quote from: oh hai! on January 16, 2014, 04:50:14 AM
Was very proud I didn't gain weight  over Christmas. :looks: at shoulders - nice, getting lean, losing mass. :Looks: at stomach


dammit :(

HAH!  You too!?  *dusts spiderwebs off the treadmill*
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: FalseHybridPrincess on January 16, 2014, 04:56:15 AM
that happened to me too!!!!

like wtf...why...why ...

its like you can lose weight fricking everywhere except stomach!
I guess thats what you get with having t on your body for so long...
f*ck you t...I swear im gonna lose the belly fat no matter what!

oh wait,,,the pizza is here ...

XDXDXDXDXD
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Joan on January 16, 2014, 05:06:39 AM
Did someone say pizza??

Pizza is my nemesis :O
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Sheala on January 16, 2014, 05:10:38 AM
PIZZZZAAAAAA :D thats where the bellys from.... grrrrrr
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Lady_Oracle on January 16, 2014, 12:07:21 PM
Yep my metabolism has been fast all my life and still is but I actually can gain weight finally. So it has slowed down some since starting hrt but not by much.
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Jill F on January 16, 2014, 12:14:49 PM
I gained 5-8 pounds since I started almost a year ago, mostly from the holidays (cookies and junk food!) and starting progesterone in November.  I had to overhaul my entire lifestyle recently to compensate.   Low carb, no meat, 1+ hour of cardio per day.
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Shantel on January 16, 2014, 12:20:10 PM
Quote from: Sheala on January 16, 2014, 03:33:02 AM
i hate it. i never had much muscle mass to begun with. but i am seeing a deffinat muffin top forming......  :icon_cry2:

Welcome to the girly world sweetie! Typically a woman puts on an additional ten pounds when going on HRT the little fem tummy is just a part of the program, cis women hate it, but it is what it is.
Title: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Eva Marie on January 16, 2014, 12:25:49 PM
I have some stomach even though I've lost 10 lbs this year eating nothing but salad for the most part and walking 3-4 miles most days. I weigh 163 right now.

I was really hungry when I went on a transitioning dose of HRT in October and I ate too much over the holidays so now it's salad. I crave pizza and carbs though lol....

Today I started Progesterone so we will see what happens with that.
Title: Re: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Jill F on January 16, 2014, 12:42:54 PM
Quote from: Eva Marie on January 16, 2014, 12:25:49 PM
I have some stomach even though I've lost 10 lbs this year eating nothing but salad for the most part and walking 3-4 miles most days. I weigh 163 right now.

I was really hungry when I went on a transitioning dose of HRT in October and I ate too much over the holidays so now it's salad. I crave pizza and carbs though lol....

Today I started Progesterone so we will see what happens with that.

Congrats on the P!  Mah bewbs are already thanking me, but mah butt is sore from all of the cardio it necessitated!
Title: HRT and weight gain......
Post by: Eva Marie on January 16, 2014, 04:26:04 PM
Yeah I thought I noticed some extra boobage when I was at your house last time lol..... :)