Do you like your height and body shape?

[A_Dresden_Doll]

I'm 6'2, 215lbs. I have size 12 feet, and could probably crush a skull with my hands.

Anyone want to trade?

.....Anyone?.....

[eli77]

I actually really like my height - I'm 6'1". I'm skinny and small boned, with crazy long legs (27" waist, 36" hips, 36" inseam). My boobs are tiny, sadly, but hopefully that will change. The only real issue is my shoulders are disproportionate enough to my waist that finding button-ups that fit is a serious pain (since they have no give). Either I wear a medium and it's too tight on the shoulders, or I wear a large and it looks like a bag.

Oh, and my feet are a 12 women's but I don't really give a damn. Why are you staring at my feet anyway?

[JungianZoe]

Why are you staring at my feet anyway?

To make sure I have the cutest shoes in the state, why else?

(Oh, did I just let the catty out of the bag?)

[BunnyBee]

This is one of those things for me.  I don't see myself ever being able to like my body, but maybe one day I won't hate it.  We shall see I guess.

I do really appreciate the sentiment of this thread though.  It's good to know people, even those I might be jealous of, actually deal with the same or similar problems I do.  It actually made my cry a bit, but good tears!  Happy, humanity ones!  I <3 you for reaching out, Marta, it was a nice gesture .

[mechakitty]

I'm 5' 9", which is pretty average, so no worries there. My body shape...I actually had wide-ish hips before I started HRT, and even after 2.5 months I'm getting much more of a girlish hourglass figure than I used to already. I'm content with that.

My only real discontent with things I cannot change are my outer appendages. My hands, well, they aren't really that big. They're on the big side for women but I have female friends that have bigger hands than I. I'm not terribly worried about my hands. My feet are large though. I have size 12 men, which is of course size 14 in women. Bleh.

On the plus side, I've found that people really don't give a hoot about feet sizes. It's not an obvious feature that clues everyone in to potential non-femininity. It's one of the more inconspicuous things about your body, to be honest. Now, I'll have trouble finding large women's shoes, but then again, I mostly just wear unisex Converse shoes anyway. 

[~RoadToTrista~]

No and absolutely not. I'm over 5'10" and my body's getting worse because I'm pre-E. (why don't we ever call it E? >.<)

[AbraCadabra]

Pretty much OK with my frame --- though it's sometimes hard to stay realistic.
I'm 5' 6.5" and wear UK size 7 (heels) - 8 (flats) shoes.

Age helps -- AND of course it doesn't help! What woman WANTS to be old?!
I wear a size 12 bottom (10 starts getting too tight) and a size 14 top, 16 became too big for most stuff.

I have good legs, a number of GG commented on, just out of the blue - didn't know any of them - guess they just HAD TO say something.

Have small-ish A cups (38), yet going padded to a B, often gives me a sense that it just 'projects' too much for being comfy AND real. Often seems just too padded depending one what top I wear.

Face definitely could look more femme and at least some younger.
Got a flat tummy, not too narrow butt, and almost (still) too sporty, square-ish shoulders.

All in all I do like myself, still with a sense of realism.

Axelle

[JungianZoe]

My only real discontent with things I cannot change are my outer appendages. My hands, well, they aren't really that big. They're on the big side for women but I have female friends that have bigger hands than I. I'm not terribly worried about my hands.

You shouldn't be...   If you have skinny hands and fingers, you can get away with pretty much any length.  I've got a 6'8" armspan, part of which has to do with my enormous hands.  Stretched out, the distance from the tips of my pinkies to the tips of my thumbs is 9.5", and my hands measure 8" from wrists to the tips of my middle fingers.  But I've had other women admire my rings and never show any hint that they read me, even after looking closely at my monster paws.

Aside from the few professional and college basketball players I've met, I've never met anybody with hands as large as mine, male or female.

[Cen]

I'm fine with my height, at 5'9".  My body shape is a bit more muscular than I'd like, but there are ways I can work on that.  My brow is my most bothersome feature, IMO.

It's weird.  A few months ago I felt like I could never pass, but after really looking at myself and other women I think I'll be alright.

[mechakitty]

You shouldn't be...   If you have skinny hands and fingers, you can get away with pretty much any length.  I've got a 6'8" armspan, part of which has to do with my enormous hands.  Stretched out, the distance from the tips of my pinkies to the tips of my thumbs is 9.5", and my hands measure 8" from wrists to the tips of my middle fingers.  But I've had other women admire my rings and never show any hint that they read me, even after looking closely at my monster paws.

Aside from the few professional and college basketball players I've met, I've never met anybody with hands as large as mine, male or female.

Yeah, that's a good point. My hands are actually fairly skinny and long, so they have a daintiness to them. My friend claims up and down that HRT has slightly altered the fat distribution in my hands already (not that that's particularly possible anyway, even with HRT), but she's probably just tickling my ego there and being nice. 

[Tammy Hope]

the overall answer is no. But since I can never answer any question in one sentence....

I make a distinction between my "mind's eye" view of myself and that which is even worth griping about in the real world.

My ideal self - the one i feel like fits my mental image of who i am...my "spirit" if you will ...THAT girl is a tiny little thing, no more than 5'3" (and preferably less) and no more than 110 pounds though curvy still, not rail thin.

Laying that aside - I still can't stand what I have to work with:

1. too bloody fat. some of that's my fault, some of it is genetics, either way it's a monumental aggravation. i could lose 100 pounds and still look reasonably healthy, if not more - and the big majority of that is gut, which is a horribly male distribution. I could live with being overweight somewhat more if there was a more feminine distribution - but still not this big.

2. rib-cage, shoulder-width, upper-body thickness. I'll never fit  into some of the things I'd most like to wear, even with significant weight loss, because of the bone structure.

3. shoe size - 11W, VERY difficult to find reasonably priced shoes in my size (though I did luck into a very cute pair of tennies at Dirt cheap recently). in fact, overall my biggest objection to my body size is CLOTHES - r specifically the LACK thereof. Between my non-existent income and my size, my wardrobe is shameful. If i got a good professional job next week I have no idea how I'd fake my way through a couple of weeks of dressing nice...

4. Height. i saw a girl in the grocery today, in her 20's, who had an inch or two on me. i perfectly lovely young lady, and not the first I've seen. Still, if i had my way I'd drop at least 2 or 3 inches even if i can't be petite as i'd like. i think I could work with, say, 5'8" or so...right now I am somewhere between 5'10 and 5'11" depending on the accuracy of my measurements and how much denial i'm in. Still, I do have to admit that if i wasn't so overweight I could probably tolerate 5'10" ok, I see a cis-woman as tall as me or more pretty much every day so I'm not standing out too much on that account.

[Pippa]

I need to lose my belly (it's going slowly) and occasionally I feel that my shoulders are too wide (but there is little I can do about that).   The bags under my eyes are my biggest worry as they are getting increasingly deep.

[Korlee]

Nope!  I don't like being tall, strong, or any of it.  I don't like my body at all and doubt I ever will.

[Nurse With Wound]

Currently 5'9", would rather be like 5'3". But my frame is pretty slim but that could just be that I have like 0 bodyfat and all skeleton (46kg! which also gives the illusion of wider hips) and my ribs aren't large which I'm lucky for, shoulders could be a bit smaller but they're not massive. Best part I probably like about my body is my flat stomach.

Overall I'd give my body a strong 5 to light 6.

[Maga Girl]

I would like to be taller ... my body shape is like a model , but 5'6''  DAMN

mmm... but I'm more worried about my hands and feets.. they are big €_€

[Gravity Girl]

You shouldn't be...   If you have skinny hands and fingers, you can get away with pretty much any length.  I've got a 6'8" armspan, part of which has to do with my enormous hands.  Stretched out, the distance from the tips of my pinkies to the tips of my thumbs is 9.5", and my hands measure 8" from wrists to the tips of my middle fingers.  But I've had other women admire my rings and never show any hint that they read me, even after looking closely at my monster paws.

Aside from the few professional and college basketball players I've met, I've never met anybody with hands as large as mine, male or female.

The thing is, all the things we worry about being tells or shows...no one notices. I recently owned up to what the mysterious operation I'm having in november is to a group of friends who have only known Helena, and along with not treating me any differently I asked the girls last time we had a girly night round mind if they would have guessed. The answer was not really...they'd noticed I'd had a small adams apple, but it hadn't clicked until i'd said anything.

This isn't going to stop me getting a trach shave, but i know it's completely for my comfort, not to remove an obvious sign post.

[lonely girl]

im pretty satisfied with my height 5'5" but Ideally I want to be 1 or 2 inches taller. My body is a total disaster... I dont have curves that I want, big ribcage, my legs are just ugly I'll definately get surgery to fix as much as possible when I have the money

[Marta]

I'm 6'2, 215lbs. I have size 12 feet, and could probably crush a skull with my hands.

Anyone want to trade?

.....Anyone?.....

actually i have a cousin named Olivia who is 6'0 tall and wears a size 11 shoe, she has big hands with long fingers and she is a model. We like to joke with her because she has actually beaten up a few boys when they call her "ostridge" cus she's tall and skinny but she is beautiful either way

[Marta]

The thing is, all the things we worry about being tells or shows...no one notices. I recently owned up to what the mysterious operation I'm having in november is to a group of friends who have only known Helena, and along with not treating me any differently I asked the girls last time we had a girly night round mind if they would have guessed. The answer was not really...they'd noticed I'd had a small adams apple, but it hadn't clicked until i'd said anything.

This isn't going to stop me getting a trach shave, but i know it's completely for my comfort, not to remove an obvious sign post.

I agree with that sometimes we are our own biggest critics

[Plain Jane]

Well, I'm 5' 10" which around here (the Netherlands) is not unusually tall for women. I don't stand out in a crowd at all. I have a colleague who is Swedish, and she is taller than I am. Although I believe Swedes are known for being tall? Either way, I am perfectly happy with my height.

My feet are something of a mixed bag. On the plus side I only wear between a US size 8 and 9. Whether it is an 8, 8½ or a 9 depends on the shoe. The downside is that I have flat feet (from birth) and that finding shoes that look good, have a semblance of comfort, fit reasonably well and stay on my feet when I walk is a challenge. The main problem is that when I am not putting weight on my foot the toes are together (shoe falls off my foot or stays behind when I walk) and when I do put weight on my foot the toes spread (toes crammed up painfully against the front and side of the shoe).

At 132 Lbs. (60 Kilo's) I could gain some weight but somehow it won't stay on. So while my boobs are adequate my but and hips are pathetic. Pants are either too tight around the waist and OK through the hips or OK around the waist and too big through the hips.