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Natural Transitioning?

Started by Edge, January 11, 2013, 04:49:44 PM

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Edge

In case anyone is wondering...
1. My reasons for asking is because I may not be able to get on T for a long time because there isn't much here for us.
2. It is really idiotic to take supplements without consulting one's doctor. I don't understand why that isn't apparent.
As it is, I don't think I'll be spending money on supplements since the results don't sound worth it, but I will look into the nutrition and exercise part just because I need to eat healthier and exercise more anyway.
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insideontheoutside

Since I'm very much into natural health in all areas, this was something I looked into (even though I'm not transitioning, I do want my body to match my mind more and I don't care if that makes me look more male to people who still have to address me as female).

What I found personally super lame about Tristan and his wife's "program" was the following:

1) He didn't get the results he wanted either and ended up doing surgery and prescription T - in other words, went against his whole "natural" thing when he didn't get what he wanted.

2) Even so - they're still selling this program. I think it's a little misleading considering he jumped ship on it and went the traditional route. I also think it's preying on guys who want so badly to look more male that they'll do anything (including jeopardizing their health by taking all these crazy supplements without consulting a medical professional). 

3) I haven't read their book but I've seen what supplements they recommend, some of which can be quite detrimental without a doctor's supervision and without medical tests being done on your levels while you're taking these supplements. Additionally, some of the recommended supplements are formulated for male-bodied people who have testicles producing testosterone anyway.

4) All that supplement stuff is super expensive and in the long run you're probably messing your body up more with all that stuff than you would be just using prescription T or T cream.

So if you can't medically transition there's still things you can do and it sounds like you're already going in that direction anyway – diet and exercise. There's plenty of female bodied athletes who are not using steroids but have what I would consider a very male-looking physique. They got that way through specific training and diet. While it's harder to maintain that when you don't have gonads that are producing mass amounts of T, it can certainly be moving you in the right direction. If and when you can medically transition you're going to be a lot farther along than a lot of guys at least in the physique department and you'll have developed a healthy eating and exercising plan that will benefit you even when you're on T.
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