Fat pattern locked??

[girl you look fierce]

no

[Jennygirl]

Seems to me like maybe you were always gaining weight in a female pattern?

Though it could be that your E levels aren't high enough, and the fat is not redistributing.

There is always fat transfer or lipo. If it was a trigger for me and I could afford, it I would definitely consider.

What is your diet like, if you don't mind me asking? I've read multiple places that women store omega 3's in the hips & thighs, so maybe changing your diet to include more fish would be a good idea?

[Just Shelly]

I can say I was asking this same thing just weeks ago! Even though the few people I do know have said for awhile now that I have a feminine shape.... I never really notice unless I wear something more flattering and fitted.  I recently found an old pair of shorts I wore very often...(past life!!) they were one of my looser but more comfortable shorts.

I could not for the life of me wear them like I had before....they would not fit (too tight) at my lower waist, where I now wear a lower rise jean. The only way I could wear them is up on my higher waist and it looked like I had on "mom shorts". I had never worn them like this before!!

Even though I am not happy with the belly fat I do have...it does give me a feminine curve...all my belly fat starts at the belly button and goes down from there....much much different then before!! If I could have a thinner waist it would make my appearance even better....but cloths can help with that. Except in a bathing suite!!! not much for curves then!!

The thing is the only measurements that have really changed were my thighs (1-inch) and upper hips, belly area (1-inch)

My waist, hips and bust have stayed relatively the same....even though I am close to a B cup my bust measurement is only about a 1/2 inch bigger but I also lost any fat and muscle that is around the band measurement....this has made my breasts appear larger.

[kyh]

There is always fat transfer or lipo. If it was a trigger for me and I could afford, it I would definitely consider.

Or, if you want, you could lose weight, then after getting down to your ideal weight, get fat grafts to your cheeks if your face ends up thinning too much for your liking. If you go to a good place, the fat grafts can be semi permanent and last for 6 months to a year. Hopefully by then, the hrt will do a bit more work, as your levels are improving right?

[Nero]

I don't think fat patterns can get 'locked' just because you've been fat before. If that were true, then trans guys who are/were overweight would never get fat redistribution. But plenty of guys on here lost their hips.

I think sometimes we get caught up in female physical ideals forgetting that plenty of women don't meet them. I had less of a female fat distribution than you did as a guy and to my knowledge my hormone levels were normal. It could simply be your genetics. Plenty of cis women don't have the pear or hourglass figure. I couldn't gain hips to save my life.

[Nero]

I don't think fat patterns can get 'locked' just because you've been fat before. If that were true, then trans guys who are/were overweight would never get fat redistribution. But plenty of guys on here lost their hips.

I think sometimes we get caught up in female physical ideals forgetting that plenty of women don't meet them. I had less of a female fat distribution than you did as a guy and to my knowledge my hormone levels were normal. It could simply be your genetics. Plenty of cis women don't have the pear or hourglass figure. I couldn't gain hips to save my life.

Well, it's not really that I think my body is different than cis women, but even if it's normal isn't it fair to want SOME kind of progress on HRT?

I can't help it, it just feels really bad if nothing changes on hormones, because before presenting female I struggled with the issue of "WHY does everyone see me as a guy?"  Like there had to be something there. There had to be something that lowered my voice, and stuff... didn't that affect my body fat? Doesn't it affect everyone's?? FTMs lose their hips. MTFs gain there. I don't know, it just drives me crazy, even if my body is acceptable and a passing asset. Maybe I was born to be hyper femme and being not cis made me only sort of femme looking. Femme but not ~me~ how I should be I don't know... sorry if that is really silly. It's just hard cause I struggle with feeling like I don't pass even when I do pass 100% and nobody ever thinks anything but ma'am, she and her. I just remember when it was different and in pictures I only see superficial changes. I have an invisible problem I guess. But it feels like a problem still...

Of course it's fair, hon. But I think when you have a feature that was already pretty close to your 'target sex' (hate that term but), it doesn't change much. If my fat distribution changed at all, it was too small to notice. There just wasn't anything to change really. Same with my libido and other things. But obviously the T worked, as I'm plenty hairy in places I never was before and my voice deepened. And you got breasts.

You have a pretty feminine figure as is. I guess what I'm trying to say is it seems like sometimes trans women think if they didn't get Kim Kardashian's lower half, the E's not working. 
An extreme example maybe, but E can't cram something in your jeans that's not in your well... genes.  (ok that was pathetic  )

You know, maybe you're not done developing yet and you'll see more change. But I'd hate to see you get discouraged over it or hang too much hope on it. You're pretty the way you are. Just do what you can to make sure your hormone levels are ok, make any desired appearance changes you can and don't worry about the rest. 'God grant me the serenity...' and all that.