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Weight loss

Started by Leah443, May 27, 2014, 04:59:10 PM

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Leah443

Hey I was wondering. iv been on estrogen and spire for about 3 months now and iv lost like 4 pounds. is this normal? i always thought i would gain more weight. anyways i was wondering if anybody else has noticed this as well. Thanks :)
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Apples Mk.II

On Spiro, I went down from 62 to 56. My body did not tolerate it well and gave new constant diarrhoea. My metabolism was also quite high on it since it was not very effective, so I needed to ingest a lot of everything to avoid losing on more weight.

When your metabolism fully slows down to a female range, then you will have to worry about weight.
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Ms Grace

Yes, I've lost about 5kg/11lbs in the last 12 months, at the same time I am obviously putting on weight in terms of breast growth and other curves. I believe muscle weighs more than body's fat and Spiro would cause you lose some androgenised musculature so that may account for some of your weight loss. The other thing I found was that I stopped eating emotionally once I started HRT so that would have accounted for some of my weight loss. If you're concerned that your weight loss is excessive though you should talk to your doc.
Grace
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Transition 1.0 (Julie): HRT 1989-91
Self-denial: 1991-2013
Transition 2.0 (Grace): HRT June 24 2013
Full-time: March 24, 2014 :D
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KayXo

Spiro decreases water retention so water loss perhaps??
I am not a medical doctor, nor a scientist - opinions expressed by me on the subject of HRT are merely based on my own review of some of the scientific literature over the last decade or so, on anecdotal evidence from women in various discussion forums that I have come across, and my personal experience

On HRT since early 2004
Post-op since late 2005
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