Changes after two years on HRT

[kaye]

I heard that the majority of changes happen within the first couple of years so what changes can you expect after being on HRT for two years?

What difference would another year make for instance?

[Lady_Oracle]

 

[Natalie]

I am short, got fat and flabby. My thighs are huge and flabby no matter how much I exercise them. I eat healthy, burn hundreds of calories almost everyday and I just seem to keep packing on the pounds in my thighs and my butt. It seems like if I eat a piece of cake I gain 10 pounds...getting pretty tired of it all...looks like liposuction is a few months in my future.

[Jennygirl]

Me too, all my weight goes to my butt and thighs- although I rather love it. I've been trying to gain a little weight.

Curves, I am a fan

[Natalie]

Me too, all my weight goes to my butt and thighs- although I rather love it. I've been trying to gain a little weight.

Curves, I am a fan

I went from a size 3 to a 9. Yeah...too much for me.

[Jennygirl]

Not too far behind, from size 2 to 5/6.

I don't think my body will let me go beyond this, though, without serious effort.. Effort that I am not willing to go through because I feel that it would be a detriment to my health. Both of my parents are rail thin... My mom is 5'4" and 100lbs, my dad 5'8" and 145 pure lean muscle. I am 5'8" and 138 with some fat on my legs now after almost 2 yrs of HRT. I didn't really notice a change until recently, even though I have been on a motherload regimen of estrogen the whole time.

I've always wanted to be a girl that has some curves... Dunno if it is in the cards, though. Quite happy where I'm at anyway. Feel free to send some of that fat my way

[luna nyan]

Low dose pills for 2 years, close to half year on "lowish" pellet.

I looked through my photos - there have been slow subtle changes in the face, and it is "thinner" around the jaw.  It's changed more significantly in the last 6 months, possibly due to he higher effective E dosage.

Weight gain is a definite problem - adjusting to eating less isn't easy, and my distribution still is all over the place. :/

[kaye]

I worded the title wrong. I meant changes beyond the two year mark, so between year two and year four for instance.

I've been on hormones for nearly two years. Changes so far have been reasonable for me save for no boobs (resolved with implants though).

Now I just want my face to fill out more and my complexion to continue to improve. I've heard the vast majority of changes happen in the first two years. I just hope there's still plenty of changes to come.

[kathyk]

OK, I'm one of those girls who sees changes continuing after two years.  Although my doctor and therapist said changes would slow way down the reality is quite different. 

My body is still morphing even though I struggle with weight.   Yes, fat redistribution is quite evident, but I fear that as I try to shed pounds my breasts will decrease in size and hip my butt will loose the little bit of fat it's gained.  Although that's not going to stop my fight with fat.

Facial changes are significant now, and that seems to keep going.  There is definitely a desire for FFS, but it's not absolutely needed to be perceived as a woman by most everyone I meet. (As long as I've used a little makeup). 

I suffered terrible skin damage from many years of work outdoors, and I'd do anything to have nice skin on my arms again.  Yet the rest of my body has become much more smooth and soft during the last five or six months. 

I'm seeing Dr. Meltzer during the first week of November for a consult and to set a surgery date, so I'm trying to make some real changes to my weight and general dis-shoveled appearance.  But it's nice that so many physical changes have already happened, and that those made my new life so much easier.  However, I want the changes to continue for several more years after surgery, and I'll do what I can to have my E levels kept up afterwards.  So it's important to me that an Endo doesn't put me on the menopausal doses usually prescribed for women my age.   

[Jenna Marie]

I'm coming up on 5 years and still seeing fat redistribution (which has been SLOW) especially to hips and butt, and slight but continuing breast growth. Puberty takes cis girls 5-10 years; there's no reason to think it'd be much faster with us.

[kathyk]

I'm coming up on 5 years and still seeing fat redistribution (which has been SLOW) especially to hips and butt, and slight but continuing breast growth. Puberty takes cis girls 5-10 years; there's no reason to think it'd be much faster with us.

Exactly!  And just because we have surgery doesn't mean we're suddenly menopausal.

[Jenna Marie]

Exactly!  And just because we have surgery doesn't mean we're suddenly menopausal.

No, definitely not! My estrogen dose hasn't changed a whit since I had surgery.

(in the interests of full disclosure, however, I've been on a cis menopausal dose of E [and no AAs] from the beginning; my body is apparently responsive enough to E that it was more than enough.)

[Natalie]

I went from 125 pounds to 175 pounds. I seem to hover right about here no matter how much I exercise or how little I eat.  That is 50 pounds of fat all in my thighs and butt. FIFTY POUNDS!

[Hayley]

I went from 125 pounds to 175 pounds. I seem to hover right about here no matter how much I exercise or how little I eat.  That is 50 pounds of fat all in my thighs and butt. FIFTY POUNDS!

I'm sorry to hear that it's a big change in weight. I went from from 115 to 165 during my worst depression before starting hrt and now back down to 122 after 14 months of HRT. I wouldn't mind gaining a few pounds back.

[Natalie]

I'm sorry to hear that it's a big change in weight. I went from from 115 to 165 during my worst depression before starting hrt and now back down to 122 after 14 months of HRT. I wouldn't mind gaining a few pounds back.

Yeah, it sucks. I eat about 1,500 calories a day while burning between 3-4 hundred of that. For my size BMI etc I am supposed to get at least around 1,800 calories a day but nope. Been between 1,200 and 1,500 for years now. Anything more and BAM massive weight. I exercise 5 days a week, eat exceptionally healthy and there is nothing else I can do besides the wonders of liposuction.

[Rose City Rose]

I'm at almost 2 years and I still have a boy belly, way too much hair, way too little butt, and tiny breasts.

[Katrina]

I think it's become a pet peeve of mine when I hear from skinny people how they just can't seem to gain any weight.

[Natalie]

I think it's become a pet peeve of mine when I hear from skinny people how they just can't seem to gain any weight.

I was skinny, sexy, and lots of self-esteem...that was replaced with disgust, fat, and a gross body starring back at me in the mirror. That's okay though, cause in less than 90 days all that "extra" nasty fat will "go away." I have finally had enough.

[Jennygirl]

I think it's become a pet peeve of mine when I hear from skinny people how they just can't seem to gain any weight.

Not quite a pet peeve I would say, but I get a similar feeling when I hear about women who gain weight in the hip region and hate it / want it gone. I have wanted hips since I can remember!

Seems like it's the classic thought of "grass is always greener".

I guess it all depends on what our idea of beauty is. For me, I have always preferred curves over the stick-thin look. That is how I'd like my body to look someday as well. It's all a matter of personal taste.

The neat thing is: if you can appreciate your body, it is basically guaranteed that there is someone out there who will appreciate it too. Learning to love what you have is essential, or if you are unhappy about something to make the change as best you can.

These are our bodies, and it is up to us to care after them or modify them however we believe is best. Could be as simple as a diet/nutritional change, could be as drastic as a plastic surgery.. In the end, it is all body modification! I realized that sentiment a while ago, and it completely changed my opinion on surgery. Now, I am all for it. It is all good stuff if you're doing it for the right reasons- and honestly I'm not sure what a wrong reason would be unless you are just straight up harming yourself... which doesn't seem to happen very often.

[Natalie]

Not quite a pet peeve I would say, but I get a similar feeling when I hear about women who gain weight in the hip region and hate it / want it gone. I have wanted hips since I can remember!

Seems like it's the classic thought of "grass is always greener".

I guess it all depends on what our idea of beauty is. For me, I have always preferred curves over the stick-thin look. That is how I'd like my body to look someday as well. It's all a matter of personal taste.

The neat thing is: if you can appreciate your body, it is basically guaranteed that there is someone out there who will appreciate it too. Learning to love what you have is essential, or if you are unhappy about something to make the change as best you can.

These are our bodies, and it is up to us to care after them or modify them however we believe is best. Could be as simple as a diet/nutritional change, could be as drastic as a plastic surgery.. In the end, it is all body modification! I realized that sentiment a while ago, and it completely changed my opinion on surgery. Now, I am all for it. It is all good stuff if you're doing it for the right reasons- and honestly I'm not sure what a wrong reason would be unless you are just straight up harming yourself... which doesn't seem to happen very often.

Yeah, the grass is always greener on the other side. I see girls with smaller hips and butts and get all frustrated when I look at my fat self in the mirror. I once wanted big hips, etc., but not to this extent. This is just too much for me and I've tried everything to get rid of some of it to no avail thus, liposuction is the means to achieve the ends I want. The worst part of it is that waist wise I am still about a size 5 but my hips and butt put me up to a size 9. Whatever, it's battle time and I will win...