LOSING width of hips after almost three months on HRT?Ways to increase hip size?

[PsychedelicSage]

I have gained a surprising amount of hip width since I started HRT, I've probably gained about at least two inches or so. I pretty much had NO external hips before HRT.

But the last time I measured my body (ten days ago), my hips were 40 5/8 inches around.

I measured again today.. and my hips are now 39 1/2 inches around..:/ I lost more than an inch around them.

Which is kind of a very huge deal to me because my shoulders are wayyyyyyy too broad for my liking. I have consistently lost muscle from my shoulders.. they're now 44 inches slumped, and 42 inches with good posture.. when they used to be 47 inches slumped, 45 inches with good posture, but I need my hips bigger than this.

I have extremely high standards for my appearance partially because I'm lesbian.. and a lot of us know there's a bit of a stigma in the lesbian community against gay trans girls, especially pre op trans girls. A lot of lesbians can be a bit picky about trans girls, and I, you know, don't want to die alone.  Or at least be single and not have a single relationship for years until either my hips are big enough or my face looks good enough to the point where my hips don't matter as much, or my shoulders slim down more which could take a very long time.
I mean I would definitely date another trans girl, pre op or post op, but there are veryyyyyy few near where I live. I only know of one, she lives like half an hour away, and she's in a relationship anyway.

Also I just want to be able to be happy as possible about my appearance for my own wellbeing and happiness.
Pretty much the more female I look, the happier I am.:p

But the only thing that's changed since I last measured myself was, I started doing hip abductor exercises with weights on my ankles to try to get my hips bigger. Roughly five pounds of weight on each leg, doing around 45 to sixty hip abductors without a break for each leg. Is it possible that those exercises burned way more fat than built muscle.? Also I've been doing squats almost every day for about two weeks.


Also, how can I make my hips bigger without surgery.? I don't want implants, those things shift and pop and you need to get them redone all the time.. I personally don't really see a point in getting an expensive procedure done when you'll just have to spend tons more money getting it redone over and over again. Fat injections are out of the question because the vast majority of my fat is on my butt, and if my hips aren't big enough, I DEFINITELY can't afford to have a small butt too. I don't want to walk around looking like Hank Hill with his tiny little butt lmfao.

I've been trying very hard to gain fat, but I have a freakishly fast metabolism. I can drink four protein shakes (made with milk), eat eight scrambled eggs, drink four cans of soda, eat an entire container of fried rice, and eat a bunch of ceral.. ALL in one day and I wouldn't really gain weight. I hate it.:/ I'd much rather be thick and curvy with big hips than to be skinny with big shoulders and hips that aren't big enough. Any tips on gaining fat or slowing down my metabolism?

Thankyouuuu.

[steyraug96]

So, good news / bad news.....  ;-)

I skimmed through before posting, I'd read about half and skimmed the rest...  Hope I'm still helpful.

Two things jumped out:
1. Training. You're training the wrong muscle fibers.  Doing that many adductions will grow you a Type 1 muscle: think marathoner. You won't cause the necessary hypertrophy (sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, I believe it is - fluids and fats around the muscle.)  This amounts to shrinking the muscles. Great for some things, bad for size.
Go for sets of 10 with a decent break in between sets (30-60 seconds.)  Also, double-check the exercise, I believe you're hitting the Gluteus medius, but double-check. And look into hitting it from different angles, too - it goes into the spine, and out to the hips, making a more curved appearance.

2. Diet. Sounds like you eat a decent diet...  Which won't help in this case.  ;-) It's something I've learned the hard way, just trying to LOSE weight...
Look up Banting for the background; key is, you'll want more fat - AND you'll want to use insulin manipulation, in reverse, to promote fat storage.
I'm guessing, for example, that you drink diet sodas..? (Poisons, BTW.)  Try to cut out the sodas completely, but add in things like bulletproof coffee (don't bother with the Brand Name Beans et al. Just it's a high-fat drink with coffee in it.) But then ADD sugar or honey, too. The idea is to up the calories (my problem trying to lose weight, the body thinks it's in starvation mode. I have a metric ton of body to lose, though.  ;-)  )  and manipulate the insulin to promote fat deposits...  Which with estrogen, means on the hips and butt and boobs.  ;-) 

This is REVERSING my attempts right now, where I'm looking to get into ketosis soemtime this millenium (carb cravings hit yesterday)...  But the coffee tastes decent, really! And for a cup, it's worth trying, right? 400 calories there; spike it with something to shoot blood sugar up, promoting insulin release? Should give you your hips back pretty fast. :-)  I'd even say eat candy first, then make the coffee and drink it.

At the same time, you should feel satieted for a longer time, might even cut down your overall calorie count. (Worked for me for about two weeks. then carb craving kicked in, now I need to get back on the wagon. Trying to lose the belly...  All subcutaneous, too, so it's SLOW...) 

I've also read of people applying oils and hormones directly to areas they want the changes in; I can't vouch for it, but others have claimed results. Seems like a lower-value method, though, if it's possible to tweak what you're doing and get better results.  Less effort to change lifestyle. 

OH, forgot this one:
I've also heard of a Hip Shave operation, but cannot find details on it. It was referenced on the series "Botched" by a TS who wants to become a TV personality. She was Latina, I think. Has had a TON of surgeries, but has a FEMALE hip line (though shoulders are still slightly broad.)  If it involved shaving part of the crest of the hips, it might be something to consider - make more of a curve. OTOH, if it's actually a hip replacement? I'd pass...  They wear out. 

She has a fan page already, but I can't find it from behind the work firewall. Worth a Google, though. Season 1 somewhere, I believe. Can't find it from here right now...  Sorry.  :-P  She was wearing a red dress and looked quite feminine, however, and it was when they identified her past surgeries I noticed the "Hip shave" item - I was lucky I'd DVR'ed it.  ;-)