Thank you StillAnonymous, this is really helpful. One of the things I am grappling with is when to come out at work. My current thinking is that I will start HRT in April after 4 rounds of hair removal at E3K. My guess is that I would come out at some point over the summer and start living full time, and then have FFS in the fall. It sounds like my schedule for changes becoming visible could vary considerably based on what everyone has been saying above. Personally I'd hope for more changes sooner to help pass better but I know I don't get to control that.
I do feel like I need to lose more weight. I'm 6'4"and about 200 lbs. which technically is not overweight, but it's not skinny and I still have a lot of abdominal fat. I'm thinking about targeting 170 or so by the time I start HRT. One of the things I've heard is that HRT means that new fat on your body goes to female places, but it doesn't mean all the previous fat in male places gets redistributed. I'm curious what the experience of others has been.