Quote from: KoreyCabra on January 15, 2016, 10:51:38 PM
This does give me a lot of hope. I am still going to keep trying to lose weight before hand and probably while on T. Thank you both for sharing with me, it means a lot!
I will tell you that coming out as FTM then getting on T has done more to motivate me to work out and eat right than anything else. If you had told me before I came out as FTM that I would give up McDonalds and Pizza Hut for a high protein, low fat diet where I religiously count my calories, I would have laughed at you. But the possibility of actually looking the way I WANT to rather than being seen as a chick have made me happy to completely change my lifestyle. I went from sitting on the couch all day, every day to lifting weights two to three times a week, riding horses four to six times a week, and running three times a week. I never had a weight problem--I always maintained the same weight which wasn't much for my height--but I was super weak and could barely jog a hundred feet without stopping and sucking in air. A couple months later I can easily run a mile and a quarter then go climb on the rowing machine no problem. I guarantee if you really focus on the fact that being who you have always wanted to be is within your grasp, all of the tough stuff that seems like it's impossible to do will come much easier than expected. You can do it!
Also, if I were you, I wouldn't wait to get on T until you've lost weight (if that is the reason you are waiting). People scared me to death with all the talk of the "T 10" or whatever and for the first month I was counting every ounce I gained, terrified T was making me gain weight. Now? I'm having to eat over 2,000 calories a day just to maintain the weight I'm at, and you can visibly see how I am dropping fat and gaining muscle. Part of it is working out and a good diet, but I am sure part of it is the T, also. I will be 3 months on T next week and while I am not pleased with my lack of body hair, fem face, and still high voice, my body shape has already changed quite a bit. All the weight I had was in my hips, and it's been seriously reduced while my shoulders and arms are getting bigger every month. So yes, some people gain weight on T, but if you work out and eat correctly then T will definitely help you out in your weight loss endeavors. Of course, this is coming from someone who was pretty tall and slim (but with a very feminine figure), so people who needed to lose weight obviously have more accurate knowledge in this area than me. But I really feel like T is more of a help than a hindrance in getting in shape/losing weight as long as you are willing to eat correctly rather than binge on crap. (Because the appetite increase was very real for me, and I am sure that if I wasn't monitoring my calories I would be eating like 4,000 calories a day by pure accident as I binged on pizza and burgers rather than chicken breast and Greek yogurt!)
