Estrogen effects on muscle mass?

[Deborah]

All of my carbs now are from mostly green vegetables and some nuts.  I might eat one orange in a day sometimes.  And on weekdays I have been eating a quarter cup of dried lentils for the fiber and because I like them.  I might have some 86% dark chocolate once or twice a week if I'm feeling deprived. 

What I have totally eliminated is all grains, all processed sugar, and all processed foods in general (or as I have heard them called "food like items") LOL.  The interesting thing is that by eliminating all the food like items I am now eating more vegetables than I ever was when eating high carb.

My plan is to at a minimum run this diet and training until Sept when I have my next endo visit.  That way I can take advantage of the blood test to get some feedback on what's happening inside.  I'm also keeping a record of other relevant bio markers. 

I'm four weeks into it now and am beginning to feel and see some pretty positive effects.  The biggest being meeting my weight goal.  I'm still running slow though :-(.  Time will fix that.  The question is how far it can be fixed on HRT?

To keep this somewhat on topic, my muscle mass loss in four weeks is zero while losing six pounds of fat and stored glycogen/water.  That's with T being below measurable levels.  Maybe I already lost all the muscle I had to lose.


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[OliviaAutumn]

I can't tell whether my calves have changes, but my thighs seem to have a little extra fat on them. I think upper body is more noticeable because of muscle atrophy.

Olivia

[DuchessBianca]

With my body type I have legs that are on the shorter side for my height 5'8.5 with a 29" inseam, my lower body (thighs/butt/legs) have always been bigger/wider and store lots of fat naturaly, I also have a fairly wide pelvic bone too. I have never been particular strong before HRT as I had zero interest working out and never had muscles but in my nearly 10.5 months on HRT with a combination of 75 pounds of weight loss and Testosterone levels being well within the female range my entire upper body/ upper body strength devastated and good riddance I say. Anything over 15 pounds is a struggle to lift and 25 pounds and over is essentially impossible, nearly threw out my back trying to lift a 24 pack of 16oz water bottles 6 inches off the ground at the age of 25! Oh well I personally like being weak, gives me an excuse to make my male friends do the heavy lifting when they visit! :3 Sadly even with all that weight loss though my thighs/legs/calves still feel huge though and HRT has had little to no effect except maybe them being slightly more feminine in appearance but bleh I wish my calves at least would lose some of the fat it has as it seems no smaller then when I was 75 pounds heavier >_< Though I doubt the 3-4 miles I walk daily in an effort to lose all that weight and about 10-12 more pounds currently to get to my goal weight haven't exactly helped my wishes for smaller/less muscular legs/calves. Guess I'll just have to accept it and I hear many guys like women with "thicker" lower halves anyway >_< Haha 

[KayXo]

I'm 13 yrs post-HRT, 12 yrs post-SRS and recently started taking a little T in hopes of regaining some muscle mass that I had lost, making me too soft and pudgy looking. Funny how at first I wanted it all gone and now, sort of changed of mind, after all.