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Started by Jessica_Nicole, August 22, 2017, 05:16:21 PM

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Jessica_Nicole

Hi all.  I'm 46 years old and I have, like others here, dealt with TG feelings since early youth.  A near outing as a teenager put me into over compensation  mode and I became ultra male to throw off any hint of the deep feelings and desires I had.  For the past 10 years or so, life has been extremely difficult, one failed relationship after another and the constant hope that something would come along and "fix" me.  Fast forward to present, I been seeing therapist for a short while, but it has been amazing.  Finally someone to be honest with and someone to be honest with me.   I know now that for me to every find close to happiness is to begin the process of transitioning.  Being female is all I have every wanted and I should be happy with the opportunity to be able to do that but I am concerned about how things will go.  I am muscular and I just wonder what I can expect.  I do realize now that what I have envisioned as far as female form and shape is what I find attractive.  I don't have to be that for someone else to find me attractive.  I look in the gym and see some muscular and athletic genetic females and they are many people that find them attractive. I am wondering how much physical change size wise have some of you that were like me experienced.  I currently have ~ 16.5-17" biceps, 42" chest, 24" thigh and 15.5 calf.  I weigh 187 and am 5'9".  I may post a photo later.  Just wondering if any of you made measurements along the way during HRT and could share the change.  I plan to continue to workout and look to be more of muscular female but am hoping to lose some of this bulk.   Thanks for your time.
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rus

im not sure how much help i am going to be i lost nearly all my muscle im sure if i would of kept working out i would of kept some but i lost a large portion if not all of it. but i am fine with this it gives me the girly body i always wanted truly desired i wouldnt worry much about it what happens happens there is plenty of natty muscle women too in the world


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AlyssaJ

I was a similar height and weight to you and had a 40 inch chest, 17.5" biceps and a six pack with a body fat% just over 10. In the almost 5 months I've been on hormones my biceps are down to 13.5" (yet they still look muscular), my chest across the pecs is 39" and the six pack is long since gone.  Now to be fair, I've stopped lifting all together to try to get these exact results.  With that low body fat, I didn't like all the vascularity and muscle definition, it looked anything but feminine. I've maintained cardio fitness and have lost quite a bit of weight (probably due in large part to the loss of muscle).  My plan was at 6 months to start a high rep, low weight strength training regimen just to keep my muscles in shape but to hopefully allow the continued reduction in overall muscle mass and definition.  I'll be posting a before and after collage in that thread on this forum, so take a look if you're curious.

I would think that if you keep up a solid routine of heavy lifting you'll be able to keep a fair amount of the muscle.  What you probably do have to decide is how much you want to keep.  Personally, I agree with the attractiveness of a physically fit woman, but too much muscle mass and definition on a woman I think is actually unattractive.  Your views may be different.  Good luck.
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Jacqueline

Hi Jessica or Nicole,

Welcome to the site.

I suspect you will get more answers from other members. I know I am about a year and a half on HRT. I did not work out and was on the edge of being plump. I have lost muscle in my arms, and am starting to lose some in my upper shoulders. I Now fit a bra that was one or two sizes too small about 6 months ago. I don't have measurements for you. I do know some of our members are very into working out. It seems if you keep with more aerobic or higher reps with less weight, combined with diet, people seem to lose a good amount. As Alyssa alluded to, there is a category here called Before and After. I has many examples of people before they started transition and after photos.

If you get a chance you could also go to our introductions category and post a quick one. That way we can get to know you better.

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