What to do while waiting 6 months for professional help?

[Artemis]

Like I explained in another post I need to wait (at least) 6 months before I get any profesional help.

At the moment I doing the best I can to get ride of my overweight, currently doing about 1 kg per week, trying to get it up to 1.5 kg (more is not healthy, not sustainable, etc).

I was wondering: Does anyone here have any suggestions on how to develop more feminine shoulders, legs, feet, arms, hands (without HRT)?

[lilacwoman]

general weightloss will make a big difference as will abandoning any heavy work which will work the muscles and the tendons snd th cartilage between the bones...become a lady of leisure and recline on a pile of silken cushions all day  LOL
but don't have nice guys feeding you turkish delight.
just walking up and down stair on tiptoes will reshape the feet, ankles and legs.

[Stephanie_b]

I agree with LilacWoman - weight loss makes a BIG difference. I have lost 16kg in a year and I have gone from a burly, manly frame to something much more womanly. My arms and legs are now comparable in girth and size to many GGs of my height and actually smaller (thinner) than many women. I have just measured around my wrist and it is 17.5cm (7 inches). My thigh, just above the knee, is down to 41cm (16") and my waist to hip ratio is down from over 1.0 to 0.82 (males are supposed to be 0.9) so my waist is 85cm (33.5") and still declining. I am aiming to get my WHR down under 0.8 so I need to lose another 2cm on my waist. Most of this has been achieved through weight loss.

Other things you can do - start waxing body hair and start growing your head hair. Look for GroupOn deals for Laser/IPL hair removal and get your beard treated BEFORE any hormones. It hurts less with thicker male skin so do it NOW. After you have waxed an area several times you can move to an epilator. Keep epilating and eventually the hair will get finer and finer and many of them will simply give up and stop growing.

None of this requires HRT

Beverley

It sounds like your wrist and above knee measurements are about like mine.

My wrists are 6" around, and around the thigh above the knee are 14.75"
I have been doing a lot of jogging lately, so my waist has gone from a 32" to a 28" around now. 

I have also been eating healthy but eating a lot of fatty foods too.  I have a bigger bum and upper thighs than I should, considering I'm pre hrt.

I'm 5"4 and 150lbs or so, but still pretty slendar.  Its because although my bones are fine, they are also incredibly dense.  I consume way too much dairy growing up, so that's where my grwth plates under my knees came from.  I really wish they weren't there!

[Stephanie_b]

I am 5'8" and around 170lbs so yes - our builds will be similar (my BMI is 26.1, yours is 25.8 ) and I aim to lose about another 7lbs or so. That means I am a UK size 12 or 14 (US 10/12) depending on the shop, which makes me smaller than the average UK woman who is a size 16 (US size 14). A year ago when I started I was size 20 (US 18) so if only my breasts would be kind enough to get a move on and get past an A-cup then I will have a nicely feminine figure but the bulk of the hard work has all been weight loss.

What is the secret of my weight loss? Easy - I stopped eating biscuits and cakes and confectionery. I made only one other change, I swapped oversize dinner plates for standard size ones. I still eat whatever I like. Last night it was roast chicken, tonight it was fajitas, tomorrow will be fish, chips, peas, bread and butter. There will be steak at the weekend. Lunch was sausage sandwich.

I measure no portions, I use no special ingredients, I have no additional exercises and I have no calorie counting. I never have 'seconds' and I limit myself to what fits on my 10" diameter plate. I am never hungry. Because it is not a 'diet' - in the sense of something special to make me lose weight - I can keep this up forever so the weight should stay off and I will stay nice and feminine.

Beverley

Tehehehe, I wish I could eat like that, lucky you. :p
I can eat what I want within reason, but have to jog lots to keep the weight in check. 

Also, I have no idea what my waist to hip ratio is, but it needs improvement and I have no boobies to speak of! 

I want those hormones, now!  Lol

[Siobhan]

You CAN eat more or less what you want - I have just told you how. Cut out all excessive sugars and fats. No muffins, cup cakes, donuts, milky latté coffees, chocolates, etc. Avoid processed meats like burgers as much as possible and never, ever eat microwave TV dinners. Skip puddings because they are usually just sugar unless are fresh fruits.

No one believes me that all I did to lose nearly 3 stones was cut out the biscuits and cakes. No one and they all wonder what my secret was. I tell them and they shake their head and say "What else did you do?".


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist-to-hip_ratio

Growing boobs is... well the words 'Ouch' and 'Itch' spring to mind.

Beverley

Totally true, i did the same thing.. smaller plate, cut down pop, chips.. added fruit juices and vegetables... im down from about 14 stone to 10 and 3/4. I still want to lose more. I also have like 6" wrists, 38" hip, 36" chest...shame I'm still fat with a 34" waist with a face like troll.
But the weight loss advice is bang on