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Title: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: katrinaw on November 26, 2014, 04:35:21 AM
Hi all....

Just thought of a little bit of fun, whilst in front of the TV and reading / scanning Susan's Place...

Before I went on HRT I hated shopping, was not a lover of chocolate and some fruits like Mango's etc....

Since going on HRT I have gotten to love shopping, absolutely adore chocolate and Mango's etc... Hmm only downside to shopping is that I get insanely jealous of my wife when clothes shopping, however she must have noticed my massively increase in woman's clothing especially around "that's nice, but this is so much better"... Also get insanely jealous when she gets new jewellery or I (reluctantly) buy her new jewellery.

Other downside is weight management  :-\ have to continuously watch my food intake (including alcohol; not a friend to HRT)

Hey I even drive a little slower (but only a little  :angel: )



Hi Moderators if this is in the wrong forum then please relocate

L Katy

Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Christine Eryn on November 26, 2014, 09:31:12 PM
Eating habits really haven't changed much, I still eat very lean for the most part. When seeing women, I have gone from "she looks good in that" to "I'd totally wear that"  ;D
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Just Ole Me on November 26, 2014, 10:34:28 PM
I never liked certain foods and now I love some of them. Weird.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: stephaniec on November 26, 2014, 11:17:40 PM
I'm trying not to eat
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Newgirl Dani on November 27, 2014, 12:26:06 AM
My sweet tooth changed to sweet teeth, I dont catch myself with hands clenched and tight anymore, love love love pouring over the net for pics on fashion and makeup, color is coming into my world.  Dani
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: JustASeq on November 27, 2014, 01:16:36 AM
Pickles!!!

Seriously.... this is a robbery  :icon_pistoles: , give me those pickles!
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Lady_Oracle on November 27, 2014, 01:40:01 AM
I just eat as twice as much as I did before! My diet hasn't really changed but I do feel like my sense of taste improved slightly since I started hrt, that could be just psychological though.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Clhoe G on November 27, 2014, 05:23:40 AM
Two things I use to really hate was coffee n liquorice, now I totally love em, but at the moment I've got no milk:(
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: peky on November 27, 2014, 05:28:41 AM
i eat less.. lost 20 pounds !
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: katrinaw on November 27, 2014, 05:40:52 AM
Quote from: peky on November 27, 2014, 05:28:41 AM
i eat less.. lost 20 pounds !

Try to eat less myself... but have to because of chocolate  :laugh:

Seriously got my weight down (sorry in KG's) from 80 odd to 65 now, but what a struggle  ::)

L Katy
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Paeonia on November 27, 2014, 06:02:12 AM
I never used to be a fan of chocolate, but now I absolutely love the stuff. I used to like bacon a lot more than now. Cheese was a guilty pleasure, but my taste for the strong stuff is totally gone completely.

My shopping habits have shifted around a bit. I seem to spend far more time just browsing, where it used to be an in-buy thing-out process.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: LilDevilOfPrada on November 27, 2014, 06:17:44 AM
Not a single change, I still use soft served ice cream to fuel my days :O.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Carrie Liz on November 27, 2014, 06:30:36 AM
My biggest eating habit change is that I've noticed I can't the same quantity of food that I used to, and I also can't eat junk food like I used to.

I really don't understand it, but I noticed almost immediately that while I used to able to completely stuff myself at buffets, eating 4 full plates sometimes, that number dropped down to 3 mostly-full plates before I was completely stuffed.

The big thing that I have absolutely no explanation for, though, is that for some reason food seems to affect me more. Like, pre-transition I could eat an entire gigantic bag of gummi worms, I actually ate almost two full bags of potato chips in one day before, an entire pizza with almost no trouble, and none of it ever seemed to affect me.

Now, suddenly, I can't really eat potato chips anymore. They make my stomach feel unpleasantly bloated if I eat too many. For some reason now eating too much candy makes me feel sick, (and also gave me very unpleasant heart palpatations from all of the sugar,) and with pizza it's the same way... too much, and I start feeling bloated in an unpleasant way. Also, I can't drink as much. One drink is enough to get me buzzed and a bit dizzy.

I'm not sure if it's HRT making me more sensitive to things, a change in body composition making me less resilient, or just age, I don't know, but it's really taken me by surprise. (And helped my weight loss, so I'm not complaining.)
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Mariah on November 27, 2014, 06:50:54 AM
The smaller appetite and the fact I don't feel the need to stuff myself all day are the biggest changes in my eating habits.
Mariah
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: FrancisAnn on November 27, 2014, 07:15:15 AM
I'm terrible with food. I BBQ'd a turkey yesterday, it was delicious & I ate just too much. Already heading to "fat land" this holiday season so today I'm going to color my hair, try on all clothes in my closet, build some nicer outfits, watch the Macy's Parade, pedicure, change nail colors, bubble bath, go shopping..... Just anything but eat too much!!!!!
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: Trillium on November 27, 2014, 07:44:22 AM
When I started it felt like I had a bottomless pit and would just eat loads, now its balanced out a bit bit I still eat alot more then I use to though the plus is I'm mainly filling out around the bum, hips and breasts. I no long can eat most milk chocolate or sweets, its just to sickly, I don't like sugar in my tea (use to like 1) and I prefer coffee black with no sugar (use to like both milk and sugar). I've never drank much but I do now prefer red wine over beer and recently I discovered I really love the sour bite of a vodka shot with double the amount of freshly squeeze lime juice.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: katrinaw on November 27, 2014, 07:46:49 AM
Quote from: Christine Eryn on November 26, 2014, 09:31:12 PM
When seeing women, I have gone from "she looks good in that" to "I'd totally wear that"  ;D

Haa yup that's a me too  :laugh:

L Katy
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: suzifrommd on November 27, 2014, 08:29:16 AM
Eating: Need variety. As a male, I was happy with eating the same thing every week. As a female, need to spice things up a bit.

Life: I love shopping. Could do it all day. Used to hate it. That really blows my mind. If you told my 5-years-ago self that in five years I'd be a woman and love shopping, I'd be thrilled about the first part, but still wouldn't believe you about the second part.

Also, my interest in sex is totally different. I suppose that's a subject for another board.
Title: Re: What eating or other habits changed when you started HRT? (Lighter side of life)
Post by: katrinaw on November 27, 2014, 03:37:00 PM
 :laugh: Guess so