One of the latest effects of "the lady juice" (since restarting a week ago) has been a change in my appetite. Before, I could eat a small breakfast, have a really light lunch, and go until dinner time with minimal caloric intake. The hunger pangs were present sometimes, but not that bad. Since restarting, it's like I'm being estro-punched in the face with my hunger pangs. Anyone else notice a change in the intensity of hunger?
xD Yes, I certainly have as well! It was more intense for me the first couple of months though, and has since kinda died down. Fried chicken was my weakness... Like, serious cravings. I do still crave milk and almost any other dairy product almost daily, however. The thing for me was that I was eating a *ton* and still losing weight.
And of course chocolate on occasion, but that goes without saying I think ;)
Yes! And I indulge as often as possible, with whatever I feel like eating.
This is puberty - you got a free ticket to stuff your face with delicious things :D
Weirdly I just craved salads with vinegrettes for about 5 months. Really strong and salty.
I found I don't get as hungry. Maybe it is because I lost 10 kilos ??? not as much to support.
Quote from: Nicky on January 11, 2011, 02:28:53 PM
Weirdly I just craved salads with vinegrettes for about 5 months. Really strong and salty.
I found I don't get as hungry. Maybe it is because I lost 10 kilos ??? not as much to support.
Or it's the antidepressants suppressing your appetite.
My appetite has reduced significantly...though on the days i succumb to the temptation of consuming big piles of dead animal, I can practically watch the boobs grow in real time.
A bit before christmas had what I have christened a ridiculous breakfast bap, 3 slices of bacon, two sausages and a hash brown in a big bread roll...used to have one 2 or 3 times a week pre transition and i'd be hungry by half 11 and needing my lunch. Well this time I was still full at 4 o'clock when i decided it was probably a good idea to eat my sandwich cos it had been in my bag all day...but when i got home i could swear that my left boob was bigger than it had been that morning.
Quote from: Helena on January 11, 2011, 02:52:06 PM
but when i got home i could swear that my left boob was bigger than it had been that morning.
MEAT BOOB! :D
I'm picturing a bad Japanese B movie with a giant stop-motion breast terrorising Tokyo.
Quote from: Vexing on January 11, 2011, 02:54:59 PM
MEAT BOOB! :D
I'm picturing a bad Japanese B movie with a giant stop-motion breast terrorising Tokyo.
Oh god, we sooooo need to make this. It could spray acid milk from it's nipple or something :laugh:
Quote from: Helena on January 11, 2011, 02:57:08 PM
Oh god, we sooooo need to make this. It could spray acid milk from it's nipple or something :laugh:
And it can shape-shift into different forms when required, since it's a ball of squishy boob meat.
yes, there's the roller boob form for effective locomotion. The pancake boob form form for smothering vast areas of the city. There's the many tentacled Call of Cathulu boob form for maximum terror.
anymore that i've missed?
Quote from: Vexing on January 11, 2011, 02:38:39 PM
Or it's the antidepressants suppressing your appetite.
Yeah, I think that is totally it.
Quote from: Helena on January 11, 2011, 03:32:28 PM
yes, there's the roller boob form for effective locomotion. The pancake boob form form for smothering vast areas of the city. There's the many tentacled Call of Cathulu boob form for maximum terror.
anymore that i've missed?
I think you got it covered. I totes need to draw the shoggoth boob form in all it's tentacled glory.
Or course, in the video game version, the nipple is the point that is vulnerable to weapon fire.
Quote from: Vexing on January 11, 2011, 04:16:24 PM
I think you got it covered. I totes need to draw the shoggoth boob form in all it's tentacled glory.
Or course, in the video game version, the nipple is the point that is vulnerable to weapon fire.
I need to see that drawing :laugh:
I think for comedy value we should also have a phallic boob form that does unpleasant things to the dominant patriarchy :laugh:
Hah!
This thread cracked me up.
Thanks for the comic relief after a stressful day.
;D
Quote from: Helena on January 11, 2011, 04:22:44 PM
I need to see that drawing :laugh:
I think for comedy value we should also have a phallic boob form that does unpleasant things to the dominant patriarchy :laugh:
I've been kicking around a comic strip idea for years about a battle between two nemeses named Penitor and Vaginar with hokey taunts like, "Looks like you're all wet, Vaginar" and "Damnit! Penitor just penetrated my defenses!"
Yes completely! I swear an hour after eating I'm STARVING again lol. I try to ignore them or curb them with caffienated Tea lol
arg.... I have been stuffing my face with food as much as possible ... too bad the food in my cafeteria is just awful and almost always makes me sick.. always come home and eat a ton of stuff ... :-\
good to know that I am not the only person here who craves food every few hrs... :)
I just hope they don't shrink if I try to avoid eating to avoid the rubbish cafeteria food in case I don't have any other options.... ???
Quote from: Vibes6 on January 13, 2011, 02:13:31 PM
arg.... I have been stuffing my face with food as much as possible ... too bad the food in my cafeteria is just awful and almost always makes me sick.. always come home and eat a ton of stuff ... :-\
good to know that I am not the only person here who craves food every few hrs... :)
I just hope they don't shrink if I try to avoid eating to avoid the rubbish cafeteria food in case I don't have any other options.... ???
Take food with you? ???
Quote from: Vexing on January 13, 2011, 02:16:33 PM
Take food with you? ???
lol.. thanks Vexing but I guess I should have mentioned that me and my best friend (at work .. she knows about my GID and is a really sweet person) have been sharing lunches although work has been getting so hectic that I sometimes forget to get mine or have to leave in a hurry ... although my/my moms food is not as good/healthy as hers... :laugh:
luckily we are still able to meet even though we are in different departments.... but we don't always work at the same time....
Ughhh yes I've been stuffing myself since I started hormones. :( If its not chocolate, its fast food, or candy or gum or something!gahh
Quote from: Britney♥Bieber on January 13, 2011, 10:53:54 PM
Ughhh yes I've been stuffing myself since I started hormones. :( If its not chocolate, its fast food, or candy or gum or something!gahh
I just stuffed my face with tripple cream chilli cheese and crackers.
Then I ran out of crackers :(
It's bad that KFC is 5 min walk down the road...
Quote from: Vexing on January 13, 2011, 11:00:25 PM
I just stuffed my face with tripple cream chilli cheese and crackers.
Then I ran out of crackers :(
It's bad that KFC is 5 min walk down the road...
At least you're getting some exercise in. Haha me I just hop in my car and then go eat.
Then I wish I had gotten the large meal. But I did give up fast food about a week ago, I've done great so far!
Quote from: Britney♥Bieber on January 13, 2011, 10:53:54 PM
Ughhh yes I've been stuffing myself since I started hormones. :( If its not chocolate, its fast food, or candy or gum or something!gahh
Yep. Chicken nuggets from McDonald's.
Another odd affect on the opposite side of the spectrum, a couple of days, I hadn't eaten and still wasn't hungry by the end of the day. NEVER had that happen before E. However, it's not a practice I'll consciously continue if I want "the girls" to grow big and healthy.
Quote from: n00bsWithBoobs on January 14, 2011, 09:00:37 AM
Yep. Chicken nuggets from McDonald's.
Another odd affect on the opposite side of the spectrum, a couple of days, I hadn't eaten and still wasn't hungry by the end of the day. NEVER had that happen before E. However, it's not a practice I'll consciously continue if I want "the girls" to grow big and healthy.
THATS IT! I HAVEN'T HAD FAST FOOD IN OVER A WEEK I'M GOING TO BURGER KING :(
Quote from: Britney♥Bieber on January 14, 2011, 11:09:28 AM
THATS IT! I HAVEN'T HAD FAST FOOD IN OVER A WEEK I'M GOING TO BURGER KING :(
LOL
Quote from: Jerica on January 14, 2011, 12:18:24 PM
LOL
I swear, starting a new/my first job (aka extra money) and starting hormones on the same exact day....terrible idea. lol
Quote from: Britney♥Bieber on January 14, 2011, 01:36:20 PM
I swear, starting a new/my first job (aka extra money) and starting hormones on the same exact day....terrible idea. lol
I did the same thing, I started my new job the same day I started Spiro, Sept 20th. Although, it was just Spiro at the time and it wasn't that bad for me. I started estrogen December 3rd. Right now my boobs are super tender. The first few weeks on Spiro my appetite became virtually nonexistent and I lost about 10lbs. A couple weeks after that it came back and has been relatively normal, I think. Although, it actually seems easier to keep the weight off now. Occasionally, I'll break down and buy a pastry or hit up Voodoo Doughnuts and, before, I always felt just kind of fat and bloated for the next few days at least. Now, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Quote from: valyn_faer on January 16, 2011, 09:44:27 AM
I did the same thing, I started my new job the same day I started Spiro, Sept 20th. Although, it was just Spiro at the time and it wasn't that bad for me. I started estrogen December 3rd. Right now my boobs are super tender. The first few weeks on Spiro my appetite became virtually nonexistent and I lost about 10lbs. A couple weeks after that it came back and has been relatively normal, I think. Although, it actually seems easier to keep the weight off now. Occasionally, I'll break down and buy a pastry or hit up Voodoo Doughnuts and, before, I always felt just kind of fat and bloated for the next few days at least. Now, that doesn't seem to be the case.
I want to lose weight soo bad
I swear that E makes it harder to lose weight. Back in the pre-E days, I was super active and could control my weght sooooo easily. Now, I crave the same nasty greesey stuff I did pre-E, but I have a real hard time losing anything. I did a 1200 cal diet from November to December and lost 8 lbs, but then I fell off the wagon. I'm 5'10" and 155 lbs, but I'd still like to shed at least 10.
Anyone ever try MyFitnessPal? It's a calorie tracker for smartphones, and you can set a diet that is pretty easy to stick to.
Hmmm, strange...everyone else seems to just want to eat eat eat, but my appetite has seriously tailed off, apart from the rare occasions where i need to load up on carbs (and when i'm hungover :laugh: ). I definitely can't eat as much as I used to as well...a large portion is now roughly half of what i was able to devour.
Are you on any other medications Helena?
My portions are smaller than they were pre-hrt. Can't eat as much as I us too, at a meal.
But I'm sure good a nibbling anytime I'm around the frig.
Oh
And my waist seem to be getting thinner.
But I'm not loosing any weight and still have too much gut. :icon_blah:
Jillieann
Quote from: Vexing on January 16, 2011, 02:15:59 PM
Are you on any other medications Helena?
No, just the HRT...I will say that pre HRT i was an absolute ball of nervous energy, I couldn't sit still, always had to move, even in a cold room, drinking a mug of tea would make me sweat like a normal person had just run a 4 minute mile...seriously, back when i had the T in my system it was like my metabolism was going for the burn. Since starting HRT I've been a
lot calmer...i mean i had to stop back in october for nearly a fortnight and after the first 5 days it was just like going back to the way it was before and it was hideous, nearly drove me over the edge.
Strangely what i do eat seems to go straight on the girls...they'd probably grow more if i ate more, but these days trying to eat once i've had my fill feels like i'm force feeding myself.
Quote from: Nicky on January 11, 2011, 02:28:53 PM
Weirdly I just craved salads with vinegrettes for about 5 months. Really strong and salty.
I found I don't get as hungry. Maybe it is because I lost 10 kilos ??? not as much to support.
same with me, i've been getting these cravings for chinese food. chicken lo mein and then general tso's chicken. it's so salty, you're very thirsty after eating it.
My cravings for fried chicken have never been so intense. :D Otherwise, I just crave weird things, which seem relatively normal to me at the time, but in reality are really weird things to crave, and I realize that upon further reflection. Last February and March, I was in love with the taste of fish sauce (my body was probably craving salt). Now, I still like it, but I swear I find it less appetizing than before. All the food I crave seems to be salty.
I had Taco Bell last night. Oops =P