No, it isn't hormones! It's even earlier than that.

I've started dieting today! I am 5'11 and 193 pounds, and I wanna get down to 150 pounds within the next 6 months. That's a reasonable expectation, because it's a 43 pound loss. That's 7 pounds a month, or 1.4 pounds a week. Not too difficult! I have a pretty good plan to do all this as well:


What I did:

1. Ate lots of desserts with sugar every night.

2. Drank soda with dinner every night.

3. Never did any physical exercise at all.

4. Never ate anything too nutritious.

5. Ate a lot during each meal.



What I will do:

1. Eat no dessert with sugar, I'll just have an orange or yogurt instead.

2. Drink water with dinner every night.

3. Every day during my 7th period study hall, I'll do light cardiovascular exercises in the weight room, as well as using the bicycle and treadmill.

4. I'll start eating a lot more fruit and yogurt than I was before.

5. I'll eat smaller portions of healthier foods.


I started today by getting a pass from my gym teacher that says every day during my 7th period study hall, I can use the weight room. I plan to do light cardio there, as well as using the bicycle and treadmill. I start tomorrow!

Also today, there was a root beer bottle on the table for dinner, so I saw it and put it away, and chose water over it. Then I ate some Brussels sprouts which I never do, and finally, I totally skipped dessert tonight and will instead eat an orange in its place. Even earlier, during lunch, I ate a small portion, and instead of buying chocolate-y snacks like I usually do, I bought a cup of yogurt with blueberries in it. I plan on buying low-fat yogurt along with some granola bars at the store soon as snacks.

To enforce the removal of unhealthy foods and the eating of healthy foods in their place, I'm also gonna get some low-sugar chewing gum to carry around with me to suppress my urges for eating anything more fattening. I will also eat more eggs, beans and fish, which all contain a specific amino acid which actually dulls one's craving for sugar!

Since I can't get hormones just yet, I figured I might as well start taking steps to achieve the body I want.

Do you guys have any advice? What should I do concerning the fat redistribution when I start hormones, based on my height and weight?

Τhats awesome chic...

Im actually on a diet too...trying to lose the belly fat ((((((((((((((

Quote from: FalsePrincess on February 10, 2014, 06:35:20 PM
Τhats awesome chic...

Im actually on a diet too...trying to lose the belly fat ((((((((((((((

You can do it! I believe anyone can if they really put their mind to it I have no doubt in my mind you'll achieve the body you want if you do your best!

Quote from: Chic on February 10, 2014, 06:38:30 PM
You can do it! I believe anyone can if they really put their mind to it I have no doubt in my mind you'll achieve the body you want if you do your best!

Well that was inspiring 
lets try our best then

congratulations and good luck. and yes my belly needs to go too

Good luck, Chic. Stick to all of those and you shouldn't have any problems.

I have a spare tyre to lose too, but to be honest at the moment I'd take a general migration of the fat on my tummy south

You can do it

Quote from: Joan on February 10, 2014, 07:12:13 PM
Good luck, Chic. Stick to all of those and you shouldn't have any problems.

I have a spare tyre to lose too, but to be honest at the moment I'd take a general migration of the fat on my tummy south

Quote from: gowiththeflow on February 10, 2014, 07:14:51 PM
You can do it

Quote from: stephaniec on February 10, 2014, 07:05:53 PM
congratulations and good luck. and yes my belly needs to go too

Thank you guys so much! Good luck to you too!

That's awesome.  And that's a huge step forward!

When I started hormones, I was a little more heavy than I cared to be.  I'm not fat or anything, but I sort of let myself go a bit during the year prior to my transition.  Let's just say I was getting a little to friendly with Mr. Ben and Mr. Jerry as a way to cope with pre-transition depression and was focused on destroying rather than healing my body.  My skinny jeans hated me for it. Since I started transitioning, I've been losing a lot of that weight, though fairly steadily rather than rapidly.  Most of that is due to excersice and diet, though I think the hormones may have played a role in some way.  One thing I wanted to note is that the extra weight wasn't such a bad thing for mein the long run. I feel like it may have aided the early fat redistribution element to some degree. So, I would say that dieting and exercise is great, but it's important to have a "healthy" diet during hrt because it will aid the development of certain feminine features.  I found eating a little more carbs than usual was a good way to help this process, but I also started using my treadmill to ensure I burned off any excess just in case.  It seems your plan includes a balanced diet in general, so that should work really well both now and prior to hormones.  Good luck with the weight loss!