Quote from: antonia on August 04, 2014, 02:28:33 PM
Hey Galaxy, would you be willing to elaborate and share your experience?

So far I've been able to keep the weight off but I've only been on hormones for 2 weeks, just wondering what to expect.

At the beginning of my HRT i planed to gain my weight after 6 month of hormones. I knew that hormones take a while to work - so i made my plans after that what doctors say and they say fat distribution will begin after 6 month. So i was gaining my weight a little at this point. After increasing it by 1-2 kg i recognized that all the fat goes to the belly, not to the hips or to the breast. Gaining the weight by another 1-2kg (64kg now) over 1 year i got the same result. The hips are 1-2cm bigger than before, but my waist and my belly too. So gaining the weight only makes you fat - nothing more. Thats my story.

Pre-HRT

Over bust : 38"
Under bust : 33.5"
Waist : 33"
Hips : 39"
Weight : 165lb

9 months into HRT

Over bust : 37"
Under bust : 31"
Waist : 27"
Hips : 37"
Weight : 144lb

Ratio : 0.73

I'm still losing weight and eating healthily. Lost most of my weight in my waist in the first few weeks when I started the LCHF diet back in May 2014. Losing on average now about 1-2lb per week whilst still eating healthily three meals a day. Before that I couldn't lost the bulk around the waist. It was stuck at 32" unchanged.

My waist is 28" (sometimes 27", if I haven't eaten much) and my hips are 36", giving me 0.78. But I'm relatively tall (for a girl, anyway - 5'10" / 178cm) so you can't really tell, and while there's still a bit of male distribution fat going on I don't have a whole load left to lose (I'm 9 stone 7 / 133 lb / 60kg), and my hips haven't increased or changed size to any degree worth mentioning over 9 months or HRT.

I suspect that putting on weight would help with this (and with breasts getting bigger), but then I could probably say goodbye to the waist, so...

Thanks for sharing,

For me my logic is to exercise more and eat more in the hope that the higher metabolism will encourage growth in the right places without adding to my belly because I know the opposite (starving or very reduced caloric intake) inhibits growth.

Quote from: galaxy on August 04, 2014, 02:45:34 PM
At the beginning of my HRT i planed to gain my weight after 6 month of hormones. I knew that hormones take a while to work - so i made my plans after that what doctors say and they say fat distribution will begin after 6 month. So i was gaining my weight a little at this point. After increasing it by 1-2 kg i recognized that all the fat goes to the belly, not to the hips or to the breast. Gaining the weight by another 1-2kg (64kg now) over 1 year i got the same result. The hips are 1-2cm bigger than before, but my waist and my belly too. So gaining the weight only makes you fat - nothing more. Thats my story.

At this time a was excersing nearly every day ... helped nothing.

Quote from: Leila on August 04, 2014, 02:50:51 PM
Losing on average now about 1-2lb per week whilst still eating healthily three meals a day.

What means healthily three meals?
I want to lose weight and looking for such advices.

Quote from: galaxy on August 04, 2014, 03:05:48 PM
What means healthily three meals?
I want to lose weight and looking for such advices.

Hello Galaxy,

I have been on the LCHF (low carb high fat) diet since May. There are many books and articles on the internet about how to do this diet.

My three meals a day typically

Breakfast

2 fried eggs
2 slices streaky bacon
1 halved fried tomato
5 fried mushrooms
all above fried with coconut oil, which is said to increase metabolism

Lunch

1 portion (half side) of smoked mackerel
2 small chicken thighs
1 generous handful of baby leaf salad
4 baby tomatoes

I keep breakfast and lunch the same during the working week to simplify things, but weekends I vary with other menu choices. For example avocado and mackerel with lime juice and olive oil is a nice breakfast also.

Dinner

This is can be anything that is meat and vegetable based. Usually limit amount of protein to about the area and thickness of palm of hand. Too much protein can convert to glycogen which body would store in fat cells. Vegetables selected are not starchy or root vegetables and should be the greater portion of the meal.

Most of my exercise I do is during the weekend when I am shopping. So get about 2 to 3 hours walking. It is during the weekend I notice the weight loss. Also it has been said that once onto this diet after a month, doing exercise before eating breakfast will cause the body to use the fat stores for energy as it has adjusted to a ketogenic diet.

Before I started this way of eating I used to feel so tired and lethargic when I woke in the mornings. I would have the alarm clock try and wake me several times. However now I usually wake when I feel I have had enough sleep and before the alarm clock tells me. I feel ready to start the day and can take my time to prepare a hearty breakfast and packed lunch without feeling starved.

Thanks a lot.
I will try to reduce my carbs in a stronger way!

Bust 34 31.5 under bust

Waist 27

Hips 35

weight 128

Height 5'6"1/2

Not sure what my pre measurements were....I really didn't care too much. But I was wearing a size 28 men's jeans just before hrt. I now wear a size 4-6 dress and 0-3 jeans. I also had close to a six pack back then but was skinny. I had absolutely no belly then. Now I weigh 10 pounds less but have a belly UGH!! I actually bought some Spanx when I had to wear a dress for an engagement....my belly was showing!! and it especially shows in maxi dresses....but does give me more of a feminine look.....but I still don't like it!!

One measurement I did take at about 6 months into hrt was my thighs. I remember I had 19" thighs then and now have 21" not sure when that happened, I never noticed!!

Carbs are usually the real culprit, my carb intake is usually no more than 80g per day, that's the equivalent of one small order of McDonald's fries, not that I ever eat fries or any junk food, candy and very rarely any pasta, bread, rice, potatoes or any of the other high carb foods.

My diet is usually:

One cup of Fibre1 for breakfast, 1% milk
Salad or small wrap for lunch, occasionally I'll have some fish, chicken etc.
For dinner I'll allow myself a bit more, make a salad with some peanuts, walnuts or pecans, I add chicken, tuna or some fish.

That plus 45 minutes of cardio every day seems to do the trick for me.

Quote from: galaxy on August 04, 2014, 04:03:12 PM
Thanks a lot.
I will try to reduce my carbs in a stronger way!

pre-HRT
Bust : 40" (under bust 40", of course)
Waist : 38"
Hips : 40"

Now (4.5 years HRT)
Bust : 45" (under bust 38")
Waist : 30"
Hips : 44"

Waist-to-hip ratio : 0.68

Huh. I'm not skinny by any means, but that's not a bad hourglass, I guess.

I think my under bust is like 34 or 33 I can't remember but I know I fall within a cis woman's proportions. Like my shoulders used to be 20-22 inches but since losing that muscle mass completely its down to 17 inches. My physique is finally back to the feminine body I had when I was a teenager, well at least mostly.

its interesting to see everyone else's measurements tho, good to know for buying clothes. You can't go wrong if you know your measurements.

You cant go wrong ... maybe.
When i going to buy a jeans a get a lot of problems. My waist need a Size L (european Size 40) and my hips are Size S (Size 36) only. So i get no fitting jeans for me. All my skinny and super skinny jeans fits on the waist perfectly but not in the lower region around the butt. It looks not feminine without hips and butt.

I know what you're talking about their galaxy I have no hips or but unfortunately may have to get butt and hip pad underwear

Im still carrying a little extra weight at 190 lbs im 5ft 10" but im pretty happy with my measurements at this point, im sure i can lose a bit from the waist its just losing weight has become so much harder since starting hrt i have actually put on weight 

Waist 34"
Hips 42"
Bust 37"
Underbust 35"

Just measured as I got out of the shower,

bust: 38
underbust: 34
waist: 32
hips: 37
6'  160lbs

I got teased a lot growing up for having a "girly" body, tall skinny teen (and older) boys aren't supposed to have boobs and an hourglass shape...oh well, I didn't mind at all and it made me at least feel a little better about myself

Sooo

Bust: dunno, I didn't measure because I'm pre-HRT so that means total flat chest. ugh
Waist: 72 cm, 28.3
Hips: 90 cm, 35.4
Height: 167 cm, 5'5 1/2 maybe slightly more, idk

Waist-to-hip ratio: 0.8 wut omg o.o

I'm sorry if I posted the conversions incorrectly! I don't know how to use them and I'm European so yeah, the feet and inches may be wrong.

Edited: Converted into inches only.

Hmm, strangely I have never measured myself. I just look at myself and think, I look okay (or not in those cases when I didn't feel I did). I am getting my hips back though since that time that I was off of the hormones, even though I am unable to take an accurate reading, I can see the difference.

Quote from: Jenna Marie on August 04, 2014, 05:55:32 PM
pre-HRT
Bust : 40" (under bust 40", of course)
Waist : 38"
Hips : 40"

Now (4.5 years HRT)
Bust : 45" (under bust 38")
Waist : 30"
Hips : 44"

Waist-to-hip ratio : 0.68

Huh. I'm not skinny by any means, but that's not a bad hourglass, I guess.

You lost 8" on the waist and 4" more on the hips? 
What have you done? Cutting some rips out and put implants on the hips?
No joke ... what happend there?

Galaxy : HRT, mostly. I've been getting back into exercising better and trying to eat more healthily, but I can't really take credit for it. The waist change took at least the whole 4.5 years; my hips and butt developed a bit quicker, but still weren't really even noticeable to people who aren't me until around 3 years.

I'm definitely overweight, though, which helps when it comes to fat depositing in new areas. (And I still have a belly, but it's below where the waist is measured, so those measurements sound more curvy than I think I look.)

I quit measuring myself regularly at around a year on HRT - I did it just now because of this thread - but at that point I was 43"-36"-42".