After a year of eating lighter and healthier than even before, I lost 23+ kg of weight this year. I am still way above the mid-point of a healthy BMI, but within the healthy BMI.

The good news: my waist now fits comfortably in size EU 36.
The bad news: those dresses are too short for my height; got to stick with size 38. It is also the sleeves, as well as where the dress' belly & all else is.

So, thinking, unless I have got some bad ass internal fat, or an anomaly, what remains are muscles. My body gains muscle easy, which is why the hardest exercise I have had in a year is just having long walks.

Any advice where the pre-hrt removable weight might still be?

Water retention.

Drink more water, less sodium, sauna sessions and niacin for detox. Niacin is needed for cell metabolism.

Bones maybe? An average weight BMI or whatever is, as it suggests, the average - most will lie above or below. If you are pre HRT there isn't much you can do about the muscle, but aerobic style exercise (including walking) is the best way to burn weight without putting on too much muscle.

One thing I always recommend is going by body fat level instead of weight.  You can measure it pretty accurately with inexpensive calipers or a little less accurately with a body fat scale.  If you are pre HRT then get it down to around 10 to 12%.  That is fairly challenging and puts you in a good place when you do start HRT.  If you are already at that point and you are not lifting weights then there really isn't anything else you can do that is both smart and safe.  It could be dense bones or maybe something else but if your body fat level gets to that point then that's just what you weigh when you are perfectly healthy.  The rest is just due to your individual genetics, past fitness history, and natural hormone levels.  Only HRT which alters that last part is going to make a significant difference.


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There are a great many factors that come into play and as Grace said if your not on HRT there isn't much you can do about muscle. Secondly, once you have lost any water weight that is additional in your body it is much harder to lose weight unless you have a lot of access fat to lose which becomes harder to lose after HRT. The best thing is to eat a healthy diet along with exercise. The right exercises targeting problem areas can help you lose weight too. Hugs
Mariah

Quote from: Martine A. on December 23, 2015, 12:41:15 AM
After a year of eating lighter and healthier than even before, I lost 23+ kg of weight this year. I am still way above the mid-point of a healthy BMI, but within the healthy BMI.

The good news: my waist now fits comfortably in size EU 36.
The bad news: those dresses are too short for my height; got to stick with size 38. It is also the sleeves, as well as where the dress' belly & all else is.

So, thinking, unless I have got some bad ass internal fat, or an anomaly, what remains are muscles. My body gains muscle easy, which is why the hardest exercise I have had in a year is just having long walks.

Any advice where the pre-hrt removable weight might still be?

If all you did was diet, you lost some muscle mass. If you want to maintain muscle while losing weight and fat, you have to do resistance training and eat enough quality protein. 


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