I see that it is said that it's harder to lose weight after HRT.  Does your appetite decrease?  Will my tummy fat migrate to thighs / butt, etc?

My appetite has decreased significantly... My motivation is up though so losing weight seems to be a little easier for me. My fat has shifted to my thighs, butt and chest.... ymmv

Good luck!

I would say a good 90% of my self-destructive overeating all emotionally driven. HRT, in time, can help with that.

E will lead to loss of muscle mass and if your diet remains the same with the energy needs decreasing? Guess what?

I am a food-a-holic. I do a lot of emotional eating. I used to tip the scales at 250. Now I cringe when it's hovering around 150

Hormones is not the reason.

I have not found it harder but it isn't any easier either.  After a little over a year working at it pretty hard I'm at my lightest weight since before I finished puberty.  Some of that was muscle but a whole lot was fat from around my torso.

I'm not sure that fat from around the middle is simply going to migrate away.  The reason is simply the observation that there are an abundance of CIS women with abundant waistlines.  You have to make an effort and work at it.


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Estrogen helps to change the way in which fat gets stored so that it is less likely to be stored around the waistline and more likely to get stored in glutes and thighs especially, as well as face, breasts and upper arms. There is no migration of fat, rather fat just gets stored less in some areas and more in other areas. Insulin is also an important regulator of fat storage and can increase fat accumulation in the belly. Carbs stimulate insulin. Stress, with chronic high levels of cortisol can also cause fat accumulation in that area.