Hey y'all,

I'm just about 4 months on HRT, pretty standard doses of Spiro and E, and I've been frustrated with my muscles lately.

My arms don't look particularly masculine, but the muscle shape still appears like it was testosterone influenced.

I've always gained muscle pretty quickly, and also struggle to lose weight. I'm getting a little frustrated because genetically, it seems like most of the women in my family are pretty strongly built, and as a result, I can still lift my ~140lb girlfriend who's the same height as me. I don't exercise or lift weights at all.

Being strong still is cool, but I'm frustrated that my arms, despite being smoother on the outside, seem just as big on the inside
Guess I'd prefer being strong to super weak though so maybe I should count my blessings

4 months is nothing, check back on your shape in a year. However, they say if you exercise (while on HRT), you will be able to keep your strength, but shape will still be feminine


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I second the reply that 4 months is too soon to see results. At one year you will begin to see results. We really have to wait almost three years to see our final results.

I do know how you feel 2 months ago I felt the same way when I was at 4 months I am at 6 months now I do see some changes but still not what I wanted I wanted more It does take some time

Two years and I haven't lost much muscle yet.  I remind myself that this is a good thing.

Alas, I used to be able to perform such feats of strength, but after 13 mos. on HRT I really am becoming a weak and delicate damsel.

So why am I not more upset about this curious development?

I've been on HRT for over two years and I have never gotten weak.  My upper body has gotten smaller though.  My lower body on the other hand has stayed pretty substantial.  I think this helps put things in a good proportion.

I recently restarted lower body barbell work and things there are moving along steadily even at zero T.  I don't see allowing myself to become weak as a good thing. If nothing else, it is unhealthy.


Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote

Being a large-bodied and strong (I use this term loosely) woman, there are distinct advantages that I'd be unwilling to give up, personally.  I think the most significant are the deterrence against threats and the survival prospects relative to physical trauma, whether by violence, accident/disease or as a result of surgery.  I was able to sustain about a 25 pound mass loss immediately after my heart surgery, which would likely have been debilitating to someone significantly smaller and less massive.  In short, I focus on the advantages of my physical gifts, rather than on wanting them away.  One day you may find yourself in the situation that demanded your gifts, and at that moment you'll be grateful for them.  Meanwhile, think about this: Katee Sackoff

Erin

I did not realize how much weaker I had gotten until my friend and I were trying to toss a queen sized mattress over her balcony. It was such a struggle for the two of us!

For reference we're both around 6 foot and 165-175 lbs and both have been on HRT for just under a year.  We were actually joking earlier on about calling ourselves "2 Sturdy Girls Moving co"... but that mattress kicked our asses!

Be careful what you wish for!

Lol, exactly! It could be much worse. I'm just a little frustrated with my big ol' muscley back