Quote from: Rachel_Christina on August 02, 2017, 08:49:05 AM
Oh god I only wish I had a body like yours.

You should really appreciate what you have, alot of us will never be where you are

Thanks Rachel_Christina for your sweetness.

Quote from: Harley Quinn on August 02, 2017, 09:36:39 AM
I think you look good Ypsf09.  Body fat comes and goes... Fitness is where it's at, and I believe that you have that.   I'm sorry that you are unhappy with your current weight.  I am not sure what exactly weight does as for a deciding factor.  I feel comfortable and hover at 155~160, although I am a fair bit taller.  The way you wear the weight is more important and you are wearing your weight well.  Could some of it be additional muscle density?  Not bulk, but density... wanted to clarify that one.

Thanks Harley Quinn. True that most of my weight has gone down in my lower body and without that I would be a inverted triangle body shape. I have some lean muscle just in arms/shoulders left underneath the thin fat layer.

Quote from: Angieisalone on August 02, 2017, 05:09:55 PM
You have a body that most of us would kill for.

Thanks Angie.

Quote from: Ypsf09 on August 02, 2017, 05:14:53 PM
Thanks again Kristina. Thanks for making me realize why I went through all this "We can only change or bodies by so much when we're already thin". The only way to safely/naturally change a inverted triangle body type to curvy hourglass is through weight gain.

This isn't true in some cases. It all comes down to genetics really.

Quote from: Ypsf09 on August 02, 2017, 05:32:57 PMThanks Sophia for your thorough response. Yes agree, I look best at 140-145lbs and working towards getting back there from today without compromising the lower body fullness too much.

Resistance training of the lower body (focusing on glutes, of course) might help with retaining fullness while dropping a few pounds.  (You probably already know that.)

QuoteAs for SRS, I am still preop and yes the more feminine my body becomes the more I hate that thing there. Planning to get that taken care of soon, but having a hard time deciding on who to go with.

Choose wisely.

Except that he's retiring, I'd rave about Meltzer.  I've seen Suporn's work, and it's very good.  My electrologist agrees with both these, and says Chettawut is right up there.

Make sure you follow Lilifee's experience with a fairly new but very promising surgeon in Germany. 

QuoteOne other thing about Hip/Butt implants besides looking fake is that in my opinion they can be disruptive to ones desire for complete stealth in the long term.  Even though I am happy with being single right now and plan to disclose about my trans status if I go out with someone, I still want to be able to be complete stealth down the right just in case I have a change of heart.

We can lose weight, and though it may come back, we can always lose it again.  Weight is like a yo-yo.  It's mutable.
We have other things we can't change -- like the pelvic girdle, our shoulders, and so on.  They're fixed.
And then there are things like SRS, one irreversible change that changes everything.

Narrative disclosure is like SRS.  You can't take it back.

Quote from: Angieisalone on August 02, 2017, 05:09:55 PM
You have a body that most of us would kill for.

As a former fatty I totally agree!

I can't imagine any issues with an extra 15lbs on top what I saw in the last set of snaps.

Quote from: Sophia Sage on August 02, 2017, 11:13:01 PM
Resistance training of the lower body (focusing on glutes, of course) might help with retaining fullness while dropping a few pounds.  (You probably already know that.)

Choose wisely.

Except that he's retiring, I'd rave about Meltzer.  I've seen Suporn's work, and it's very good.  My electrologist agrees with both these, and says Chettawut is right up there.

Make sure you follow Lilifee's experience with a fairly new but very promising surgeon in Germany. 

We can lose weight, and though it may come back, we can always lose it again.  Weight is like a yo-yo.  It's mutable.
We have other things we can't change -- like the pelvic girdle, our shoulders, and so on.  They're fixed.
And then there are things like SRS, one irreversible change that changes everything.

Narrative disclosure is like SRS.  You can't take it back.

Thanks Sophia again.

Yes probably I will go to Chettawaut. Wanted Support so bad but didn't plan things and didn't want to wait so much. I wasn't able to findmuch about lilifees. Is it in German?

I agree about the weight thing...a feminine body from proper weight distribution is more volatile. And even though I was able to achieve that it still makes me worry that the underlying bone structure(even though smaller) is l not so feminine.   

My personal desire is to practice non disclosure after SRS  but then also think it's too much stress and anxiety to not disclose. 

Quote from: JoanneB on August 05, 2017, 11:01:54 AM
As a former fatty I totally agree!

I can't imagine any issues with an extra 15lbs on top what I saw in the last set of snaps.

ThAnks JoanneB

Girls,

I also wanted to ask one more thing:

Early on in my transition with the thin/straight body, I wasn't getting that much attention and blending was easy. Other women were also much nicer. Now however most other women are not very nice. A lot of times their face turns sour as soon as they see me. I feel their stares  and judgments. It throws me off and I am learning to not be affected by this but it's still hard. I am a really nice,gentle person that's not competing for male attention but I do like to dress nice and take care myself. I am really struggling hard with how vicious and small minded women can be. Also on Some days when I feel low and down( because I struggle from body dysphoria) their competitive behaviour/unfriendlinesd makes me doubt  of my passing ability . And then on those days(just on those days otherwise its quite a headache)I thank God for all the male attention that helps me reinforce that indeed I am.

How would/Do you cope with similar situations?
Would you be willing to loose your curves to be  more of a girl next door body shape/smething that doesn't warrant too much attention?

Thanks

That's just typically behaviour, though I don't think I have seen it that bad.
If you are good looking other girls see you as a threat.
I ain't there so I haven't noticed people looking at me bad, but maybe one day I will have to learn to defend against this behaviour.
You will be best of ignoring things like this if they are happening

Quote from: Rachel_Christina on August 09, 2017, 05:30:13 AM
That's just typically behaviour, though I don't think I have seen it that bad.
If you are good looking other girls see you as a threat.
I ain't there so I haven't noticed people looking at me bad, but maybe one day I will have to learn to defend against this behaviour.
You will be best of ignoring things like this if they are happening

Thanks. I guess it came across the wrong way. I should have said this happens a lot compared to before. Also not most other women but a good amount. It also sometimes makes me wonder if it's because of them questioning weather it's fake/attained by surgery.

Yeah it could be that also.
But I guess mostly jealousy, you are probably more beautiful than you where I guess.

Wow you have a stunning body you have nothing to worry about there, I need to lose a few pounds as I've been comfort eating again, as a male I used to hate my petite body & curvey ass but now its coming in to play.
The cis woman are just naturally jealous of you body like a lot of us on here.
Sara

Quote from: Sophia Sage on August 02, 2017, 11:13:01 PM
Except that he's retiring, I'd rave about Meltzer.

Where did you hear he was retiring? I saw on the web about him bringing in someone else to work with him because he had way more potential patients than he could do in a timely manner

- Karen (Meltzer 1998)

Quote from: Karen_A on August 09, 2017, 12:27:25 PMWhere did you hear he was retiring? I saw on the web about him bringing in someone else to work with him because he had way more potential patients than he could do in a timely manner

Oh!

Usually, when one of our surgeons starts bringing in someone to help, it's a signal that they're getting ready to retire (like Dr O bringing on Deschamps-Braly, for example).  I just assumed, but I do hope Toby's got some more years in him because he really is a fantastic surgeon who delivers quality results.