Hi

As many have said already body dysphoria is all around trans women. I'm 5'11" and 175 pounds so I'm quite slender. When I'm in bra and dresses I look quite good until you see the chest hair. Try not to let it get you down though or compare yourself to women that most cis women would never be. Concentrate on the things that you can change or work on and you will feel the difference.

You can be proud that you have started the journey and you will one day be happy with who you are.  I have had a lot of down days over the past week with things not developing as they should but I try to stay positive in the knowledge that soon I'll be truly me

Megan x

No I made my peace years ago. I got use to having a micro penis, 6'5" torso, Until I hit my 30's I was between 140 - 160 lbs. Now 220  Size 15 feet, emotional reactions, tears, inability to do a pull up, no muscle. But I also had a very small amount of hair on my body. In fact my legs are hairless and my chest might have 10 hairs but that's all. It seems my hair went to my head and butt crack. But I always knew the wiring was off. I saw my male friends excell at sports, feel free to talk about sex and their latest conquests. aggression, privilege. I have one sport that I excelled, and that was baseball. The thing I regret most is ignoring my body's plea to understand that all was not well. I just thought I was a perv. so I closed myself off. Yes I could operate in the business sense but, I was a social mess.

I am very happy with my body now.  At 5'7" and 150 lbs  (down from 5'8 1/4 and 170 lbs) I can fit just about anything on the rack.  I am usually size 8, 10, or 12–occasionally 14 on dresses because of my shoulders and 16 at Brooks Brothers because their clothes run very small.  But my shoulders are a lot smaller than they used to be—my receptionist says my upper arms look sculpted and feminine. 

I wish my feet were smaller.  Women's size 11 and 12 shoes can be hard to find, and since I am out at work I need to maintain an extensive dress wardrobe.

Quote from: CosmicJoke on June 02, 2018, 12:16:34 PM
This is something I struggle with greatly. Aside from having male genitalia (fixable,) the main things I dislike about my body are my height and weight. I am 6' tall and about 240 pounds. It's mostly genetic as my father was tall and my mother was always a plus sized heavier set kind of woman.
I do have lots of beautiful features that I would keep if I could just be something more like 5'8 and 120 pounds. Keep dreaming, right?
It's very toxic and just plain bad for my health to be comparing myself to these supermodels who's bodies I wish I posessed, but the reality is, probably not in this lifetime.
I do realize that I should probably just worry about my character and who I am as a person, but does anyone else here have these same kind of body insecurities and just physical things they don't like/wish they could change?

This is one of the reason why I find it difficult to enjoy social media....how pretty, gifted, 'lucky' transgirls/crossdressers/etc have the girliest of figures without even trying. honestly, it triggers me big time..pure jealousy and rage hence i skip social media. to this day i have yet to solve my jealousy/rage issue but bit by bit it is getting better.

this also drove me to blame whoever made me into what i am, manly figure, manly body, manly facial hairs. even on hrt i know it's not a cure all miracle regimen.

in retrospect this also led me to have a tungsten, iron clad motivation to keep slimming down (reasonably) and not go crazy about it (going underweight for the sake of being 'small/sexy/slim/toned?)

honestly, sweety, as far as i know what to think, do, react, and to feel..i still get stung by jealousy whenever i see/remember but now i simply talk to people about it. i simply have to get it out of my system ASAP coz i'm the type of person that lingers/magnify problems and that makes myself my own worst enemy

i always keep in mind, ' jealousy is always about whether to react to it or not ' 'jealousy isn't a bad thing...it's what you do afterwards that may be considered bad'

gl in your journey

I have had a lot of issues with accepting my body as well. Mostly about the general shape of my body. Being a trans man, I've had a lot of anger and self-hate directed at the extra width of my hips and thigh area cause nature cursed me with an extreme pear-shape. With testosterone and weight loss (but no exercise) my body is now more hour-glass in shape. That is the only aspect of my body that I now, post-transition, still have issues with accepting and trying to find non-surgical ways to change.

Otherwise I'm pleased with the ways testosterone changed my appearance, my chest post top surgery, my voice, face, etc. I'm fine with my height (5'6") and don't have dysphoria about my genitals although I used to before. My perspective changed on that without me having lower surgery. Now I just really want to get enough motivation to start building muscle to get a more fit and masculine body shape in general. And yeah, I have dysphoria about my female reproductive system still existing, but that isn't something that's noticable for others.

I've been told many times by other men that I'm very attractive and often get flirted with as well. Like no issue finding hookups. I've noticed apparently I have a lot sex appeal going on, but I'm also confused about like how and why. But regardless, it's something I'm very pleased to hear from others and it definitely boosts my confidence. I've been starting to feel attractive as well. So at this point maybe I'm just a vain guy who wants to look even hotter.