I'm a 40 years old, born as a male but finally letting the girl inside me to surface. I have always been kinda girlish, and was bullied about it in school. To show the bullies, I began to train hard in all kinds of sports and it worked well. The boys accepted my girlishness because I was better than them in sports.

Training has been an important part of my whole life and helped me to be "manly" enough for my schoolmates, but funnily enough I have now used training to express my feminine side. Because of constant efforts I'm kinda good looking. From behind one could not distinguish me from a hard-training girl and that makes it socially acceptable for me to wear all the nice training outfits. First I had some of the ugly mens training leggings, but nowadays I have only ladies training gear. It fits me better and makes me feel super good. It's so cool to notice that no-one makes a big number out of it, my female training buddies seem to silently approve, male buddies seem to silently ignore.

I have not told my wife, but I think she kinda knows and supports me. She knows my gear is ladies gear and she actually bought herself similar sets so we could go running in matching clothes. Also I think my coworkers have an idea of my preferences.

Currently I have no intentions to go on hormones. It would be cool to become a full woman, but so far I'm quite happy as I'm now. All the small steps, buying first women's patterned leggings, going about in public wearing them, they are so exiting! Perhaps some day I will go the full transformation.

Love to all! If anyone needs advice on how to workout in order to improve feminine appearance, I have some experience on that field!

@CrossFitGirl
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