Bari Jo,
This is what I have read, please do your research and talk with your endo to validate or invalidate it: When you use drug hrt with estrogen, it is unwise to consume a lot of phytoestrogenic foods because those phytoestrogens block the receptors that the pharmaceutical estrogen would bind to.
They compete for the receptors, and although the drug estrogen is far more potent than phytoestrogen, the latter appears to grab on to the receptors and the drug estrogen stays in the blood and its potential effectiveness is reduced. So if you eat a lot of soy and legumes, or consume lots of other phytoestrogens, maybe this is a factor for you.
I do know that my feminization has been gradual. But at times, more significant development spurts happen. I am losing weight overall, but if I go up a tad, fat seems to go to the hips, thighs, and bottom. Fat seems to disappear more from the tummy, but it probably comes off a little everywhere, when my gradual weight loss continues.
You thus may need some excess calories for fat to be placed in the female fat deposit areas. I wonder if fat actually redistributes, it may just be that you lose existing fat everywhere if you lose weight but any new fat goes to the female fat deposit areas.
Maybe your endo will shed some insights. Perhaps your metabolism is high and your calorie intake is low, so for you fat is simply not accumulating?
Finally, maybe you are not talking about curve development when you talk about feminization, but perhaps skin, hair, and so on? But I think that is tied to hrt, and finesteride for head hair.
Chrissy
