Hi, i'm just getting started.  I'm Danielle.  Figured Susan's site is so awesome, her forum would have to be awesome.

25 years old, Wi.  Sort of but not really closeted.  Only thing keeping me that way, is my body image, or rather dislike for it.  I'm trying to make a goal to kick some ass this year, lose alot of weight, and slip into androgyny and out the other end to full femininity this year.  I have two close (at least I consider them so)  Post op friends, one of which has taken me under her wing and helped me push myself.  I dunno what else to really say.

here are some terrible pics of me.

http://flickr.com/photos/12485323@N07/

some are OK, these are all w/out hormones, just makeup and hair really.  Toying with hormones now, and I already see some slight changes.

Hi Danielle.

I bought a pedometer from Walmart and am using it to count how many steps I take each day. The average heavy person takes 4000 steps a day and an average thin person takes 6000+. My plan is to do 10,000 a day. It is exercise but its not grueling. Its just walking. If you were to walk an hour a day that weight would fly off. I got the idea from an english guy (Paul Mckenna) on TV "I can make you thin".

http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/make-you-thin/make-you-thin.html

He has 4 golden rules..

1. When You Are Hungry, Eat

2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should

3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful

4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating


And walk.....just walk. Number 3 is the most important rule. Most people will eat everything in front of them, but if they eat slowly, chew slowly they can only eat about 1/2. Its really weird. It does work....I've tried it and now I do it every time I eat. I'll take a bite, put my fork down, chew 20 times, take a sip of water then take another bite. This allows your stomach and brain to sync up and say when you are full. 

Welcome to Susans, Danielle.

Gennee

you looked very female to me, a round female - but you can play with that as you wish.
welcome to the site.

Hello Danielle and welcome to Susan's!

Thank you so much for introducing yourself.  Please take a few moments to get familiar with all the boards of the site, review the site rules before posting, and take advantage of our many resources such as the wiki, chat, and the links listed at the main page.  We look forward to your future posts and participation.  Enjoy your stay

tink

thank you to all.  Once I have more time (likely this weekend finally)  I'll take a look around, and get more familiar with it here.

Hi,

Welcome!

I'm pretty new here too, and everyone has so far been amazingly nice.  I'm sure you'll have a great time here.

 hiyea DanielleBri  welcome to susans there is a lot of great info here. and lots of great people too