Almost immediately after i discovered there was actually a woman driving this body, I awoke from the manly funk and depression and I began to diet and exercise, because if I am planning to do any bodily modifications or even fit into pretty clothing I needed to lose weight.  Seriously.  I quickly found a diet regimen and some online dieting tools ( I use livestrong because it had easy to use tools that I could quickly update throughout the day.)  I could keep a diary of all of my intake, calculate calories and nutrition and (since I am diabetic) track my blood sugar readings.  I researched proper portion sizes and got a good feel for how much "1 serving" really is.  (not that i always eat just one, but if I'm counting portions I need to know how much).  I would focus on reducing carbs and keeping fed through higher protein intake.  I also would supplement one meal per day with a meal replacement shake.  (Glucerna chocolate shake).  I would take a multivitamin, vitamin C, flaxseed oil and a green tea "fat burner" supplement. 

I also found exercises that could help achieve some feminization of my body without accentuating anything mascuilne, and built a routine around them.   My only equipment is a bike for cardio, 6 foot closet dowel, yoga mat (and eventually I'll get some 3lb wrist/ankle weights, once I'm more in shape.)

So about a month ago I began my diet, supplement and exercise routine.  To kick it off I did a 10 day cleanse just to get things "moving" since I had been very inactive.  I also took it easy on the exercise (and still do) while my body adjusts to actually being used in this manner.

My baseline measurements when I began 8/5/10
I am 6'1"

Starting out I was
44.2 BMI ~41% Body fat, ~335 pounds.  19.5" neck, 56" abdomen/female waist.

Today 9/8/10 (yay) i measured
40.9 BMI ~38.5% Body fat, ~310 Pounds, 18.5" neck, 53" abdomen/female waist.

That's ~4 pounds a week and an average reduction of about 6% of the old me!  Eating almost 3000 calories a day.

Today I reset my goals and calculators to my new measurements and will be charting a similar caloric (and hopefully mass) reduction over the next month (2000-2400/day target now).  My goal is to eventually at least get my waist/abdomen to be at least smaller than my 49" hips!!  Once I get closer to my own hourglass figure of a 44 inch waist I will start to increase my calorie intake so I can taper off and lose a more reasonable reduction per week, coasting into my target of ~200 pounds.  (According to the BMI calcuators my ideal weight is more like 165... we'll see.)

Jenn said she'd be mad at me if I wound up wearing a smaller dress size than her....

Anyway I was excited about the progress and am motivated for the next 30 days!!

Congratulations on all that wonderful progress! Hard work and perseverance really pays off. You have a lot of positive energy that will no doubt fuel you throughout your journey.

You've probably found this site already, but if not then I do recommend it for meal planning or the occasional read about nutrition: The World's Healthiest Foods. It has helped me a lot. It has a lot of information about other health promoting benefits of various foods, too. Always fun to try new things. 

Keep up all of the hard work! I hope the 30 days will be followed by 30 more days of motivation, and so on.

Thanks Nick for the encouragement and the link as well - always nice to add some variety and get new ideas!

Good Work! Weight loss can be hard work, but you seem to prepared to do the work.

Congratulations Rayalisse,

Nothing like a a new outlook to motivate a body change.

And once your weight is down you'll have lots more energy as well. You (and your wife) may then like to join a gym and do some dance classes like zamba etc. Get the coordination and moves in line as well. And of course you will need cute gym clothes.

Cindy

Congratulations, you seem very motivated wish you all the luck, i'm trying to lose some excess weight myself.

Love,

Tali

Update 30 days later:

Today 10/5/10 I measured:

38.9 BMI ~37.5% Body fat, ~295 Pounds, 18" neck, 52" abdomen/female waist.

That's ~4 pounds a week (-3.75/week) and an average reduction of about 5% of the me from 30 days ago!  Eating on average 2000 calories a day

Not as dramatic as before but still on track.

Glad to see you are still on track with your progress, Rayalisse. Congratulations on your accomplishments!
Keep up the motivationa.