I could swear this kind of topic was around somewhere, but I couldn't find it anywhere ~.~; ...well, I've been worried about it lately so I want to go ahead and ask this. ^^;
How should I confront my weight for HRT?  I know it tends to get heavier or lighter, but I'm not really asking that so much, but rather how I should try to control it?  Should I try to make sure I gain some pounds?  Should I try to make sure I lower/keep it at a certain amount?

The second part of the question is also BMI.  I found a site where the BMI is different based on the gender, and I noticed that there's also sites with a generic kind of BMI.  Would it be accurate to go with a female BMI calculator or a male BMI calculator?  ...or are gender-specific ones not good to go with in the first place?

5'8.5" and approx 143~ at the moment, if it's important to say.

your weight seems fine for your height.

Your doing better than me.

5-9", 178#

A-ah...thank you for the compliments... ^^ But that's not what I was asking...

>.< The question is if I should be trying to fight against that weight changing when hormones starts to play with my weight.

Keep at working your weight and I'm sure it'll go well Dyan ^^

I think you should try to stabilize your weight to the healthy zone as much as possible.

For male and female BMIs, for now I think you should just go with the generic ones. Male ones are made to adapt to men's bigger muscles and women's, to their smaller
muscle mass and higher fat percentage. So right now, as you are on HRT, you're probably somewhere between the two. I guess you could switch to female BMIs once
you notice very little HRT changes anymore. Then your body should be within the female range for weight.

EDIT: I'm not sure, but IF you haven't started HRT yet, the best thing would be to lose all extra weight (be a LITTLE (don't be anorexic) underweight) before HRT then
slowly (not too fast or it'll go into the belly) getting that weight back after HRT begins. I have been told this is the best way to help fat redistribution.

Under no circumstances, takes someone advise about you need fat to get Boobs.  It is a lie.  I took someones advise and now I am 5' 10" 180#.  And before someone says I am fine for my weight and height, NO I am not.  Not for me.  To me I am FAT, boy fat.  I loved it when I was down at 150#.

Eat health, not junk food, smaller portions.  Exercise if you can.  Work at staying where you like it.

You are going to transition, not hibernating for the winter.  There is no reason to gain weight, as it is unhealthy.  Even if it did help you get fat where you wanted it, I would not do it, because usually when you gain weight, it goes to your belly, and it will probably stay there and you would have to work it back off eventually.  Your body will draw in fat when it needs it.  Much like if a chubby girl goes through puberty, it does not guarantee her the ideal body for a woman or anything.   I am not sure what determines it, I really know nothing on the matter, so do not take my word for it, but that is like going on taco bell diet to lose weight.  Incomprehensible.

I'll offer my point of reference after having been on HRT for close to 20 years and being post-operative for ~15 years...

For many years, I floated between 119-125lbs (I'm roughly 5'11") and stayed there until my mid-late 30's.  The past decade has not been kind to my weight although some of that was the combination of being lazy and also losing a couple of athletic endeavors that I competed in at a high level (I even had an option of playing softball at a D1 school for two years).  There had been no changes to my diet during all of those years, and I was far from a healthy eater.  Belly fat crept up on me and it got to the point to where I could no longer comfortably button a size 12 jacket, and that was the wake-up call.  I had gone through the juniors sizes starting at a 3 and working my way through a 9 and occasionally an 11 plus some Misses 10's and 12's.  I was NOT buying ANOTHER sized wardrobe.   

I had little in the way of 'development' from the HRT for a number of years.  Adding progesterone back into the mix over the past year has changed some of that.  But the other thing that has made a significant difference was forcing myself to join a health club.  Over the past month, I have worked myself up to a couple of hours of cardio at least every other day plus time on the resistance machines at weights that were more of a toning level.  Obviously it was not an overnight thing either in terms of results or length of the regimen, but in the span of the month, there have been noticeable results.   

As others noted, you do not need to go out of your way to try and gain weight.  When the body and the HRT are in harmony, the excess calories will likely find their way to the curvy spots, but it also depends on the balance of diet and exercise IMO.       

Your weight seems OK for your height right now.  That having been established, realize that starting HRT is starting a 2nd puberty and you're now a growing, developing young girl.  You need good nutrition to develop properly.

      Rather than obsess about adding or losing weight, focus on healthy eating.  Work on getting a good balance of as much fresh food as you can get.  Avoid as much pre-prepared food as you can and shoot for around 1200 to 1500 calories a day, which is about normal female, non-workout range.

      Believe me, you'll get boobs and everything else you need over time.  Loss of male muscle mass will fool your weight and you'll drop at times.  Don't worry so much about weight, worry about eating right.  That's the trick.

just make sure you don't  get underweight. I've been at 105-110lbs until recently and it made my face and my body look basically like a walking skeleton. I gained a few lbs and took a few pics a few days ago and compared them to before and it's pretty scary how bad i looked up until around this week. no fat gives hrt nothing to play with

All of this has been pretty informative. ^.^ I'm glad for the help!
For answering an unclear factor, nah.  I was supposed to go on HRT but it got delayed. D:  So no, not on HRT. XD

I feel these posts have saved me from a lot of stupid decisions I was intending to make.  Thanks greatly. ^^ I'm not sure I'll be able to maintain great eating habits, but I do intend to try to be a little relatively healthier about things.  I saw an mint oreo cookie pack today, and..
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...*Sniff*...I didn't buy it ._.;