23-03-2013, 12:15 PM
(23-03-2013, 04:28 AM)Charrie Wrote: 1) What are the possibilities that the "awareness" sensation is more than a mind game? Is is possible that fat re-distribution is already happening?
It's possible. Keep in mind "fat redistribution" doesn't involve anything moving. Your question really is, has my chest area enlarged in two weeks? The answer may lay in how much you have consumed of what versus your activity level and type for those two weeks. It is certainly possible to put on fat in two weeks in noticeable amounts. I know from personal experience that FG makes me hungry and unless I am careful, I gain weight quickly while on FG. Probably some kind of genetic trigger along the lines of supporting the caloric needs of a pregnancy. Perhaps some of the mechanisms in the body that perform that function are tickled by FG. Your scale can help you answer this question better than we can.
(23-03-2013, 04:28 AM)Charrie Wrote: 2) I have often wondered this, Is it possible that one can be so close to their desired gender that even a slight imbalancing of ones hormones causes the body's own endocrine system to jump start itself toward gender re-adjustment?
I believe this is possible. I think it depends on where you are on the gender/sex spectrum. Some bodies and/or minds are quite capable of doing uncommon things with the right chemical triggers. And that's not just in the arena of gender "adjustment".
(23-03-2013, 04:28 AM)Charrie Wrote: Is it possible that NBE could be that trigger?
I think it is possible. I'm not so sure that getting the body to participate in this manner causes it to keep doing so when you stop stimulating it. If so, then many TS people are needlessly taking a lot of pharmaceuticals and somehow I don't think that is the case. This paper ( http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/82/7/2166.abstract ) describes how changes induced by adding hormones to a pubertal body can cause changes that persist beyond the time when the hormone is administered. Of course, it isn't an exact match to your question, and it is actually a change in the wrong direction for us although most of us aren't actually in puberty. But it does suggest that temporary induced changes in hormone levels can induce long-term changes in what the body produces on its own. But anecdotal evidence suggests the changes aren't enough for our purposes if they do happen.
Congrats on your progress so far though, and be patient!