[bobie]

Hey there bobie,

Maybe you've noticed a shift in fat metabolism? (Fat redistribution, especially subcutaneous) and that's what hrt will do, shift the fat stores to hips and ass, (breast tissue too) plus estrogen drives hunger.

How much vitamin C is in your diet?, it helps oral E metabolize better. Yeah, the processed food isn't doing you any favors, in fact it might be counter productive. Imo it causes oxidative stress, which is almost as bad as xenoestrogens lol. I'm suggesting eating 4-5 smaller meals throughtout the day.

I'm not a calorie counter, if your weight is ok for you great, just shoot for a balanced diet with healthy fats, protein, fruits, veggies (lol), fiber and hydration. Fat satiates, makes us happy, just make sure it's not trans-fat, fatty-acids are actually 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors and aromatase boosters, (man!!) if that isn't a new weapon for NBE I don't know what else is lol.

Since shifting the balance towards healthy fats & proteins in November I added over an inch+ of breast growth, plus the added curves to the hips and bum is quite noticeable lol. The battle over the middle is/will be fought using fatty acids, it's supposed the reduced the gut, or so they say.

Coconut oil is one of those gut busting tools, a couple of tablespoons daily is what's suggested. Walnuts are awesome, I add some dark chocolate morsels and that's a good trail mix to snack on. Snack on blueberries too, rich in antioxidants (which is key for NBE).

Our NBE/HRT plans will fall dreadfully short if diet is not addressed, and the huge amounts of $$$ spent on supplementing goes down the toilet. So, time to kick the whole program in the behind and make it work smarter, not harder don't yah think?.

Yes on the fat redistribution, upper arms, tum, hips, bum, boobs and thighs, started happening very quickly, within two months maybe of starting, guess i take after my dads side of the family on that as they where that way inclined, could also mean large boobs as the women in dads family where also that way inclined, im not sure on the vitamin c, i take a daily multi vitamin being aware i wont get everything i need anyway with my odd diet and that has a little over the rda of vitamin c so i would imagine im ok there (i also supplement combined calcium/magnesium and an omega 3 tablet a day), only reason for the calorie counting is to make me aware of it really, i want to lose weight, i am overweight for my body, i dont look hugely overweight probably because its stored across my body but i do have a tum and my thighs have grown hugely over the last 7/8 months, now this will sound barking but having put some on to the hips etc i want to try and lose it in the right places as currently i look alright figure wise, im full time now so dress in girls clothes daily, i just have a bit of a tum and could stand to lose a little from my thighs, definately need to try and work out some meals, im finding since drinking lots and lots of water (spironolactone, need i say more) im finding im not as hungry (downside of course loo breaks, spiro) so have been down to two meals a day for the last few days and trying to get more veg and salad in, for eg late last night i was hungry so went and sliced up some pepper and cucumber to nibble on, today i did a green salad with dinner