Weight Gain On HRT

[chris63]

Have you gained or lost weight on estrogen? Maybe stayed the same? Please post your experience!

[dreamer_2.0]

18 months on HRT and no noticeable difference. I *feel* bigger but the scale says otherwise. I expected at least some gain from my breasts but apparently not.

[Peggie Lee]

When I started E it became much harder to loose weight, I had to almost starve myself to start loosing again at a slower rate..

[Badtranny]

Yes.

About a year after my orchi, I began to have a very difficult time keeping weight off. I'm currently struggling like hell to lose weight and none of my old tricks seem to be working worth a damn.

[Barbara Dugan]

I am curious if there is a correlation between the weight gain and the. Body frame of the women on your family?

[Jennifer-GWN]

I currently straddle -/+ 3lbs. Happy when on the minus side; grumpy when on the plus. Losing beyond where I am proving almost impossible.

[Angela Campbell]

Before I began hrt I lost around 140 lbs. After a few years I have gain back about 80 of them. Losing again now and lost about 20 since mid December. Harder now than before.

[Kimberly Kael]

On spiro + estradiol I've lost some weight, possibly loss of muscle mass as much as anything. Then again I've also been paying more attention to taking care of myself, tracking incidental exercise to make sure I'm getting enough, and so forth.

[Donnagirl]

I certainly found it a little harder to keep the weight loss goal I have achieved. I've had just about all the loss of muscle mass I'm going to achieve and I'm getting some fat redistribution. I'm hoping and further weight gain will be bum, hips and boobs but I doubt I'll be that lucky :-)

[Cindy J Angel]

I'm not no hrs yet and this is a big concern of mine.

[Heidi Stevens]

I'm 9 months in on HRT and I've had no real loss or gain. Been hanging around 190 for the past 4 years. I do go to a gym regularly and I hike and canoe a lot. I am trying to drop 5 to 10 pounds for Keystone, so we'll see how difficult HRT makes that.

[STACY B]

Lost,, Still Losing,, Hopefully will keep it up,, I am way to Big in the first place,, Not to Big for a FAT Man but the other is a different story all together,,lol,,,

[PretzelGirl]

First 15 months I paid attention and stayed perfectly stable. Then I got real busy and 7 months later, I am up 20 pounds. I didn't have any fitness program, so fitting that in and seeing where I sit then.

[Jeri Ann]

The holidays and a busy life style (Fast Food) made it easy to gain some. HRT makes it hard to lose it.

Jeri

[LeaP]

I lost over 100 pounds on a diet that started (as best I can recall) two or three months before starting hormones and extending a couple of years after start. I have gained about 20 back, mostly because I haven't been exercising lately. I started back up again about a month ago. It's going a lot slower than before!

My siblings are all large – in the 300 to 400 pound range. My parents were not. My father was tall and fit. My mother was very average.

[Eringirl]

There seems to be a bit of wisdom around stating that one should try to loose as much as possible towards your goal prior to starting HRT as it gets harder after that. I didn't have to loose a lot, but certainly some. I lost 25 pounds prior to starting HRT 9 months or so ago. Since then, haven't lost an ounce!! Pretty much stable. I am hoping to start my exercise regime once again after a 2.5 month hiatus for other medical reasons, so I am hoping to start loosing again, though I only NEED to loose about another 5, but don't get me wrong....I would LIKE to loose another 10 or 12. So we wait and see.

So, yes, it has certainly slowed down for me. Sigh...

[MissDanielle]

I take it this is a good thing that I am moving to a city in which I will be walking a lot after starting HRT?

[Eringirl]

Yup....I have started to walk to work again, and it is a pleasant 30 minute walk each way and it really does help! I am hoping to start back running again, but in the meantime, this is great exercise....Good for you !

[MissDanielle]

Got down to 155 when I last lived in Chicago and who knows how much weight I lost last time around during winter with burning calories to stay warm.

[Brooklyn]

My weight is about the same. As long as I have a light exercise routine and avoid overeating, it seems to remain stable.

[raleighbelle]

Thanks for asking that question, as it is a big concern of mine as well.

[Stephanie Sometimes]

Thanks for this info folks. I am about to start HRT and I am about 8 lbs over my optimum guy weight for a few months now due to a heavy work load (not time for enough hiking) and the holidays. Now on a mission to shed the extra baggage in the next few weeks before the hrt really kicks in.

[I Am Paula]

Gained weight like crazy. If anybody mentions my eating, I eat them. Problem solved. I really need to get back to the gym.

[Dana L]

I typically would gain 10-15lb's over winter and lose it over summer. On HRT I was gaining weight much quicker and it was much harder to lose. But where I was gaining was much different. I was gaining it mostly in my butt, hips and thighs and my belly and waist was the first to lose it. In a way it has been good for the figure but it's so hard to stay in shape. I'm constantly working out and watching what I eat. Never had to worry about that before HRT.

[Karolyn]

Once started HRT, it became really hard to lose weight. I had progesterone for a few weeks, I gained 10 pounds in 15 days, I was never able to get rid of them so far. And with estrogen, I discovered the wonderful world of cravings, which makes it harder.

[Michelle789]

I'm 18 months HRT. I lost 3 pounds during my first 6 months HRT, and another 5 pounds when I had bronchitis - probably this was because I was eating extremely light. Since then I fluctuate +/- 3 pounds, but my weight stays pretty stable according to the scales. However, people who haven't seen me in a long time say that I have definitely lost a lot of weight. Perhaps I lost some muscle weight, and maybe fat redistributed itself in a way that I appear thinner than I really am.

Fwiw. It seems that a lot of MTFs gain weight from estrogen because estrogen slows our metabolisms, making it more difficult to lose weight. A lot of FTM's also gain weight - that is caused by the increase in appetite from testosterone.

[Barbara Dugan]

I well into my third month on HRT,it will be interesting how will affect my weight but I already lost 10 pounds ,maybe because of the diuretic effect of Spiro and some muscle mass loss.People say I look like my mom and she always been slim her whole life, but it really don't matter I welcome any changes from the HRT.

[PretzelGirl]

I am wondering about the impact of estrogen and progesterone separately on weight. I went over a year on HRT and I watched what I ate somewhat. My weight was stable (+/- 3 lbs, back and forth). Then my doc doubled my progesterone and I am up 20 pounds in the 6 months since. I watched my weight on the initial dosage levels because I expected to gain weight. So it gives the appearance that the additional progesterone made me more susceptible to weight gain. Since progesterone results are largely unproven, I am working with that thought until proven otherwise. I am back to the gym (I was out of shape anyway) and really need a dietary adjustment to go with it.

[Nigella]

I'm not sure there is a correlation with weight gain and HRT. My weight has stayed stable throughout the process. The only time I noticed any difference was when I was unwell.

[karenpayneoregon]

I gained twenty pounds from the time starting hormones to about six months post-op. I made the decision to lose it and then some. After three months I have lost the twenty and then some. My thing was to drink tons of water, run 40 minutes five nights a week indoors at home. The twenty was easy, after that the process is slower but my aim is to lose another ten pounds for good measure even though my weight is perfect for my frame.

[Suzanne F]

I have been on HRT for 10 months. I was injured at last years Boston marathon and didn't really begin running again until October. I had gained about 10 pounds. I began using Isagenix and have been training adamantly for last 6 weeks. I am down below weight at last years Boston. I hope to get below 160 before the race on April 19th. That is my strategy less weight since no testosterone. I have to say losing the weight is more difficult on HRT. I am running 40!miles a week at this point. Another reason to get super thin is upcoming SRS. I know I will be gaining some weight as I heal after May 12th!!!!
Suzanne