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Originally Posted by AllonsY
I gained an unbelievable amount of weight on Seroquel, like 85lbs, and had started gaining a little weight before that (which I got off of about a month and a half ago, and I've lost like 15 lbs since by doing nothing) - so I'm in a position where I really want to lose weight - and I don't know how much I'll ever "pass", but at least somewhat is important to me, and my weight distribution is (obviously) off, considering I'm not on HRT and therefore my body distributes fat differently.
So it's another thing to add on. And it makes me feel hopeless, and it's this downward spiral. When I weigh a lot less I can be somewhat passable on a reeealy lucky day.
I dunno. Being overweight is just another thing, and I hate myself for it. And it's just another source of feeling like crap about myself and who I am physically.
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Yes. Weight can be a real issue for us MtF trans individiuals in particular I think. It seems as though FtM trans individuals typically want to add weight (in the form of muscle, of course.) But those of us who are MtF want to keep our weight down. I know this is a real issue for me, even at my age. My pdoc had given me a script for a med to help reduce my emotionally-charged dreams. I took it for about a week & gained 5 pounds... I stopped taking it immediately! My weight's still not down where I'd like to have it. But in order to get there, I'd have to starve myself. So, as long as I don't gain weight, I accept where I'm at now. But even so, I weigh myself every day to make sure I'm not gaining. And there's always that little twinge of hope that just maybe I've lost a pound or two!
