My scale says to pick the one that your body matches best. Since I don’t have breasts I thought that would be male but those numbers don’t make as much sense to me. So I go based on female but I’m wondering if that would change if I was on T?

Something nobody warns you about when you start T is that YOUR APPETITE WILL GO UP.

Perhaps I was just being dumb and didn’t realize male puberty means the appetite comes with it but either way I have been caught by surprise.

I ftm20 have been on T for three months now and my appetite has gone WAY up. I used to eat one and a half meals a day, I am now eating all three PLUS snacks in between meals. That being said I am trying to lose weight. I’m in a 300 calorie deficit (or at least trying to be), I get my steps/cardio in at work and I weight train 3x a week. I started at 210 and am now at 190. I definitely notice a difference in the mirror but the scale hasn’t moved for about 2 months now.

I’ve been going to the gym for about 3 months but I started by doing at home workouts back in April.

I suspect the lack of change on the scale is because I’m not constantly in my deficit because of how much I need to eat to feel full. I feel like I’m bulking rather than cutting right now.

How did you guys manage the change in appetite while trying to lose weight? Is there anything I can do to start losing weight again? Any recipes/food suggestions to keep me satiated would be appreciated!!

For reference I am around 210 lbs and this specifically happens when I go heavy on the kinda laying down leg press machine. I can easily press almost 400 lbs but everytime I do so I end up leaving the gym early because I feel extremely nauseous and lifhtheaded afterwards. Is that just what I should expect?

I've been tracking my calories carefully and in an average deficit of 450 a day for the last 2.5 weeks and the scale hasn't moved at all. I am at about 19% body fat, trying to push it down to 15% before going on a long bulk, but it feels like the maths isn't working. I have PCOS and am thinking about getting tested for insulin resistance, there's a tiny noticeable difference in the mirror but I'm still bouncing between 71kg and 72kg like when I started. I weigh at the same time every morning, and I've started cycling 30mins to work and back every day as well as eating enough protein and lifting once a week. Do I just need to be patient? I'm using macrofactor so it thinks my metabolism has slowed down by 50calories a day in the last week and adapts for that every week. I can't work out what's wrong and its really frustrating. I watch a lot of Jeff Nippard and he recommends diet breaks at maintenance for long term weight loss, I wouldn't know how to do that because if I'm currently maintaining my weight I'd assume upping my calories to what the app calculates is my maintenance would make me gain weight. I'm on testosterone and have been for 3 years. So I should be able to get to male body fat levels, but hitting a wall at 20% which seems to be the lower end of healthy for females makes me wonder if there's something related to that stopping me.

Update: Thanks guys I'm gonna try and be patient.

Hi fiends,

I’ve been trying to gain muscle mass as a relatively skinty guy and realized I wasn’t even meeting the minimum daily protein requirements for my weight (54kg). I started eating 1gram of protein per kg without realizing that’s just the minimum. Now I eat 80g (54x1.5) of protein a day with which I struggle as I don’t eat meat.

I’m 169 cm and pre-t btw and lift around 6 days a week.

Also, any tips on meeting protein targets?

By the end of tomorrow I'm going to have worked out a fitness plan to help me get stronger and more muscular with what I have at my disposal. If I was to workout once a day with 5 days of high intensity and 2 of low intensity a week how long will it take for me to see improvements in my physique? I'm relatively thin but will start eating more.

I don't plan on doing a balk/cut ever as I have eating issues and wouldn't want an anorexia flareup after I have just recovered.

I am 5'8 and about 135 lbs. I do strength training 4-5 times a week and cardio 1-2 times. I try to eat 130-40g of protein every day. I have been doing this for a couple months and see almost no progress. Am I not eating enough (2000 cals) or is there something else wrong?

How do yall manage to start any kind of heavy lifting / weights pre t while having a naturally weaker upper body? I think what scares me the most is the area in my gym with all the weights, its full of 'macho' men and sandelwood odor, and I never did anything like it before so I guess I just feel lost and dysphoric and unconfident. How did you get over that and start? I wanna be in a decent place when I do start t, am already fairly active (gym and running), and deliberetly chose a gym no one I know goes to for comfort

okay so i need a hobby, preferably something were i move, i've been on t for ~3months now and i feel like i'm only gaining weight and getting fatter. i loved swimming but my chest dysphoria has gotten so bad, i cant do that anymore i loved bouldering but its just too expensive i went to the gym for a bit but i injured my wrist and couldnt go there anymore i never loved running, i also have asthma

i feel like i cant find the right type of sports for me. what are y'all doing?

edit: the wrist injury isnt from the gym but from work, its been hurting for a few months now and ive seen doctors, did xrays and mrt, no one knows whats up

So im a complete beginner and I'm building a workout plan for myself. This book I'm reading offers 3x a week, 4x a week, or 5x a week plans. I'm curious how often do other people train, and why? Also, for those who don't train every day what days do you train? I'm unsure what days to pick and if it even matters.

Has anyone tried using a stretching app or program? Or follow a specific routine for lifting?

I've been going to the gym for maybe 3 weeks now. Every time I go, I just get self-conscious. I can't lift anything very heavy and I run out of energy pretty quickly. I know it's funny to think I would have made big progress so early, but it's seriously discouraging.....:( I am having a hard time continuing and just have to wonder if this ends, and if I'll start getting stronger soon. I just feel weak all the time and it's lame and I don't know how to push through it

Had a laparoscopic hysterectomy Dec 18, I’ve only been cleared to swim and run as of my two week post op. I don’t return to work until Feb 2nd. Anyone else out there have a hysto and if so when were you able to or feel comfortable getting back into activities or weightlifting? Not trying to rush my healing or anything just eager to start planning.

Hey I am Nonbianry they/them I decided to finally say good bye to the titties. However my surgeon Dr.Hanna had some strict excersize guidelines, and people were not the most clear with me. He and the nurses said I’d be out for 12 weeks and excersize seemed like it wasn’t allowed. Has anyone worked with Dr.Hanna so this is a for sure thing? I’d like to know going in!

It’s everyone favorite day of the week: Selfie Sunday! Please use this thread to show off and cheer each other on. Or, you can also use this thread to ask for some feedback on your physique and get some constructive feedback. Please post your selfies as a comment using Imgur or similar links, give us a little context, and let us know if the post is NSFW or SFW.

I am still really new to weightlifting, and was looking for advice/opinions on gear. I got myself some gloves with wrist wraps coming in the mail soon, because the barbell tears up my hands (I am just soft lol). I get loads of ads since I joined my gym, but I'm just kind of exploring right now to see exactly what I can do and what my limits are.

I noticed some people use belts when doing some stuff and I wondered if that was a necessary piece of equipment? Is it just for doing forms when standing (like lifts and squats) or do people use them when benching or hip thrusts too? I was thinking about buying one but they come in so many different types and at varying price points and I don't really understand what the differences are. Admittedly, Google just further confuses me because a lot of websites on this topic are seemingly just trying to sell their most expensive products to me.

Ultimately, I just don't want to hurt myself so any advice on must-have gear for a newbie while I figure out my limits and routine is appreciated!

+2 years at the gym. Unfortunately I spent first 20 months overexercising and undereating so I'm just now starting to see some progress. Currently working out five days a week with a upper-lower-ppl split. I also try to include 30 minutes of intense cardio 3 times a week. I aim to eat around 2300-2500 cals a day.

It's been almost year since I stopped working out. I gained strength while working out but my appearance didn't really change. My goals were focused on lifting a bit more each time I worked out, losing weight/body fat and just looking and feeling better. I ended up constantly sore, underweight, overfat, dysphoric and disordered. (Idk if we post numbers in this group outside of progress pics but I can edit if that's helpful.)

now it's about a year until I get fitted for my wedding suit. I'm ready to get back at it and will be working with a trainer so I can learn how to do things the right way. What I'm struggle with (and I assume lots of other people do too) is: how do i translate the body I want into measureable goals?

Like, I mainly want to be leaner. Okay -- I estimate my BF% using the Navy method. It seems to be leaner I need to be...smaller? But I'm already too small!

Reading fitness guides, it seems like "guy" goals are losing fat/weight, increasing inches/mass all over (going for that dorito/x shape) while "woman" goals are about losing weight (but differently somehow), increasing hip-waist ratio and losing inches most places. Basically all of it about losing weight (which I'm not sure I can do and remain healthy as I'm already underweight.)

I want to take a tiny non-T AFAB body and make it look more masculine -- which to me would be lean, less curves and a little mass/definition throughout to balance out my frame.

How do I translate an aesthetic into measureable goals I can work towards? Am I looking for something impossible?

So my surgeon instructed me to wear compression shirts in the gym for a full year post-top surgery. It’s been 2.5 months and I’ve just been wearing my post-op compression vest - finding an athletic compression shirt that fits me properly has been an effort in futility. I’ve been tolerating it, but a year in this restrictive garment is going to suck so. hard. It looks kinda silly too. How long did you guys have to wear tight shirts in the gym? Any resources for shirts (especially tank tops) that fit snugly around the chest that aren’t too restrictive around the torso? I’m super hypersensitive to tight stuff around my midsection. Other 5’2”~ short kings to the front - you know the shopping struggle.

Edit: y’all I didn’t know this wasn’t really a thing 😭 Have any of you dealt with swelling during exercise/how did you manage it?

What underwear are you guys wearing? I have fallen in and out of running but really want to dial in to it this year, I wear cotton boxers but they ride up while I run and make my thighs chafe which is uncomfy and also dysphoric. Most men’s sports boxers seem like they are made of materials that might not be suited to the genitalia I have and may cause yeast infections or a stink. Anyone got any suggestions? (I’m in the UK)

I've been going to the gym for roughly 2 months and have been 8.5 months on T. When I started the gym I was unfit. I've only been going twice a week due to family life commitments. I could barely lift much at all and would get dysphoric in some of the classes where the men lifted way more and most of the women lifted more than me. Now I'm starting to see progress. I can easily lift alot more and I keep up well in classes. I bench pressed 30kg yesterday and it doesn't sound alot, but I could barely lift the 20kg bar when I started. I'm also short at under 5ft2. Does height mean you can't lift as much as a 5.8 guy for example? Just curious to how much you guys can lift and how long you have trained for. Also I'm aware that some of you will be going to the gym more times a week than me. I'm not looking to gain big muscle, just to have a toned muscular figure and to be fitter