Maintaining your ideal weight can help you look and feel your best as a transgender woman or crossdresser.
Men and women gain weight in different areas. More fat in the abdomen and upper body can make it harder to achieve a feminine shape.
The good news? Many diet and exercise programs can help you lose weight and reach your body feminization goals.
The bad news? It can be overwhelming to navigate all the conflicting weight loss advice out there.
That’s why, in this blog post, I share simple, proven principles that work with any diet or exercise program.
Here are 8 essential weight loss tips for a slimmer MTF female figure:
1. Listen Your Body’s Hunger Signals
Most diets try to control what you eat without considering your body’s actual needs.
This is a problem for two reasons:
- If you ignore your hunger and don’t eat when you’re physically hungry, you set yourself up to overeat later.
- If you eat when you’re NOT physically hungry – for example, when you’re bored or eat because it’s “time” to eat – you consume calories that your body doesn’t need.
The solution is simple: eat when you are physically hungry – and stop when your body is satisfied. That’s how naturally thin people eat.
This approach is called intuitive eating and it’s been a total game changer for me. To learn more, check out these books:
- Diets Don’t Work by Bob Schwartz
- Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole
- The 7 Secrets of Slim People by Vikki Hansen and Shawn Goodman
2. Don’t Skip Breakfast
Breakfast is essential for revving up your metabolism for the day. A 2011 study shows that a protein-rich breakfast can reduce cravings and overeating later in the day.
But what if you’re not hungry in the mornings? This is the only slight exception to tip #1: Aim to have a light breakfast or a mid-morning snack.
But don’t wait until lunch to eat. By then, you’ll probably be TOO hungry, which can set you up to overeat.
3. Increase Fiber
Did you know that 95% of Americans don’t get the recommended amount of fiber per day? This can have a big impact on your weight loss and body feminization goals.
Fiber helps with fat loss in several ways:
- It helps balance blood sugar levels and aids digestion.
- It helps you feel full and acts as a natural appetite suppressant.
Tips #3 is to eat more high fiber foods and add a fiber supplement to your diet.
4. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate
If you want to lose weight, drink more water. It’s that simple. Water is a natural appetite suppressant, it helps remove waste, and it also increases fat burning.
Be sure to drink a minimum of 6-8 glasses of water per day.
5. Drink Tea
Tea is an awesome ingredient for weight loss! Research shows that tea reduces your appetite and speeds up fat burning.
To get the full fat-burning effect, you must drink black tea, green tea, or white tea. These teas are high in catechins, which can increase metabolism and aid in fat loss.
6. Cut the Secret Sugars
Sugar is one of the worst foods to eat if you want to lose weight. Sugar raises your blood sugar level, which increases insulin. Insulin promotes weight gain and fat storage.
Did you know that most of the sugar you eat does NOT come from candy bars and cookies? Processed foods are loaded with sugars that can secretly make you fat!
Here are the top sources of hidden sugar to watch out for:
- Ketchup
- Salad dressing
- Peanut butter
- Spaghetti sauce
- Hamburger and hot dog buns
- Microwave meals
- Fast food
- Cereal
- Yogurt
7. Get Enough Sleep
Studies show that poor sleep or a lack of sleep can decrease the metabolism and increase calorie intake.
If you’re having trouble losing weight, take a look at your sleep habits. Aim for a minimum of 7-8 hours of “beauty sleep” per night.
8. Think Yourself Thin
Have you ever tried to diet or exercise, only to fall off track a few weeks later?
Most weight loss programs fail because they only focus on the PHYSICAL. However, lasting change is all about your mindset and your habits.
So how can you change your mindset? Try hypnosis!
Hypnosis is an effective way to reprogram your subconscious mind, helping you to make permanent changes that lead to a thinner body.
Curious to give it a try? Check out my FREE Fit & Femme Starter Kit! It includes a 7 minute feminizing weight loss meditation to kickstart your slimmer MTF female figure.
Conclusion
Now I’d love to hear from you…
Is weight an area you struggle with? What are YOUR best weight loss tips and tricks? Please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
P.S. If you liked these tips, you will LOVE my complete Fit and Femme Program!
This is a unique hypnosis and goal tracking program designed to help you lose weight as part of your male to female transformation.
Hi Ladies,
I usually have a smoothie with a little coconut mixed in like Kathleen. If coconut isn’t your thing, you can use some honey instead. Instead of using ice though, I freeze the fruits/berries and then blend it with a little yogurt. I’m trying out a lot of different blends of vegetables, too. It’s great! I cut down on my meal portions and managed to lose about 20 pounds in 1 month! The smoothies really helped out a lot and you don’t always feel hungry and it’s healthy/addictive too! If anyone wants some awesome smoothie recipe or ideas, highly recommend checking here http://bit.ly/SmoothieIdeas
Wishing everyone the best of luck!
I’ve been drinking a coconut milk smoothie in the morning. I mix in a plant based protein mix, a “green” veggie mix, blueberries or other berry mix, with ice in the blender. Taste great, gives me plenty of energy, and I’ve lost 15 pounds in the last couple of months and I’m keeping it off.
You look real nice
You look trim and nice in that dress dear.
Hi Ladies!
There are hundreds of ways to loose weight fast out there, one more difficult or unpleasant than another! Most of these ways do not even work at all. I have found something different and simple for myself. I still eat everything I like! I did not give up anything at all! I just eat a lot less than I did before. And I am NOT hungry all the time! So How do I manage to do that? Easy! I bought myself a training corset. This corset shapes the stomach and leaves less space for food! I get the full feeling by eating less than before because there is less room. And I stop eating when I am full. The corset I bought was very tight at first – this is the most important part. I barely managed to put it on. I was wearing it practically 24/7 for first two weeks. I was over 90kg when I started. I lost over 5kg in first 2 weeks and in one month about 10kg was gone. I had high blood pressure before but after a week or two the pressure started to go down, slowly but surely. Now bit more time has passed and i am happy with my weight. I like what I see in mirror – my waistline looks better than anyone else I know. The blood pressure is very close to normal after many many years. I feel great and I am happy!
Kelly
I use binaural beats and green smoothies like Kathleen does (like the coconut milk idea Kathleen thanks).
I am afraid if I lose weight I may lose breast size.
I have used fenugreek capsules which helped with my breasts, They are only small but obvious. they now fit very nice in a B/C cup bra. I am still working on losing a little bit around my waist, I have a big butt anyway but would love more shapely hips.
I’ve read that redclover capsules are good for breast enlargement too.
Pauline xx
Did you grow breasts with fenugreek alone?
It is available easily in India while Red Clover is not available.
How to lose with leafy greens when on a blood thinner coumadin. which prevents me from eating large amount of green leafy veggies if you have any other suggestion. I would greatly appreciated.Petra Frederic a 52
i have been taking for 2 years feminen herbs
my butt has increased much, some increase
in the bust, but i can’t get to a real small
waist, need to loose 60-70lbs. oh, i’ve lost
most of my body hair form these herbs.
I have to do this little by little so wife does
not get whats going on. I would like to get more
femmine
What kind of “feminen herbs” did u take to achieve “my butt has increased much, some increase in the bust” – very interested 🙂
I have taken more responsibility with my diet, at first, just eating once a day, but that didn’t help. The most effective way I found was to limit my portions each meal. I found that once I finished what I had in front of me and sat back, soon my body said “ok, you had enough, we’re satisfied” set in. I didn’t go for 2nds or large quantities. I’ve been losing 2-5 lbs. per month.