The size and shape of your body can play a big role in expressing your gender identity.
For many crossdressers and transgender women, keeping a healthy weight can help create a more feminine figure.
But let’s be real—it’s not always easy! Whether it’s a slowing metabolism or weight gain from hormone therapy, it can feel like the odds are stacked against you.
That’s why I’m sharing some simple, effective MTF weight loss tips to help you along the way.
These tips come from my Fit and Femme Program, which uses hypnosis and goal tracking to support your weight loss journey as you embrace your feminine self.
Let’s get started!
1. Listen Your Body’s Hunger Signals
Most diets dictate when and how much to eat without considering what your body truly needs.
Ignoring physical hunger can lead to overeating later, creating a cycle of weight gain. Conversely, eating when stressed or bored can also contribute to gaining weight.
The solution is simple: eat when you’re physically hungry and stop when satisfied. Consider a scale from one to ten, starting eating at a 3 and stopping at a 5.
To delve deeper into this approach, also known as intuitive eating, I recommend checking 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 kickstarting your metabolism and preventing cravings later in the day.
If you’re not hungry in the morning, consider having a light breakfast or a mid-morning snack to avoid excessive hunger by lunchtime.
3. Increase Fiber
About 95% of Americans don’t get the recommended daily amount of fiber, which can impact fat loss.
Fiber aids weight loss by balancing blood sugar levels, promoting digestion, and acting as a natural appetite suppressant.
Include more high-fiber foods in your diet and consider adding a fiber supplement like whole psyllium husks.
4. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate
Drinking more water is a simple way to support weight loss. Water acts as a natural appetite suppressant, aids in waste removal, and boosts fat burning.
Aim for at least 6-8 glasses of water per day.
5. Get Enough Sleep
Adequate sleep is crucial for lasting weight loss. Studies show that poor or insufficient sleep can decrease metabolism and increase calorie intake.
Aim for a minimum of 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
In conclusion
You definitely don’t need fad diets or extreme workout programs to maintain an ideal weight!
These simple transgender weight loss tips can stand alone or complement any eating or weight loss plan.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts?. Is weight an issue for you? Do you have any other weight loss tips to add to this list?
Please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
P.S. If you enjoyed these tips, you’ll love my complete Fit and Femme Program.
Discover how to transform your body from the inside out and achieve a slim, attractive MTF female figure HERE.
so, like being tense all the time is not good for my weight? i guess that means i should practice the guitar more often as that aids greatly in relaxation.
one other thing i am goig to do is get out on a bicycle more often, maybe i can get lucky and get back to the hourglass shape i had before my knee injury. and when i say hourglass, i mean it as in womens clothing had fit better than mens clothing.
thanx for the advice for weight loss.
Hi Lucille,
Exercise like with biking, walking, floor exercises and tai-chi help me to keep my weight off.
Hi Lucille,
Exercise like with biking, walking, floor exercises and tai-chi help me to keep my weight off.
i love you lLucille
I would just be happy if I was 38B,C, maybe a d @ 170. But I can’t I just had a major operation on my right leg. It had a plate on the left and right side. It was not stragihten. It had scew and left plate comming out. Now I have the left plate remove and a new plate infront of my leg where it was refractor in 9 places and a plate put in to straighten it all up. So now I can’t walk at all. At least until 3 to 6 months. So what can I do the reach my goal?
Hello All!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you Lucille and everyone for making this information available and all the information you’re sending out. It makes me feel like part of a large family and that someone actually cares. Though I have been following a weight loss plan, the points you’ve submitted reinforce what I have learned from my plan. Great to be here.
Much Success in the New Year,
Kelli Lynne
Hi,I just recently moved to Los Angeles. I need a doctor for Feminine Facial Surgery. Do you know of one in this area? Thanks David
In 2008, I stripped away 19 pounds of fat and gained 12 pounds of muscle for a 7 pound weight loss. I went from 149 pounds to 142 pounds on my 5’8″ first-thing-in-the-morning-tall, slender frame. That took me from 19% body fat to 12% body fat. My goal had been to get down to 9% body fat and 139 pounds. That may seem thin, but that 3 pound 3% body fat difference is the very slight tummy that belies a feminine shape and gives me a 28-29″ waist, which matches nicely with a 42″ chest and 38″ hips. I did this through intensive weight training twice a week, riding my bike around 2000 miles, walking or running when I couldn’t ride, a high protein diet with lots of leafy green vegetables, and drinking 100 ounces of home filtered water each day.
In 2009, I pretty much maintained what I gained in 2008, as I battled health problems and could not ride my bike or lift weights. 2010 is the year to cut that last 3 pounds and 3% body fat and find that shape I started to seek in 2008.
One key is that if you starve yourself to lose weight, you actually put your body into fat storing mode because you put your body into stress! By slowing down while eating and focusing on your eating and not on some other thing, you will not only eat less, you will put your mind and body into a state of relaxation, and you will find pleasure in consuming food, good food that nourishes your mind, body and soul.
Here are two more tips that I got from my training in 2008: If you drink alcohol shortly before going to bed, you will put your body into fat storing mode for at least your first 4 hours of sleep and that’s not a good thing. But, if you consume about 18 g of whey protein in 4-8 oz. of water, you will help put your body into fat burning mode for the night and will also increase nighttime production of HGH (human growth hormone), which is some that slowly decreases in production as we age and which helps to build muscle and burn fat.
I feel comfortable in my own skin and am happy with who I am most of the time, and that is very important to me.
Good luck to us all in 2010 and may 2010 be a blessed year for us all!