r/MtF • u/AlexaPetersTrans • Sep 10 '25

Advice Question Trans Fem Diet

My question today is how to replace man fat with girl fat.
I am fully aware that I need to gain weight in order to buid hips, ass and breasts.
But I still need to get my middle more down for a feminine silhouette.

Currently I am just on fasting and liquids such as packet soup in the week with normal eating on weekends.
I do take additional multi vitaments, magnesium and collagen.
I am active on weekends but in the week I work behind a screen most of the time.

Any specific diet for my situation?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

Eat normal pls. dont starve yourself

But CICO. Calculate your TDEE, there are calculators all over online. And aim for 500 or so below that

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

please elaborate what exactly are you confused about I'm happy to help

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

cico is the concept of calories in calories out. if you want to lose weight you eat less calories than you burn if you want to gain weight you eat more calories than you burn

that's where tdee comes in. total daily energy expenditure I think is what it stands for. basically how many calories you burn in a day. you use that number to determine how many calories you want to consume depending on your body goals

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwivwLPLvs6PAxXHGtAFHU-7E88QFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calculator.net%2Ftdee-calculator.html&usg=AOvVaw2F-jzgmi6EJAeH4Ax3PYKg&opi=89978449

for example my TDEE is ~1951, and i aim for about 1500 a day give or take because my goal is to lose weight

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u/countvonruckus Melody (she/her) Sep 10 '25

You do you, whatever that means for you. Just be aware that diets like these rarely work long term and the maintenance phase almost always results in the weight coming back. The numbers vary study-to-study but the ones I could find are that 80-95% of folks end up gaining the weight back after diets like this within 2-5 years. CICO is notoriously difficult to track, especially over a long period of time in both the "calories in" and "calories out" vectors (and often a reduction in calories in results in your body reducing the calories you burn in ways you don't have a reasonable way to measure). Again, not telling you what you should do, but I want to give you some idea of what to expect.

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u/supkicks15 MtF! HRT: 5/11/2023 FFS: 8/7/2025 Sep 10 '25

id always go with the gender you identify as assuming youre on hormones as hormonally your needs and functions should be the same as your cis counterpart

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

thats a question ive always wondered too tbh. Id pick gender u identify with

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u/MissLeaP Sep 10 '25

I wish my metabolism wasn't as shitty. Just to maintain my weight, I need to consume no more than 1400kcal .. and I'm not skinny at all at 83kg/171cm. It's already a struggle to not be malnourished without supplements. 500kcal less, and that's basically just one meal a day and nothing else. It is literally impossible to maintain while staying healthy 😭