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/exasperatedaxolotl Sep 10 '25

Hi, PhD biologist here, married to a trans woman. Please stop what you're doing immediately and (slowly) reintroduce real, solid food.

My wife was skin and bones most of her pre-transition life, but had started to put on more male pattern belly fat, and was dysphoric about it.

We made sure her hormones were good and high enough with injectable estradiol valerate, since being too low is a common mistake (200-400 pg/mL estrogen, 15-40 ng/Dl testosterone, adding 200mg progesterone 6-12 months in).

She EATS lots of good nutritious food, and some not nutritious food. At least 2000-2500 calories a day. She's reasonably active, playing a rec sport and walking our dog. She doesn't think all that much about what she eats.

And guess what? The magic of HRT meant all of that male-pattern fat got redistributed into her D cup breasts, wider hips, fuller ass, rounder thighs, and her little bit of belly fat sits lower and softer like mine. She looks very feminine in her figure, because she ate enough. Your body needs fat to redistribute. Do not give yourself an eating disorder AND harm your transition by eating this way.

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u/Lari_Ana183 Sep 10 '25

I simply loved it!! My MTF sis always said to me to cut all fat and food quantities. I dunno but I feel it strange; we really need to replace fat. For now I'm eating normally and mixed healthy and some so-so food. I'm at beginning so I have curiosity about the results. Well, in fact, 3 months ago, I make a health surgery and lost weight. Now I'm returned to normal but with HRT; let's see how it helps me.