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I have made the same experience. When I started HRT I had to lose weight because of health issues. But all it really did was get rid of the "male fat"

I kept most of the chest and butt but it really started to bloom once I gained more weight again and was into the treatment for longer. After bottom surgery I had another 'surge'? where my shape looked more feminine again.

Trust the process but getting a little chunkier once you're into the hormone treatment seems to help a lot!

I also have been on hrt for some time now, and I get what you mean. I think id still feel feminine if I was skinny or average but being chunky just gives me a lot of body euphoria. Whether thats because it makes me look more feminine or because it is closer to how I envision myself tho, im unsure

I think I would tend to agree with you, based on my experience and other trans women who have shared their experience with me.

I remember when I first started transitioning it wasn't until I'd put on weight that I really started to feel feminine. It wasn't a lot of weight either, only maybe 10 or 15 lbs. but it made me feel softer or curvier and generally more feminine.

I tend to be pear-shaped or bottom heavy which has helped. I was a stick before transitioning so I can't say if this was a result of that, or just plain old genetics?

That was a long, long time ago for me and I've put on a bunch more weight since then. While I've always been attracted to fat people (men primarily) I never intended to gain weight myself, and have struggled with my own weight gain in the past. Being introduced to FF by my partner has actually made me much more at ease with my heavier self.