Best of luck.

One thing to remember; there are a number of doctors who are overcautious about HRT - usually from fear, some from simple unwillingness to learn about it. Anemia is not a reason to withhold HRT at all, and more important than weight/BMI is blood pressure and lipid balance. If those are out of whack, absolutely they should be worked on first.... but as soon as you go on HRT your weight will probably change by 10 pounds, plus or minus. (I lost 15 pounds my first six months.)

Hopefully this doesn't sound discouraging. Intended very literally as it's written with no sarcasm, just thoughts to bear in mind.

Well this doctor was concerned about it outside of the HRT, and we both agreed that before I start radically changing my body, I should make sure it's in proper working order. Also, she brought up the really good point that its a LOT harder to lose weight as a woman, and might be worth spending a few more months as a guy and get the weight off while its easy.

Well... so much for going vegetarian being a healthier option... good luck getting that sorted then.

Vegetarians can be healthy but you need to make sure your diet has things that will replace what you are missing out on without meat. You gotta pay attention to that stuff. Me, I really like meat, so I just chomp down on it.

It's healthy for some, but some individuals are built differently. For instance, I have a genetic zinc deficiency, so it's harder for me to keep that up.

Ah, fair enough then.

Yeah, apparently i inherited some bad genetic traits from my mother. =P

Take suppliments? Zinc makes your cum more voluminous, so... bonus! Just be careful with zinc, overdoing it is toxic.

I am taking supplements, but the problem was that without enough protein and iron to make good blood cells, my body couldn't do anything with all the supplements. Hopefully, once I repair all the systems, my body will fast track back to health.

Sorry to hear it, Frogapus - I'm not sure if you have any moral opposition to eating meat, but I trust you and the doctor found some ways to improve your diet.

Regarding weight loss - I'd recommend walking/running/jogging, because you probably don't want to put a bunch of muscle on your arms/shoulders with what you'll be doing.

Little bit moral, more of an economic opposition to eating meat. The resources (time, money, food, land) that goes into raising one cow that feeds 20 people a single meal, could have produced something like 500 vegetable/grain meals.

Well TG and body shaping for it is on the backburner. I'm going to building as much muscle as possible to better burn off the weight. Then, when that's done, I'll switch to running/ellipticals and let the upper body languish a bit.

The only problem is that right now I have an injured knee, which is making it really hard to get any kind of cardio exercise done.

But thanks very much for the support! ^_^

Had I known you were vegetarian, I may have been able to warn you about the anemia issue... Estrogen does seem to suppress the bone marrow to an extent, which is why we tend to see anemia develop in induced ovulators such as cats and ferrets that fail to be bred while in estrus - the estrogen level remains high.

I've always heard corn, beans, and squash are the food pyramid for vegetarians. Do you have access to all of those?

I do, but at the recommendation of the nutritionist (who used to be a vegetarian, herself) I'm transitioning out of vegetarianism to get my body into healthy working order first.

You're on HRT too now artic?

Heheh, sorry no. Just a veterinary student who knows some of the effects high doses of estrogen/estradiol can have on mammalian bodies.

I was like "when did this happen?"

Yeah, unfortunately Vegetarianism isn't a luxury everyone gets to have. Sorry to hear that though hope it goes better.