After looking at hundreds of timelines, youth is of course a huge determining factor of the success of HRT. We all have seen wildly drastic transitions within a year and laughably pitiful transitions that took 3+years but I don’t think it’s just age. I think health, diet, and sleep are huge. A lot of ripped dudes actually have the most drastic and convincing transitions, and pasty, overweight, or even SLIGHTLY unhealthy or unimpressive looking people seem to have the worst results overall.
So, this leads me to the hypothesis that lifestyle is obviously huge, but how do we get there? It seems that there is a lifestyle that makes humans extremely adaptable. They put in muscle easier, are more attractive, and are mentally sharper. I know it’s not a genetics thing, if anything, it’s an epigenetic phenomenon that is unlocked when you meet the proper conditions.
The best thing I can think of is the essentials: Don’t eat 1 hour after waking, or 2 hours before bed. Ear consistently and healthily. Get plenty of sleep. Get good exercise and a lot of time outside.
But what else? Is working a relatively sedentary job while having control of your workout regimen healthier than working a labor job that taxes your body all day? Does a long-term calorie deficit have similar detriments to hormone balancing/other body processes as it does with teenage puberty/growth (seriously, research the effects of malnutrition during/before puberty)? How do stress levels effect transitioning? Is there really an age cutoff or is it down to lifestyle?
I’m not saying that genetics and age don’t factor in here; of course they do. But what I’ve seen from the fitness community is that massive transformation of not only muscle mass is possible but also in “glow”, overall attractiveness, mental plasticity/ability, athletic ability, acquisition of new skills, and even seem to reverse the effects aging and more.
So LGBT, let’s talk lifestylemaxxing