r/FTMOver30 • u/primitive-lathe • 10h ago

VENT - Advice Welcome RAVENOUS

More of a rant than a vent, but DAMN IM HUNGRY. I’ve been on the sauce almost a year and thought I wouldn’t get slammed by the teenage boy appetite like they said I would but last night I ate a giant bowl of food then was going to bed at 1am and felt hungry so I had another meal and couldn’t sleep well because I was STILL SO HUNGRY. Woke up almost feeling sick because hungry. Just ate a giant bowl of beans and still hungry. This is a very strange and disconcerting feeling for someone who has never really had strong hunger signals to begin with. MY STOMACH IS THE VOID AND I SCREAM INTO IT WITH CARBS

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u/oddletters 9h ago

two words: Rotisserie. Chicken.

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u/sparrowhawktalon 9h ago

This! Also, I've started seeing more frozen whole turkeys in stores and they are sometimes 3x the weight for the same price as a rotisserie chicken at that specific store 👀 So get a rotisserie chicken to tide you over while you wait for the turkey to defrost and cook.

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u/primitive-lathe 9h ago

The whole medieval trope of one turkey leg in each hand is starting to make sense to me

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u/kingbearcub69 7h ago

Just be aware that most frozen turkeys have a lot of added weight from water or solution being injected into them. You also need to factor in the bone weight (20-30% is bone weight).

You typically end up with 40-50% of the total weight being usable raw meat. Unless of course you buy a fresh turkey or an organic one that is guaranteed to not have any injected water/solution. Frozen meat typically weigh a bit more because of ice crystals or trapped moisture as well.

Not trying to rain on anyone’s parade, protein is my jam! And my bread and butter—I always bring home the bacon if ya know what I mean!

I’ve also turned into a HUNGRY MAN and I can’t seem to feel satiated ever! Which is really disconcerting and frustrating. I do protein smoothies for breakfast, trail mix or pb&j for lunch, then dinner is either bone-in pork chop, marinated chicken breast or some other protein with lots of veggies and either rice or potatoes.

Ice-cream is the bane of my existence

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u/primitive-lathe 9h ago

I’m vegan but I am staring down a whole block of tofu at the moment…

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u/oddletters 9h ago

two additional words: Rotisserie. Tofu.

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u/primitive-lathe 9h ago

They sell these cookie-sheet sized slabs of tempeh at the store near me I may just fry up the whole thing

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u/oddletters 3h ago

no joke, i started keeping protein powder on hand as well when i started t. the brand i prefer (boba protein) has a vegan line!

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u/primitive-lathe 2h ago

Sometimes I’ll add 2 scoops of protein powder to a big glass of soy milk with a spoonful of blackstrap molasses for extra iron.

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u/solitudanrian 4h ago

Protein, protein, and more protein to help with muscle growth which the T wants to make the body do. Cut up and marinade some blocks of firm tofu or use a curry sauce or something, fridge for a few hours, fry for a few minutes. Done. I marinate mine in either peri peri sauce or butter chicken which im sure you can get or make a vegan version of. Hell, get soft tofu and use it as a mince substitute. You can also get flavourless protein powder that you can put in basically anything remotely liquid.

Healthy fats are also important from things like nuts, avacados, I'm sure you know this but my point is that the keep you fuller for longer.

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u/primitive-lathe 2h ago

Oh yes. I’m a trash vegan and am used to eating tofu straight out of the package with a squirt of mustard on it if I can’t be bothered to cook. And I do get good fats in too. Thanks for the reminder

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u/NigelTainte 9h ago

I order extra portions of food now or end up without leftovers. It’s no joke

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u/primitive-lathe 5h ago

I eat at home but I straight up doubled my portions today and am feeling a bit better.

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u/NigelTainte 4h ago

More fuel in the engine baybayyy

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u/farmerollie nonbinary transmasc /36/ 🔪 5/2019/ 💉 3/2020 8h ago

my diet got way more protein heavy when i started two-berty. it helped

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u/primitive-lathe 5h ago

I’m chugging soy milk like I’m a bodybuilder in a 90s got milk ad

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