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Link to the recipe, it's vegan 
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There was some discussion of weight cycling earlier and I would like to advise everyone that weight cycling is not good for you, and probably won't do you any favors as far as long term body shape goes. If you like to read more about it, here is a short article.
If you are considering using pioglitazone for reasons other than diabetes, you should know that there are health risks associated with it (it may increase your risk of heart problems and bladder cancer) so it requires more care and caution than diying hrt. We also don't know for sure that it has any long term effect on fat redistribution for trans people so there might not be a real benefit in taking it.
Please take good care of yourselves.
Thank you for posting about the risks, I vaguely knew there were some (why I said to do more research) but couldn't remember off hand in the couple minutes I had to make those comments. I'm personally not that worried about the health risks so that's part of why I didn't remember (although I am going to look at them again more closely when/if the time comes)
Yeah fat redistribution happens by itself, no needs to lose or gain weight. You´re more likely to gain visceral fat from the stress of yo-yoing your body fat percentage
Sad. Tragic even.
Weight cycling is also a good way to wind up with an eating disorder. HRT is magic, give it time to do its thing.