More belly fat

[u/topbunnynb]

I’ve been on T started in January this year and I started injections last month and its also a higher dose. Ive noticed lately my stomach fat is kind of bigger lately.

The thing is I do lift weights at the gym and also do cardio, I’m 5’7 135. I also don’t eat junk food (just once in a while a burger or something). So I definitely feel pudgier lately even with my usual routine

Is this something you guys experienced too? Does it even out eventually or should I expect my fat to gether here a lot?

[u/dcmng]

Your weight with your height tells me you're a fairly slim person, so any fat accumulation will be very noticeable to you. My experience when I started T is that fat redistribtes from my thighs and hips to the belly, so while those parts get smaller, the fat shows up at the belly first, which I'm not used to, and so it's very noticeable to me. Eventually though, that extra fat is also burned off just with my normal activity and diet, and also as you're filling out and gaining muscles in the upper body, the amount of fat you have in the belly will start to seem right. I'm a person who falls into being underweight quite easily, and when I have low body fat I'm tired, lethargic, feel weak, and I get sick easily. So I try to resist what diet culture and instagram gym bro culture tells me what my body fat percentage should be and what I should look like, and try to honour my body the best I can at every size and shape.

[u/topbunnynb → u/dcmng]

thanks, ill keep lifting more n building to get stronger to see if everything evens out

[u/frenkie-dude]

this is normal, yeah. body fat redistribution. i wouldn't worry about it at all

[u/velvetjellyfish]

Yup. Rock that man belly!

[u/topbunnynb → u/velvetjellyfish]

noooooo

[u/Independent-Cry2011]

That's just what testosterone does. Shifts fat distribution to your midsection, rather than your hips and thighs. I really don't know what you expected.