Transgender WWE star Gabbi Tuft particulars her transition to a girl

Transgender former WWE star Gabbi Tuft has lifted the lid on the grueling steps she needed to take to lose 190 kilos of weight and muscle mass throughout her transition into a girl.

Tuft, often called Tyler Reks throughout her first four-year run with WWE, was launched from the corporate in 2012 and retired from competitors in 2014. 

But, three years after popping out as a transgender lady in February 2021, the 45-year-old lately expressed a want to return to the ring on social media. 

During her preliminary run, Tuft weighed round 280 kilos and would eat 10,000 energy a day to construct a physique that meant she was ‘the alpha male of alpha males’.

Now she’s revealed the steps she took to go from ‘a man who had dreadlocks all the way down to my butt’ – and any individual who drew comparisons to the Mountain from Game of Thrones  – to a girl. 

Trans wrestler Gabbi Tuft reveals she misplaced 190 kilos of weight and muscle mass in transition

Tuft, often called Tyler Reks throughout her first four-year run with WWE, weighed round 280 kilos

She admitted taking estrogen was ‘like going by way of a second puberty’ throughout her transition

‘That’s who I used to be. I used to be the protector. I used to be the alpha male of alpha males, and the whole lot I did revolved round that,’ Tuft advised Fox.

‘But after I made the choice to medically transition. It was so highly effective that I used to be actually able to launch all of it.

‘God is it arduous to eliminate that a lot muscle. It is a chore.

‘I used to be shocked how a lot muscle I retained. I pressured my physique to burn muscle with these lengthy prolonged cardiovascular periods at excessive depth and stayed in keto for a really very long time, and I ended lifting weights. That’s the brief model.

‘It’s been a sobering 12 months to 6 months.’ She additionally admitted that taking estrogen was ‘like going by way of a second puberty.’

Tuft additionally revealed how her spouse, Priscilla, was now not ‘sexually attracted’ to her throughout that interval. The couple at the moment are separated and amicably working by way of a divorce.

She added: ‘I had this second the place I had stopped presenting theater for a few months as a result of [my wife] had talked about that she wasn’t feeling sexually interested in me on the time as a result of she simply would see visions of me dressed up.

Tuft’s spouse Priscilla supported her transition though the 2 at the moment are within the technique of divorce

‘And once more, that is me at like, nonetheless 265 kilos of man in all my masculine glory. So at that time, it was sort of like cross-dressing is absolutely what was occurring.

‘We are separated now, and we’re sort of like in the course of a divorce that we’re not in a rush to complete. She and I are nonetheless better of pals. We co-parent. We see one another every single day. 

‘There’s a lot love between us. We had our ups and downs as we separated. But we have executed my full circle.’

Tuft has been coaching at ‘The Dungeon 2.0’ ran by WWE wrestler Natalya and her husband TJ Wilson.

Tuft didn’t win a main-roster title throughout her run in WWE, however did maintain three championships with the corporate’s former developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling.  

As Reks, Tuft gained the FCW Heavyweight Championship and was a two-time FCW Tag Team Champion.