Transgender WWE star Gabbi Tuft says transitioning was ‘like going through a second puberty’ after losing 190 POUNDS of weight and muscle mass: ‘I was the alpha male of alpha males’

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. 

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

Throughout 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 right down to my butt’ – and any person who drew comparisons to the Mountain from Game of Thrones  – to a girl. 

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

She admitted taking estrogen was ‘like going via a second puberty’ throughout her transition

‘That is who I used to be. I used to be the protector. I used to be the alpha male of alpha males, and all the pieces I did revolved round that,’ Tuft told Fox.

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

‘God is it laborious to do away with that a lot muscle. It’s a chore.

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

‘It has been a sobering yr to 6 months.’ She additionally admitted that taking estrogen was ‘like going via 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 via 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 means 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 type of like cross-dressing is de facto what was taking place.

‘We’re separated now, and we’re type of like in the midst of a divorce that we’re not in a rush to complete. She and I are nonetheless better of buddies. We co-parent. We see one another each day. 

‘There’s a lot love between us. We had our ups and downs as we separated. However 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 Crew Champion.