Beginner who needs professional advice

[Phycocrazz]

So hi, I'm Elliot.

I am a 5ft2 168lbs (12 stone) female-to-male transgender. (Just putting that there so people know I have a female body but would like to be referred to as 'he'!)

I used to be really athletic but I turned to food in 2011 due to depression. Luckily the bingeing has stopped because I use MyFitnessPal.

My goal is to be 130lbs (9st7) to be healthy and look more masculine.

I wanted some fitness advice... So here goes!

Basically, I am doing weight training on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I walk my dogs everyday for an hour and burn 210 kcal according to MyFitnessPal. I just starting to use FitStar in 28minute intervals through out the week. (Burning about 176 kcal each time).
MyFitnessPal says I should eat 1,410 kcal a day but I usually only eat 1,000 to 1,100; plus the exercise means I have about 400-800 kcal left everyday.

The reason I am saying all this is because I am one of those people who turns to food and gives up when I see no result after 2 minutes!
I would like to know how long it will take to get to 9st7 (my healthy bmi) doing these activities and dieting.
And if there are any fitness apps/ activities you recommend to cause less impact to my body but burn a sufficient amount of calories.

Thanks,
Elliot

 

[AthalaRanger]

Hi Elliot.

You already have a plan and seem to know what you are doing, so there isn't really much room for advice, I think.

I think you could get away with a bit more food (this would slow you down a little but in the long term you have more room to deal with stalls and such). At 168 lb you are eating only about 6/7 Kcal per lb which is pretty low (Generally speaking, maintenance calories are in the 12 - 14 Kcal / lb range, depending on how active the person is. It can be 10 too if the person is very sedentary.)

My only suggestion would be that you try eating 1680 (or whatever your weight is x10) and see how that works out. Since you are not sedentary it should work just fine. If you stall you can go to x9 and x8.

Again, that would slow you down a little, but it would be more sustainable in the long term and give you more room for adjustments.

If you don't want to do that, my only advice would be to make sure you get a proper protein intake (This is to preserve muscle mass. try 1g per lb of LBM) and to be patient! You're already eating very little.

For lower impact activities you can try cycling. Shadow-boxing is great too.

Good luck!