A girl with an interesting challenge ahead of her and a ton of questions

[TheFreshBunny]

So introductions are in order. While my name is not really relevant and quite a personal issue, Bun is fine for now.

 

What is relevant is that I want to mix in exercise into my weightloss program, I'm currently 85kg on 175cm tall and I need to get it down to 65kg or even slightly below that. I'm currently still losing about 0.5-1kg a week, on a healthy diet, cycling and a basic form of HIIT, but I feel like I am going to level out on that. So the solution I guess was simple, since I've moved into my new appartment, I have well over an hour of time to spend on exercise each day, so why not.

 

My life however wouldn't be my life if I didn't have an additional challenge to overcome, I am a trans woman, which means that I am male to female transgender. I am not yet on hormones, so I have a for men healthy dose of testosterone running through me, while I am actually trying to reduce my bulk, mostly my legs (I'm Dutch, cycling is life), my arms are already pretty slim. This combination makes it rather hard to use weight exercise as part of my training routine and I really prefer cardio anyway. Another consequence of this is that I am pretty much deadly afraid of going to the gym, so anything I do needs to be doable at home.

 

I guess I am wondering in it aswell if it is realistic to lose that weight and perhaps even compact some of that leg muscle, without gaining any muscle tone....

 

So perhaps I am looking for a work out that is mostly cardio oriented and perhaps something that if it does promote muscle formation is more oriented to compact muscles.

 

Any takers on helping me figure out what to do ?

 

-- Bun

 

ps.

I'll try to answer any questions this still leaves, I know this isn't quite the typical question you may get.

[Princess Pineapple]

I really can't help, but I'm a newbie here too and thought I'd say hello.

[Basement Cat]

Welcome to the rebellion!

 

If you don't feel like going to the gym, that's ok! You can do bodyweight exercises at home! Check out these workouts proposed by our leader Steve: http://www.nerdfitness.com/workouts/

 

If you want to lose fat, the solution is to cut calories. A 500 calorie deficit per day leads to about 1 pound of weight lost a week. While you are on a cut, you won't be getting 'bulky'. In order to do that you have to train and eat like crazy anyway. It's not something that happens out of the blue.

 

Here's a handy dandy calculator to help you figure out how much you need to eat/cut.

 

If you like cardio, keep doing that! The best exercise is the one you will stick to. Good luck and keep us posted!

[EmbraCraig]

Wow, that's an amazing journey you're on - glad it sounds like its going well for you.

I can't offer any specific advice, but the forum does have an LGBTQA Safe Space thread - the thread isn't fitness specific, since it's in off topic, but it might help you find someone with a bit more knowledge?

http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/16927-lgbtqa-and-ally-safe-space/

Otherwise, there are a lot of knowledgable people around these parts, I'm sure someone with more knowledge than me will pop their head in here

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