Which gender title to use

beckmageau
beckmageau Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all, I'm a transgender man newly on 80mg of testosterone every 2 weeks. Should I enter male or female in order to allow the app to properly calculate my metabolism? Thanks!
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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,895 Member
    Good question! I would think the gender you were born with. @Alex ?
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,940 Member
    nutmeg, thanks, your post said what I said, only yours made more sense. :)
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    I don't know if you will find this useful:

    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/questions/16786412-sex-gender-binary-pronouns
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    seantnash wrote: »
    MFP uses the Mifflin-St. Jeor calculation to work out your calorific needs. In this calculation, if all else is equal, then males only get 166 calories more than females for their BMR. The biggest differences will come from the fact females are (generally) shorter and lighter than males.

    So, tbh, it shouldn't really make much difference which you choose to do your calculation.

    This makes sense to me.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    If you have a Y chromosome then you should go with male. If you have two X chromosomes then go with female.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    ^^ Except that testosterone supplementation will skew that equation.

    Probably why posters have suggested take average of male/female for same height/weight and then adjust over time if it doesn't seem right.

    No, it really won't skew it all that much. Sure, it can result in gains to athletic performance (which is why it is prohibited in sporting competition) but unless someone is training for such an event it isn't going to magically change how a person is made. Things like body structure, the number of fat cells, height, etc. are all going to be determined by biological gender constraints, so ones metabolism will also follow biological gender.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    seantnash wrote: »
    MFP uses the Mifflin-St. Jeor calculation to work out your calorific needs. In this calculation, if all else is equal, then males only get 166 calories more than females for their BMR. The biggest differences will come from the fact females are (generally) shorter and lighter than males.

    So, tbh, it shouldn't really make much difference which you choose to do your calculation.

    ^^^ That.

    The biggest determinant of your calorific needs by a long margin is total mass so pick the one you identify with and tweak depending on results over times as necessary.

    Best of luck.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Exogenous testosterone (in males) causes an uplift in metabolic rate however I am unsure if this will be the same for people using it for transitioning.

    I would set MFP to female and see how your weight loss goes. If you lose too fast you can always eat more and vice versa.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Kepplekakes wrote: »
    I threw the flag. At my first read, the response sounded very much like the offensive things being said here regarding a NC bathroom law. My apologies. I was being oversensitive and my first instinct was to protect. I will take more time to read and observe before responding next time.

    Again my apologies.

    I can certainly appreciate and respect this. I also think your honesty is refreshing.

    It isn't how the flagging system works. The moderator team won't see those random flags, so if you see something you are concerned about, it's better to report it and they can decide if it breaks forum rules, they will remove it. The spam option is for spam bots, and the abuse option is for blatant abuse, such as pornography.

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