Review and Suggestions?

DanaDark
DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
Hello Everyone,

This is my first thread on here, as I just started this site yesterday. I am quite excited as it meets so many different habits I have and need to maintain a healthier life style. I have a desk job and am always within seconds of the internet, so I can be here a lot. I used to keep track myself via simple text files and such, but that was easy to forget and lose and not have access to etc. Here, I can log in anywhere and even chat and see others and have friends etc. It will be a HUGE motivational help.

Anyway, I been reading a lot here and am not 100% sure that my current plan is fully proper for my goals.

Me currently
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Weight: 139.8 lbs (63.4 kg)
Height: 5'3.75" (161.925 cm)
BMI: 24.2 (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/tools/bmi-calculator)
Body Fat Percentage: 20.4% (http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/)
Body Fat: 28.5 lbs (12.9 kg) (http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/)
TDEE: 2135 (http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html)

Via a formula found here: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=160054937436250
77 calories per kg of body fat is 77 x 12.5 = 962.5 calories of fat possible for me to burn in a single day.
So, 2135 - 962.5 = 1172.5 as the absolutely lowest number of calories I should be eating.

Rounding up, I'd assume I should eat between 1200 and 1500 a day on a non-gym day. At the gym, I do not do cardio, only about 45 minutes of weights 2 to 3 times a week. (I will take a day off if I feel any soreness from the previous work out, my safety is more important than quicker results) I also enjoy 50 minutes walks 5 times a week at a moderate pace.

Still with me? Good. lol. This is all radically different than things I have tried before. I noticed huge errors in things I tried in the past such as low calories with no weight training (thus creating the skinny fat scenario) and also weight lifting during low protein intake. I am actively trying to get about 30% of my calories from protein now, using the food monitor on here to aid me in that.

Finally, the GOAL...

It isn't exactly to lose WEIGHT as it is to lose FAT. If at the end, I weight 145 lbs instead, I will be totally fine with that if the fat has gone down significantly. I would LOVE to be at 10% body fat instead. So, looking at all this information it seems very reasonable and doable to me.

Am I totally blanking on something or missing something? Did I make a huge error I am not catching? Or am I good to go? Any feedback regarding my plan is appreciated, and any extra advice or suggestions would be fabulous as well!

-Dana