ideal weight

[scorpiogirl112184]

okay ladies what is you're ideal weight and how more do you have to lose or gain to reach it, I'm 5'7 and about 135 i would like to gain about 5 more pounds

[Iansan]

I'm 5'8" and am about 150. I would like to weigh between 140-145lbs.

[Puddles]

I'm 5'7 and about 135

I'm 5'7"...and you're at my ideal weight. I have tons to lose. 50 to be exact.

[chocolate01]

I'm 5'7" and my ideal weight is 150. I am 165 right now so I have about 15 to lose. I just started my personal challenge to lose these last 15 by my birthday (Aug 4) so I have about 4 months to it, I think I got this.

[ms.sweetevie]

I'm 5'4 and 1/2 and would like to weigh 155. I'm just thick by nature. :yep:

[Ipanema]

My ideal weight is between 101-132lbs (according to those weight charts). I’d like to be in the middle of that--125lbs--just to have a little buffer zone, like when the holiday season rolls around again.

[locabouthair]

I'm around 5'7 5'8 and I weight about 170 . I don't where it came from because before I was 155. I just want to lose my stomach. After I lose the tummy I should be about 160 165.

[scorpiogirl112184]

I'm just thick by nature. :yep:

I wish i was it's sooo hard for me to put on weight and muscle,

[carrie]

LOL according to any weight chart, I am damn near obese. 5'4" 148 right now. I'd like to be a tad bit lighter about 142-145.

[val1212]

I'm 5'9 and weigh 206. I would like to lose 40lbs.

[webby]

I'm about 5'7, currently about 142 and would like to go back down to at least 120 (My old weight was 110).

[bluediamond0829]

lets see im 5'2 and like between 151 to 155 pounds(i havenot updated my ticker so disregard that reading for 147.5)...my ideal weight would be 130 to 135 pounds...

[Ms Red]

I am 5'7" and 190. I want to get to 160 first, 150 eventually. So I want to lose about 35 lbs.

[Lisa23]

I'm 5'7" 131.5 I want to get back to 120

[angaliquew]

I'm 5'4, my current weight is between 128-130...I would like to be 135-140.

[kristina]

I'm 5'5, my ideal weight is 115. I guess I'm about 125 at the moment.

[PinkLily]

I'm 5'2" and currently about 125 or so. Ideally, I would like to get back down to about 115 or 117, but I'm more interested in being toned and losing inches, so I don't care so much what I weigh since muscle is heavy. 117 is my best guestimate of what I would weigh once I reach my goal :grin:

[NYKittin]

I'm 5'2 and I weigh 130 and the goal is between 100 and 105. My lowest weight was 113 and I still had wide hips and big legs so hopefully at 105, that will go away.

[Lucia]

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Body Mass Index Information
You can download Body Mass Index Calculator (it has more features) or use our Online BMI Calculator

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The body mass index (BMI) is a calculated number used to determine healthy weight ranges for humans. It was developed by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet in the course of working out his system of 'social physics', between 1830 and 1850 (and is therefore also known as the Quetelet Index). It has been used to define the medical standard for obesity measurement in several countries since the early 1980s, and is the main measure employed in World Health Organization obesity statistics. It is equal to the weight in kilograms, divided by the square of the height in metres:

BMI= weight (kilograms)/
height x height (metres)

weight in kilograms=weight in pounds/2.2


(In U.S. customary units, it is 703.07 times the weight in pounds, divided by the square of the height in inches.)

The exact index values used to determine weight categories vary from authority to authority, but in general a BMI less than 18.5 is underweight and may indicate malnutrition, an eating disorder, or other health problem, while a BMI greater than 25 is overweight and above 30 is considered obese. These range boundaries apply to adults over 20 years of age.

Since BMI does not take into account a person's body fat percentage, it is possible to have an above average body weight and BMI, but not be obese. A bodybuilder, for example, can have a BMI above 30 because of a high percentage of muscle mass. If they also had a low percentage of body fat, they would not need to lose weight to be healthy.

The U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 1994 indicates that 59% of American men and 49% of women have BMIs over 25. Extreme obesity — a BMI of 40 or more — was found in 2% of the men and 4% of the women.

Body mass index calculations are not just for adults though, and they can be used to identify the growing number of overweight children. BMI for kids aged 2 to 20 years is calculated just like it is for adults, but it is interpreted differently. Instead of set cutoff numbers for being underweight and overweight, like for adults, it is their BMI percentile that is important.

For children, a BMI that is less than the 5th percentile is considered underweight and above the 95th percentile is overweight. And children with a BMI between the 85th and 95th percentile are considered to be at risk of becoming overweight.


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Recommended BMI Thresholds
Underweight - 20
Ideal - 20-24.9
Overweight - 25-29.9
Obese - 30 or more
Extremely obese - 40 or more


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Note: These recommended distinctions along the linear scale may vary from time to time and country to country, making global, longitudinal surveys problematic. In 1998, the US NIH brought US definitions into line with WHO guidelines, lowering the normal/overweight cut-off from BMI 27 to BMI 25. This had the effect of redefining approximately 30 million Americans, previously 'technically healthy' to 'technically overweight'. The WHO uses the term 'pre-obese' where the USA uses 'overweight'. It also recommends lowering the normal/overweight threshold for South East Asian body types to around BMI 23, and expects further revisions to emerge from clinical studies of different body types.

[phynestone]

I'm around 5'7 5'8 and I weight about 170 . I don't where it came from because before I was 155. I just want to lose my stomach. After I lose the tummy I should be about 160 165.

We weigh about the same. I'm trying to get down to 145 by the end of the summer. If I do, that would be grrreat.