Ideal weight calc

Merkavar

hey

Anyone got a link to a calculator for ideal healthy weight? All the ones I can find take into account your height but then have a disclaimer saying your race, sex, skeleton, political leaning can affect your healthy weight and then give a range of about 20kg.

Any one got a calculator that does more than your height?

Thanks

yarwell

some stuff at http://www.changingshape.com/calculators/ideal-body-weight/

Sued0nim

There is no ideal weight though

There's a healthy range where statistically on population levels there are fewer health risks but there is simply no "you Sir, should weigh this much"

I weigh heavy for my perceived size based on the ideal weight range I'm a 25 BMI...but I'm happy in my body

Look to the mirror for your ideal, use the scale for progress monitoring...but absolutes of you should be this specific weight are societal inventions IMO

Merkavar

rabbitjb wrote: »

There is no ideal weight though

There's a healthy range where statistically on population levels there are fewer health risks but there is simply no "you Sir, should weigh this much"

I weigh heavy for my perceived size based on the ideal weight range I'm a 25 BMI...but I'm happy in my body

Look to the mirror for your ideal, use the scale for progress monitoring...but absolutes of you should be this specific weight are societal inventions IMO

yeah I'm not after a you should weigh 82kg etc calc, that would be impossible. just something more personalised or precise. something more exact than you should weigh in this 15 or 20kg weight range.

Something that takes into account more factors than just your height.

Liftng4Lis

rabbitjb wrote: »

There is no ideal weight though

There's a healthy range where statistically on population levels there are fewer health risks but there is simply no "you Sir, should weigh this much"

I weigh heavy for my perceived size based on the ideal weight range I'm a 25 BMI...but I'm happy in my body

Look to the mirror for your ideal, use the scale for progress monitoring...but absolutes of you should be this specific weight are societal inventions IMO

+1

lizek316

You have to take those with a grain of salt. It can't just be based on height and frame. You have to take age and muscle mass into account. Also, you should be aiming for a weight that falls within a 20 lb range. Not just ONE weight. ie: I am a 36 yo female who is roughly 64" tall with a frame that is between small and medium. That calculator said my ideal weight is 115. When it should actually be between 120-140. Therefore, my goal weight in my mind is 130 taking muscle I should/want to gain into account.

teeheeileen

Ok, so how do you know if you have a small, medium or large frame?

MoiAussi93

I haven't seen anything like that, and I wish there was something better. I am female and 5'9 1/2". A "healthy" weight range according to BMI is 126-171. That is a 45 pound range which is absolutely ridiculous!!! There is no way I would be healthy at all of those weights. I am 177 now...and I know very well that even when I lose 6 more pounds I will still be overweight even though BMI says I'm not...my still too large waist tells me that.

My approach is to go by body frame and what I see in the mirror. I have relatively broad shoulders for a woman and large breasts. Based on wrist size (who knows how accurate that is!) I am a medium frame. There is no way I could ever be 127 unless I am dying of some terrible illness. Other women my height with finer bone structures can look elegant at that weight...I would look gaunt and skeletal. However, at 171 I will still be fat. I am not more muscular than average so too much of that 171 would be fat.

My best guess (and this is just a guess at this point) is I SHOULD weigh somewhere between 140 and 160...I will know it when I see it. If all the extra abdominal fat is gone, then I will consider my weight truly healthy. There is probably about a ten pound range that is truly healthy for me. Maybe 15. Within that I will pick based on aesthetics. I think that's the best we can do. Give yourself an honest assessment and try to figure out what is right for your body type.

goingforahundred

I copied the info below from medline plus. It tells you how to figure out your frame size.

Body frame size is determined by a person's wrist circumference in relation to his height. For example, a man whose height is over 5' 5" and wrist is 6" would fall into the small-boned category.

Determining frame size: To determine the body frame size, measure the wrist with a tape measure and use the following chart to determine whether the person is small, medium, or large boned.

Women:

Height under 5'2"
Small = wrist size less than 5.5"
Medium = wrist size 5.5" to 5.75"
Large = wrist size over 5.75"

Height 5'2" to 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6"
Medium = wrist size 6" to 6.25"
Large = wrist size over 6.25"

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6.25"
Medium = wrist size 6.25" to 6.5"
Large = wrist size over 6.5"

Men:

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size 5.5" to 6.5"
Medium = wrist size 6.5" to 7.5"
Large = wrist size over 7.5"

MoiAussi93

goingforahundred wrote: »

I copied the info below from medline plus. It tells you how to figure out your frame size.

Body frame size is determined by a person's wrist circumference in relation to his height. For example, a man whose height is over 5' 5" and wrist is 6" would fall into the small-boned category.

Determining frame size: To determine the body frame size, measure the wrist with a tape measure and use the following chart to determine whether the person is small, medium, or large boned.

Women:

Height under 5'2"
Small = wrist size less than 5.5"
Medium = wrist size 5.5" to 5.75"
Large = wrist size over 5.75"

Height 5'2" to 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6"
Medium = wrist size 6" to 6.25"
Large = wrist size over 6.25"

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6.25"
Medium = wrist size 6.25" to 6.5"
Large = wrist size over 6.5"

Men:

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size 5.5" to 6.5"
Medium = wrist size 6.5" to 7.5"
Large = wrist size over 7.5"

That method may not be accurate for people who are significantly overweight. For example, my wrist now is 3/4 of an inch smaller than it was when I was heavier. Based on wrist measurement, I would have thought I had a large frame. At my lower weight it tells me I am medium frame. So just be aware. I never thought my wrists looked fat, but apparently there was a layer of fat there big enough to make a difference!

VeryKatie

goingforahundred wrote: »

I copied the info below from medline plus. It tells you how to figure out your frame size.

Body frame size is determined by a person's wrist circumference in relation to his height. For example, a man whose height is over 5' 5" and wrist is 6" would fall into the small-boned category.

Determining frame size: To determine the body frame size, measure the wrist with a tape measure and use the following chart to determine whether the person is small, medium, or large boned.

Women:

Height under 5'2"
Small = wrist size less than 5.5"
Medium = wrist size 5.5" to 5.75"
Large = wrist size over 5.75"

Height 5'2" to 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6"
Medium = wrist size 6" to 6.25"
Large = wrist size over 6.25"

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size less than 6.25"
Medium = wrist size 6.25" to 6.5"
Large = wrist size over 6.5"

Men:

Height over 5' 5"
Small = wrist size 5.5" to 6.5"
Medium = wrist size 6.5" to 7.5"
Large = wrist size over 7.5"

So a 5' 6" woman and a 6' 0" woman are comparable? That doesn't even make sense. And I know several women of the 6'ish height... Where is this data from?

Merkavar

According to that medline information and my rough measurement of my wrist it appears I have a large skeleton.

See that's what I was after. A calc that take into account height and skeleton etc