Ideal body weight?

nicolettepretorius

What is considered healthy for 19 year old females? I have been progressively losing weight, but I am getting to the point where I am almost at my goal and am debating if I should create another goal to lose more or just focus on maintaining or building muscle.

nicolettepretorius

MeganAM89 wrote: »

how tall are you?

About 165cm

nicolettepretorius

MeganAM89 wrote: »

I just quickly googled and a healthy weight for someone your height and age is in between 116-145 pounds.

Thanks!

NorthCascades

nicolettepretorius wrote: »

What is considered healthy for 19 year old females? I have been progressively losing weight, but I am getting to the point where I am almost at my goal and am debating if I should create another goal to lose more or just focus on maintaining or building muscle.

Congratulations for being about to hit your goal! That's awesome! Must have taken a lot of hard work and restraint.

Focus on maintaining and building muscle. That's healthy for everyone. And you'll probably appreciate a change of pace after achieving your weight loss goal.

CSARdiver

nicolettepretorius wrote: »

What is considered healthy for 19 year old females? I have been progressively losing weight, but I am getting to the point where I am almost at my goal and am debating if I should create another goal to lose more or just focus on maintaining or building muscle.

Congrats on achieving your goals!

Is you next goal based on athletic performance or more aesthetics?

Take a look at progressive resistance training. So many people are concerned with weight that they neglect the muscle building aspect and the incredible long term effect this has.

__TMac__

If you want to narrow that weight range a little more, think about your frame size. Google "measure frame size women". For example, my wrist measurement tells me that I have a large frame, so I aim for the middle to top of the healthy BMI range for my height. That gives me a 20 lb range, and then I can see what feels best once I get there.

federicafezza4271

I am approximately the same height (maybe 170 cm) and i'm 24, I was at my lowest weight at 17 yo, 54 kgs (119 lbs), looking at pictures from then I'd describe as thin. so it was "ideal" for my appearance. But i had no muscle at all, also I remember having frequent headaches and low energy levels so I wouldn't say that I was ideal for my health.

I once saw a definition of ideal weight that was something like this:
it's the weight that you can mantain with a lifestyle that makes you healthy and happy.
If keeping a certain weight requires a "normal" effort, that can be an ideal weight but if it requires excessive sacrifices it probably is not ideal for your life. of course it depends on personal priorities and other factors I guess!

that's why I think it's not possible to define an ideal weight that is the same for everyone!

What is your current weight? if you want to tell, of course

CipherZero

It depends(tm). I'm not a fan of "people of H height should weight between W(min) and W(max)" - I'm a much bigger fan of "should be between bodyfat B(mix) and B(max)" instead. Overall weight is a terrible predictor of health.