How much should i weigh?

jcalicott

I'm 19 years old, about 5 foot ten and I weigh about 210. The BMI app I have tells me I'm obese.

KetosisTina

Personally I think BMI is a terrible reading. If a guy/girl is muscular with very low bodyfat it will tell them they are obese. But you take a guy who actually is obese and there is a a perfect way to fix his BMI. Chop his leg off. Now he is no longer obese. Yeah it seems silly but it's true.

You should go more by your measurements and your body fat.

It also depends on your frame... if you have a small frame then yeah maybe 150 160 would be the right number.. but a large frame would be closer to 180-210 and then how much muscle mass do you have.

I am not trying to be vague. But I will tell you BMI is just a bad reading. My husband who just lost 85 lbs and is down to 220 lbs at 6'0 and a body fat of about 19% is considered obese by they BMI scale... This is a man who dead lifts 500 lbs... not obese.

KetosisTina

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