Frame Size and Healthy Weight

Losingitin2011

I found this extremely interesting. Turns out that for my frame size (large) a healthy weight for me is right around 160 for 5'7"

http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/ideal-body-weight-3146-143.html

The BMI would say I'm still overweight, or close to. I am inclined to lean more towards this, since me at 120 is scary thin. What about you?

TS65

Ideal weight range is 126 - 138.6 lbs. (57.3 - 63 kg.) - I'm 5'5 and my fingers overlap around my wrist. IYep, it sounds about right for me.

LolasEpicJourney

I am 5'7 with a huge body frame.
Ideally I would like to be 155lbs - which on me is VERY thin.
I find it rediculous that is still on the edge of being overweight - I dont even know that 155 is achievable and maintainable for me. I have a bigger bone structure than my husband who is 6'4.

Losingitin2011

Yea, the BMI wants me around 140 ideally, 160 is "overweight". But my fingers don't even touch. There's almost a quarter inch gap. LOL Thanks Mom and Dad for the genetics! They're making weight loss SO much FUN!! :laugh:

Losingitin2011

I am 5'7 with a huge body frame.
Ideally I would like to be 155lbs - which on me is VERY thin.
I find it rediculous that is still on the edge of being overweight - I dont even know that 155 is achievable and maintainable for me. I have a bigger bone structure than my husband who is 6'4.

I think I'm actually going to go more by what this site says than the BMI. I have zero desire to be able to count my ribs and vertebra. My husband is tiny frame wise compared to me!

rskidmore

My said that my ideal weight range was between 136 - 149.6 lbs. (61.8 - 68 kg.) which sounds right to me as I I have a medium build. My goal is somewhere around the 135-140 mark.

remaho80

Interesting. Your ideal weight range-- 114 - 125.4 lbs - sounds right to me. That's exactly within my goal. I'm nearly 5'3" and my fingers overlap (small frame).

Losingitin2011

It is sounding more and more like the BMI chart is more designed off of the weight ranges for small framed people. Very interesting.

AllyS7

I didn't realize that I'm a small frame. (my finger's overlap) I've always thought I was 'big boned', when my parents would call me stocky and built like a linebacker....

Shoot, I'm still marginally overweight by this calculator by 4.2 lbs. My ideal weight is 108-118. Haha! My original goal was 125lbs, well I wasn't sure where to go after I got to 125, so I guess I'll shoot for around 118 and then see from there.

brndygrl98

Mine told me medium frame and 136 to 149. I was really aiming for 150, but I guess I can go 1 more pound down, lol. There's a reason I don't like BMI numbers, they don't take genetics and frame into account! At least this site does address frame size.

theresa7576

"ideal" is different for everyone... but I feel best when i'm very lean. My back and joints don't hurt, I sleep better..I have more energy. My "ideal" puts me at a 19-20 BMI roughly.....however I have a very thin frame. As soon as I start approaching 22 BMI I feel horrible...I can't explain it but maybe I make poor choices in my diet at that weight range. Find your ideal and don't worry about other people...age, height frame all play a MAJOR role in each person's ideal. and FWIW..I checked out that calculator...at the lowest range that it provided me...156; I was 162 when I delivered my daughter...! so I think that thing is off. just my opinion though.

NAMsMommy

This says I should be between 112 - 123.2. (57ish lb loss to go) OUCH! That is a LONG way to go still.
Even if I was a "large frame" it would be 122 - 134.2 (45ish lb loss to go) Makes it kinda discouraging to see it that way

SoCalSwimmerDude

I've always had really wide shoulders, long arms, etc for a guy... and always known that I'm going to be a bit heavier than "normal" because of this. The nice thing is that my wide shoulders have always hidden my luv handles a little more.

Losingitin2011

This says I should be between 112 - 123.2. (57ish lb loss to go) OUCH! That is a LONG way to go still.
Even if I was a "large frame" it would be 122 - 134.2 (45ish lb loss to go) Makes it kinda discouraging to see it that way

Don't stress it! Just think, if you only lose 1 lb a week, and don't really exercise, you'd still be at your ideal in less than a year! And while a year sounds like a long time, it really isn't. Hang in there and stay positive! :-)

HaleyAlli

Okay, this website tells me my ideal weight is 129.8 lbs. (at the highest)... But then it says I have 117.6 lbs. of lean mass on the body fat calculator... If I lost down to what they want me to, I would be 9% body fat or less according to them, which is DANGEROUSLY low... Not too sure how accurate this is :laugh:

Fernandomike

I think BMI is a lousy way to access a healthy weight for individuals.

crystalslight

I did this, being small framed and 5'9 ideal would be 150- 165. When I lost weight after my 4th. I got to 138 and still could have lost a few pounds. I felt GREAT. I wasn't too skinny.
In my profile pic. I was 150.
At least it makes the ideal weight seem more easily attainable.

ali06013

I didn't realize that I'm a small frame. (my finger's overlap) I've always thought I was 'big boned', when my parents would call me stocky and built like a linebacker....

Shoot, I'm still marginally overweight by this calculator by 4.2 lbs. My ideal weight is 108-118. Haha! My original goal was 125lbs, well I wasn't sure where to go after I got to 125, so I guess I'll shoot for around 118 and then see from there.

The BMI thing and weight to height math confuses me so much...

I weigh 127 right now and I used to weigh 105... Right now, naked, I look like I carry a noticeable amount of extra fat on my hips, thighs, butt... I am 5'3 and I feel like you look skinnier than me at 122.6 pounds than I ever did at 105, and you are even a hair shorter than me... GOOD FOR YOU! ...BUT...what the hell am I doing wrong? lol

I always thought I had a small frame, but maybe I have a medium frame or something? I guess muscle tone has A LOT to do with the physical appearance of being 'skinny.'

Losingitin2011

I think BMI is a lousy way to access a healthy weight for individuals.

I agree completely, but it's what the government has decided is the most profitable ;-)

I'm saying screw the BMI, I'm going with a frame system. It is what they used to use before the BMI came into being.

My doc will just be happy to see me under 200! :-)

MzBug

Gee, if I grab my right wrist with my left hand I come up as small frame....if I grab my left wrist with my right hand I come up as a large frame. Guess I go for the medium!

BlazedBetty

It is sounding more and more like the BMI chart is more designed off of the weight ranges for small framed people. Very interesting.

I think the BMI chart is POS...
According to your site I am in the higher end of an acceptable weight... but the BMI chart still tells me I am overweight
According to the site you just gave us my Ideal weight range is 178 - 195.8 lbs. (80.9 - 89 kg.).
According to the BMI chart at my dr's office... I have to reach 174 before I reach "normal" and that is still the high end.. the I just barely made it out of "overweight" section of the chart

Looking at my body at 188lbs... I like the way I look... I don't think I look overweight anymore, and I'm happy

But I hate quitting before I've reached a goal so I don't really know what to do.... part of me wants to reach a healthy BMI... the other part of me wants to beat up whoever made the daym BMI chart

(oh, and I'm 6ft tall and "medium" framed... although until I did the finger thing I would've guessed I was "large" framed)

Shizzman

As long as I have a small frame (which it looks like I probably do)...I am at weight, but if I am a medium frame I'd be underweight.

Losingitin2011

It is sounding more and more like the BMI chart is more designed off of the weight ranges for small framed people. Very interesting.

I think the BMI chart is POS...
According to your site I am in the higher end of an acceptable weight... but the BMI chart still tells me I am overweight
According to the site you just gave us my Ideal weight range is 178 - 195.8 lbs. (80.9 - 89 kg.).
According to the BMI chart at my dr's office... I have to reach 174 before I reach "normal" and that is still the high end.. the I just barely made it out of "overweight" section of the chart

Looking at my body at 188lbs... I like the way I look... I don't think I look overweight anymore, and I'm happy

But I hate quitting before I've reached a goal so I don't really know what to do.... part of me wants to reach a healthy BMI... the other part of me wants to beat up whoever made the daym BMI chart

(oh, and I'm 6ft tall and "medium" framed... although until I did the finger thing I would've guessed I was "large" framed)

I'd say see how you look at 180. Even have the doc measure your actual body fat % and go from there. Great work on dropping the weight though!

jeffrodgers1

Very Nice! For my Height, Weight and Build (Large) it says I am only 22.4 pounds overweight.

This is about 10 pounds more than I thought... It says 200, I figured 210.

That's encouraging... BMI wanted me to amputate a limb to reach my "ideal weight".. I think not!

Losingitin2011

It was really encouraging for me also. I mean, for BMI purposes I was supposed to get into the 140 range. With this, 160 would be acceptable. When I was 160 I was around a size 8 and still had some curves to me. Any less and I look kinda like a teenage boy... not sexy.

cecrossley

This is very interesting, and I like the theory behind it, because I, too, don't believe BMI tells you if you are healthy or fit. I do, however, think there needs to be more than one type of measurement involved.

First, I am 5'9" and I have broad shoulders and athletic hips and legs. I have been VERY fit at times, with a very low body fat, but I have NEVER been small framed. Yet, according to this, because my fingers overlap, I suddenly am? I also have such long fingers, that I can palm a girls basketball... so, I don't think that is an accurate measurement.

Secondly, it says that for a SMALL frame at my size, I am only 6 lbs away from the MINIMUM weight for my height. That would be TOTALLY AWESOME....buuut, I know that my love handles disagree. I know, that I have at LEAST 15 lbs, and more like 20 to be at my ideal, *muscular* weight.

This is me at 140 ( +/- ) I have NEVER been considered SMALL. I personally think body fat is the best way to really judge.

Losingitin2011

Oh, I know everyone is different. I've known I was large framed basically my whole life because I've always been HUGE compared to my sister, my 120 was bigger than her 120 and such. I just like that there are other options that I can use to gauge where I can aim for and go from there. When I get into the 160 range I'll go in to the doc and have him test my body fat and go from there.

futiledevices

112-123 would be ideal for me according to this site. Good to know, since that's right around what I was shooting for.

cecrossley

Oh, I know everyone is different. I've known I was large framed basically my whole life because I've always been HUGE compared to my sister, my 120 was bigger than her 120 and such. I just like that there are other options that I can use to gauge where I can aim for and go from there. When I get into the 160 range I'll go in to the doc and have him test my body fat and go from there.

I think this is really the best you can do... everyone also FEELS their healthiest differently. You can still be in rockstar athletic shape with above ideal body fat too. (football players, SHAQ, you can even be a marathoner and not be "skinny.") Or the prior poster who knows she feels best at the low end of the spectrum... You will find your personal perfect range soon enough!

jessgallison

I am a little bit confused about this. If you are overweight your wrists are going to be larger than they would be if you were a healthy weight. So...wouldnt that make a lot of people who are overweight think they have a larger bone frame then they really do?

Also, I'm a bit confused about what I would be. How much are your fingers supposed to overlap to be a small frame? My fingers do overlap, my thump only goes a a bit past my other fingernails. Does that mean i'm small framed or medium still?

abyt42

This Frame Size measurement returns an "underweight" response for me....but I'm definitely not. Perhaps I need to make what I have more muscular or at least more dense?

I'm in the midrange for "healthy" with the BMI tools....so I'm going with that (as a medium framed person.)