Weight calculator that takes into account your frame

I think that calculators that take your frame into consideration are the most useful, since I find that most of the calculators and such that calculate a "healthy" weight for me aren't accurate since I have a small frame, but I'm tall so the healthy weights that are calculated for me are way too high for me and I would look huge if I weighed that much. My highest weight was around 135 lbs, and I'm 5'8" so typically that would be a low weight for someone of my height, but that's nearly in the overweight range for me because of my small frame!

Just done mine and I'm a 5 10 large frame so my ideal weight is 152-173. I'm now 183.

I go by the true and tested skin fold measurement. Measure your body fat.

The thing to remember is muscle does weigh more than fat and its harder to put on muscle than fat!

Bump!!!

I will be getting my measuring tape out later.

Thanks for the post.

Thank you I love this site so many helpful tools and articles

I don't think this calculator works for me. It says I have a large frame, and that my ideal weight is 131 - 147. Although I felt happy enough at those weights (and would like to be that size again!), I spent most of my life at around 120, with a 23" waist. I don't think I have a large frame.

Thanks. I've used there calculator and looked at their body typing before. As usual it confirms what I try to deny, that I do indeed have a large frame. I still have 12 pounds to go to get to the top of my healthy range, so I'm not even going to start worrying about where to stop just yet.

I'm 5ft 1, large frame and weigh 139.6lbs. The calculator says I should be between 125 + 140. This seems about right for me. I'm going for 133lbs (9 and a half stone), then down to 129, so I can fluctuate between the two! I've been just under125lbs before...I looked ill!

Sorry - but this is no better than the BMI as it does not take into account LBM.

Doesn't work for manly sized men. Lame.

I found this quite interesting.
Almost like a modified BMI
You measure your "Frame" from places on your body where the bones stick out (wrist bones or elbow bones) - not sure if they stick out for everybody
and then add your height and it says a 10kg range that is "ideal"
obviously doesnt take into account composition (much like a bmi)
http://www.superskinnyme.com/ideal_weight_calculator.html


I'm 5'8 and people always say i dont look as heavy as I am, and my bones stick out and I wonder if it's coz I have a "large" frame.
The BMI says 55-75kg for my height is ideal. But at 55kg I looked unhealthily thin (in my opinion)
The calculator says I should be 66kg-76kg

I like a calculator that gives you a weight range and then once you get there you can decide what is best for you. Once you get within range and decide what you like you will fluctuate anyway. It's not like you get to a specific weight and stay there. You have to manage it just like when you are losing and I have found all the tools and skills you learn along the way in your weight loss journey come into play when you reach your goal. In fact it is trickier because you are walking a finer line with calories, you can't eat too much and you can't eat too little. What is cool is that once you are in range you can go up or down in body fat while sculpting your body with workouts (lifting weights will have the most effect, cardio is good for you but does not change your shape much, I like both cardio and weights) until you find what you like best for yourself. Mainly don't limit yourself. You can have whatever you want.

The tool I use says this is the range for you: 5’8” 127 – 160 Lbs. That's a pretty big range.

I just got this in email yesterday and I found it quite useful: http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/womens-body-ideal-measurements/

Best of luck to you! -Bobbie

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I've just done this measurement, and having lost (to my mind) too much weight after my dad died very suddenly a couple of years ago, I was still never under 10 stone, and I had people telling me I looked poorly I was so thin. To have a healthy BMI for my height I need to be under 10 stone. This calculator confirmed my large frame (seems odd for someone of 5'4" but I swear my shoulders would be good for rugby/football) and reckons the upper limit of ideal weight to be around 10.5 stone.

I have a large frame at 5'2" (5 1 3/4) My dad's shirts (he was 5'9" and in the thin to medium build range, never overweight a day in his life) were always too snug in the shoulders. I won't go smaller than a man's large just because of my shoulders. My ideal according to this would be 123-143. I do find around 143-150 I look and feel great. I'm 189 right now.

I know this has already been said, but I agree 100%. I am not a fan! This does not account for LBM!

If you are fat and you measure your fat wrist and your fat elbow of course it will tell you that you have a large frame. The average adult skeleton weighs 20 lbs and differences are based more on height difference than whether you have a large or small frame. It's another illusion used by dieters to tell themselves that they weigh more because they have a large frame.

http://www.likecool.com/Body_Scans_of_two_Women_250lb_vs_120lb--Pic--Gear.html These body scans of 2 women show how little skeletal difference there is but if the one on the left measured her wrist I bet she comes up with having a large frame! Aside from that it's pretty enlightening to see how much fat is stored around the organs.