Ideal weight for male at 5'10

Depends on a lot of factors, but if you just wanted to go by BMI, for a male that is 5'10.. A "healthy" weight is anything within the 145-170 range..

With that said I don't know your %BF, or fitness goals. They have been talking recently of a "skinny fat" epidemic, which is quite interesting/controversial.

Well im currently 177 pounds and was thinking anywhere in between 160-168 would be perfect, have a gut and have gave up drinking so hopefully that disappears soon. I definitely think I could get into that bracket by christmas but was just wondering is that a good weight?

As others have mentioned, a lot of it depends on your bone structure, how much muscle you carry (or want to have), and how lean you want to get. I am also 5'10, and for me, about 175# and 10% bodyfat is my goal. For BMI purposes, the "normal" range is something like 129# to 174#, or something like that at our height, which kind of cracks me up, because any male at the bottom half of that range is going to look awfully scrawny, IMO.

Well I am 5'10 and i weigh 256 currently. According to the ideal weight and frame size calculator, I am 79lbs overweight. However I carry weight well because it evenly distributes over my entire body. My physician says that I would be healthy at 220lbs. That would take me down to a BMI of 29. I know that is not the idea range of 25 but since I haven't been that weight since middle school/ high school, I would be able to move around like a person 195-205. I have large broad shoulders. Besides, women don't want a thin frail man, unless she is into acrobats and runners.