Ideal weight range for 60+

I am your height and just a year younger. My doctor told me to stop when I got to 145 lbs. He said in the next decade it is better to have some extra body fat...I was kinda shocked but hey I will take it. Just reached 144. Feels fine on my frame and I don't think it will be too difficult to maintain. Hope that helps. That was right from my doctor's mouth and he is brand new and up on the latest.

Oh @lorrpb I've just tried that calculator and it said I was a little light for my age!

I did like that it took age into account. And I already knew that I am considered a little light.

I am going to have to do a heck of a lot of lifting to gain 5-8 lbs of muscle, I most certainly don't want it as fat. Permanent recomp in my future.


Cheers, h.

that would mean I am done at 147. I'll ask my dr. COOL!

Here's an Ideal Weight Calculator that also takes age into account, and gives calculations based on various formulae.

http://www.calculator.net/ideal-weight-calculator.html

HappyCampr1 wrote: »

I guess it's the word "ideal" that's bothering me when I think about it. It makes me feel that anything other than that particular number is inadequate. At least BMI gives a range for various body types.

My doctor told me I should stop losing weight when I was at 156. She said I'd lost enough and was at a good weight for me. I maintained in the low 150's for over a year before deciding to get to normal BMI, which for my height starts at 148. I'm currently 147 and maintaining there.

Maybe it's because I strength train, I don't know. But, I can't imagine losing another 20 pounds and being happy with myself. Every one of those formulas gave me an "ideal" weight of at least twenty pounds less. The highest (other than BMI) was Miller (1983), which gave me 130.6. The others were 122-123 pounds. 123 pounds puts me at a BMI of less than 21, which may be fine for some people. Not for me.

Last time I had my bodyfat checked, I had 106 pounds of lean mass. In order to get to 123 pounds, I would either need to be 14% bodyfat or lose some muscle. Neither of which I want to do.

i am running into a similar problem. I REALLY like being slender, and would like to maintain at under 130lb for now. But I was 20% bodyfat at 123lb, and am 20% bodyfat at 135lb (after a couple of years of yoga and jogging vs jazzercise - I was aiming to gain some muscle) and am much stronger now, and I am not sure that trying to drop under 20% bodyfat is productive or healthy, and might take some kind of life commitment i am not prepared to maintain. So I have a mental problem with being ten stone at this age, and I am close to that, but still very lean, and feel kind of stuck in a corner.

The way I am managing my anxiety about this is by measuring inches, instead of weighing a lot. My waist is about the same size as when I was 123lb, so this gives me mental ease that the weight gain is not unhealthy, and my legs are bigger but feel very lean, not squishy. I don't actually care if I put fat on my butt but it's not that much bigger in inches, either. Arms more toned, I didn't measure them, but they look like fit lady arms now and are bigger, there is also more muscle in my back, it was bony before; bust measurement increased 1" but I think it's lats not boobs.

I am still well inside BMI guidelines as I was underweight to start (I am tall), but it's the same basic idea - if your doctor says your weight is healthy, and you are active and eating well and not too much, it really seems like your body will be the correct weight for your health.