A quick way to figure out your ideal weight!

And how do you know your lean body mass?

My question exactly.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/79136-lean-muscle-body-mass/

or

http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Lean-Body-Mass

IDK how accurate those are. But try it.

The Livestrong formula gives me 132.2.

The calculator gives me 107.

My goal weight is 135. It's 10 lbs. more than I weighed in high school and 5 lbs. lighter than maximum weight for my height for USAF enlistment.

Well I used a lean body mass calculator (Google)...and it said my lean body mass was 95lbs 95 x 1.2 is 114lbs....I've been 114 before, and it did not look good (sickly) I'm 5'4"...So unless there is some other way to calculate your lean body mass....This doesn't work for me..

Your math is a little off. If you're 180 lbs and 150 lbs muscle, your bodyfat is 17%. Instead of multiplying by 1 + desired bodyfat, you need to divide by 1 - desired bodyfat. In this case, 150 / (1 - 20%) = 188 lbs.

And you need to know your percent body fat...I don't know about you, but I don't keep a set of those calipers around!

The calculations cited above that don't require a %body fat calculation are using the BMI in the background. I know I'm not the first to say that the BMI is complete bollox. I'm at 215, and thinking that I need to stop here before I start looking sickly, but the BMI says I need to lose a minimum of 30 more lbs.

In short, based on my research, this calculation cannot be done without either 1) knowing your % body fat or 2) relying on the BMI.

Ya this definitely doesn't work for me. According to this system I should weigh 115lbs. Not happening lol.

Well I used a lean body mass calculator (Google)...and it said my lean body mass was 95lbs 95 x 1.2 is 114lbs....I've been 114 before, and it did not look good (sickly) I'm 5'4"...So unless there is some other way to calculate your lean body mass....This doesn't work for me..

If you were to eat more and do consistent weight bearing exercises (read: lift weight) you can increase your
lean body mass.

5lbs of muscle, your lean body mass is now 100lbs, you want to have 25% body fat.
100 / (1-25%) = 134 lbs. I think if you gain five pounds of solid muscle and lean down
to 25% body fat you would not in any way look sickly at 134 lbs. It would probably
be the most awesome you could look with the body g-d gave you to work with.

Of course if you don't do weight-bearing exercise and get to 134 lbs. You will weight
the same but your appearance will be different (some call it skinny/fat)

mfpchris

P.S. Gaining five pounds of muscle is not easy. It is a lot, a whole lot, of work.

According to your measurements - weight of 139 pounds and height of 5' 3", your lean body mass is estimated to be 98.03 . Since the ideal body fat percentage for women is 22%, your ideal lean body weight is 90.03 pounds. Remember these are guidelines; your physician should help you determine the ideal weight and body fat for you.

Decode for me? How do I find my ideal weight based off of that? (Unless 98.03 is the ideal weight, which is NOT right.)

Edit: Duh, have to use your formula : ) 119.6, which is quite close to my goal of 120lbs!

This link will calculate your lean body mass and tell you what your ideal lean weight should be...
www.healthstatus.com/calculate/lean-body-mass

"According to your measurements - weight of 182 pounds and height of 5' 2", your lean body mass is estimated to be 105.00 . Since the ideal body fat percentage for women is 22%, your ideal lean body weight is 86.07 pounds. Remember these are guidelines; your physician should help you determine the ideal weight and body fat for you."

That says my ideal body weight is 86.07 lbs. I do NOT trust that calculator. lol

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Yeah, I did that one too. It said I should weigh 101 at 5'6"..:laugh: I have a sister that is 4 inches shorter than me that weighs that & people tell HER to gain- I could only imagine me at the weight

It told me 90 pounds is ideal. Heeellll no. That would VERY unhealthy.

Thanks for this! Super interesting!! Ideally I think I'd like to be somewhere between my ideal weight and lean body mass

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/body-fat-formula.php

Here is a formula to use to figure lean body mass, then you can use that to figure ideal body weight. The hand calculations seem to be fairly accurate for men, not sure on the female side of this website.

Some people posting here think lean body mass is the suggested ideal weight, but it's not! You have to add the desired body fat percent to that to get the ideal weight. I got 112 from the OP formula and 110 from the website mentioned above. It's pretty close to my own idea of my ideal weight I'm currently 25% body fat and would like to be around 20%.

I'm one of the people who read my results wrong. Makes more sense now.

This link will calculate your lean body mass and tell you what your ideal lean weight should be...
www.healthstatus.com/calculate/lean-body-mass

"According to your measurements - weight of 182 pounds and height of 5' 2", your lean body mass is estimated to be 105.00 . Since the ideal body fat percentage for women is 22%, your ideal lean body weight is 86.07 pounds. Remember these are guidelines; your physician should help you determine the ideal weight and body fat for you."

That says my ideal body weight is 86.07 lbs. I do NOT trust that calculator. lol


Yea. Mine said 101.8 NO WAY!!!
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Yeah that site said I should be 112 pounds and I am 5’9". No thank you. (ETA: I realize the site is not calculating the final step correctly - ie, it basically says your lean body weight should be your final weight. The calculator is still crazy wrong for people who don't know the formula though!!!)

So... OP, maybe lean body mass is the way to go. But it doesn't really seem like it's easy to calculate at home. Even the livestrong site doesn't seem entirely correct...closer, but not correct.

Personally, I think using body fat percentage is a good way to go, if you have access to the tools. Otherwise, I like searching the threads here for posts where people post their goal weights for your gender/height. (ie, I found a post with all 5’9" women saying their individual goal weights.) It can definitely help figure out what is a healthy range for you to aim for, and give an idea about good final weights for different frame sizes, etc.

This link will calculate your lean body mass and tell you what your ideal lean weight should be...
www.healthstatus.com/calculate/lean-body-mass

Yeah, this link told me I need to lose 20 pounds of LEAN BODY MASS. What? Totally not an accurate site.