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.