Many people ask about whether they have or not the right BMI, but they don't know there is also an alternative.
To know if you have a healthy weight there are 3 formulas:
For females is (height in centimeters minus 45) divided in two.
For males under 170 cm (height in centimeters minus 40) divided in two.
For males 170 and above (height in centimeters minus 35) divided in two.
For example:
My height in cm is 174.
175-45=129 129/2=64.5
64.5 kg would be my ideal weight.
If you are 5 kg above or 5 kg below the ideal weight, don't worry, you're still inside the healthy range.
Continuing with my example, my weight can be between 59.5 kg and 69.5 kg. My current weight is 60 kg, so I'm still inside the range.
What about you, are you in the ideal range?
Yes, I'm in the ideal range
No, I'm outside the ideal range.
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This formula used in nutrition to calculate the amount of calories needed in one day. The results you get with this formula are used in other formulas to calculate what I mentioned.
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I made a mistake, I should have put this on the description first:
The purpose of the formula is to calculate how much you should eat, and not what your weight should be.
The ideal weight is different to the real healthy weight.
Based on the Robinson formula (1983), my ideal weight is 145.5 lbs Based on the Miller formula (1983), my ideal weight is 147.0 lbs Based on the Devine formula (1974), my ideal weight is 151.0 lbs Based on the Hamwi formula (1964), my ideal weight is 148.8 lbs Based on the healthy BMI recommendation, my recommended weight is 124.1 lbs - 184.7 lbs Acc. to your formula I should be 66kg/146lbs
I'm way below all of those but w/e I feel good with the weight I am so 145lbs or more just aren't gonna happen.
I don't believe in this. Healthy is how you feel and what you're eating and your fat percentage. What if you have a large amount of muscle on you? I don't focus on the number on the scale.
I'm 182.5 cm. 77kg So my ideal weight would be about 75kg. I'm 2kg off but still within range. I've been hovering around 75-77kg for the last year or so now but there was a time 4 years ago when my weight dropped down to 63kg when I was doing engineering. Months after months of long night , no exercise , high stress and no time for good food really took a toll on me.
I don't think you should ever determine your ideal weight by a formula or a scale. Everyone's bodies are different and muscle mass plays a role too. Just look in the mirror and see do you like your body or not. It doesn't mean shit what number the scale gives you.
According to my BMI I'm overweight. The problem with BMI is it does not take into account lean muscle mass. For instance, I've been lifting weights for years and am about 15 to 25 pounds (depending on if I want to bigger or leaner) above the healthy range. I'm much healthier and in better shape than other people my height that fall into the healthy range.
Oh yeah I see my doctor regularly. My doc actually used to weight lift so he didn't see anything wrong with my weight. Then one time I couldn't schedule him and when I saw the PA he said that I needed to lose some weight. I was like "yeah sure" and then made sure I never got him as my appointment again. I was wearing a jacket the entire time so he probably thought I was tubby under it when he looked at my charts.
@Octavius Maybe so. BMI is useful for average people who don't really exercise. Really there are much better ways to measure health than through BMI though.
I don't think this scale is quite accurate. I'm 6'1" and 170lbs, which puts me 2kg over the exact ideal weight (I did the conversions automatically, so I don't know my height and weight in metric). That means with the give or take of 5kg, someone 7kg less than me would still be ideal. I'm pretty sure if I lost 7kg, I would die.
I am 188cm, 81kg. By your formula, I should be 76.5. The lowest I have been in the last 15 or more years is 78.5 and that was very much on the slim side. I was exercising like crazy at the time and that was where I ended up.
Yes by both measures 182cm - 35 / 2 147/2 73.5 I average 72 and it doesn't change much. I use to be a skinny but iv bulked up now and iv only counted calories to make sure i ate enough and when younger for a PB of how much i could eat in one day apparently there's also wrist size you can use to account for you frame.
I'm 63.502kg and ideal is 63.86. Never even heard of this formula. I just use BMI calculator from the US National Institute of Health. That says I'm at a healthy weight as well.
According to the BMI chart, I am too heavy for my height. Though I am trying to lose around twenty pounds, I'm not getting down to 130. But hey, maybe I will. You never really know. ;)
I've been underweight for a long time but now I am exactly at ideal weight range :) Some people say that I still need to gain weight but I don't think so.
Lol, I'm supposed to be 136 to 160 lbs, but I weigh about 180 right now. That's almost the exact same as BMI though, cause I know I'm in the "overweight" BMI category.
always been in the ideal range. never had an underweight or overweight stage.
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I'm 13, 5'3 or 5'4 (I can't remember) and I weigh 136-138 pounds (it shifts from time to time). I'm not fat, I'm just really muscle-y. And I have an hourglass figure. Would you say I'm in the ideal weight range?
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