What would you say is the most ideal weight for a 6'2 male?

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Basically, I've always been a heavier lad and have recently started dieting a bit to lose some weight. But now I want to try and find out what would both aesthetically & medically be the most ideal weight for me to aim for.

I cannot provide you with pictures of me unfortunately, thus try to use your imagination and perhaps your experience with friends & family members of my height. Due to my very busy life, and also a genuine lack of interest of going to the gym and get muscles, BMI will be rather applicable for me. Thus assume that body fat and muscle mass is evenly distributed. I will poll the healthy range only of the BMI for obvious reasons.

My body type is average I guess

bmivisualizer, com - this could potentially be helpful for you

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

as many other guys over 6ft will tell you...

you cannot just trust the BMI charts and use that as a guide for healthy or not healthy

that charts says that I am overweight, and it recommends me to change to a healthy lifestyle, lol

and yes, I am 200pounds heavy... but it isn't fat, and it's not unhealthy, I'm just taller and into sports, so that's muscle and I'm athletic with a bit wider frame, so that's just more mass than averages

now, there's other dudes in sports I play with that are not as heavy as me, but they are as tall or taller than me, and many of them are slender, one is very skinny... but I assure you they are very much athletic and healthy as well

the one thing you said though and it seems to imply that you have no time no interest either on working out, so I assume you do not do other activities either, so... that one thing right there is not healthy at all... "and evenly distributed fat" is not healthy either

a lack of activity can lead to a bad diet as well, so it is not about the number really

ElementoP · Accepted Answer

Nevermind all that BMI garbage

I was 145 at 6'0" and according to the "BMI calculator" that was a perfect weight.
But I was malnourished and my eyes were starting to sink in. I was extremely unhealthy because I never ate. My vitals were awful and my doctor told me I need to start eating more.

Now I'm 195 and I feel and look better than ever

Around 200-220 with a relatively low body fat is a good weight for someone your height

PrettyPriya · Accepted Answer

Well, a quick look on my favourite search engine says you should be in the 170 pound range, give or take. That was using an online BMI calculator. You don’t give your weight so I have no clue how this compares. What is more important is a healthy lifestyle.

I see that you say you are busy and don’t have time for the gym. Well, you need to make sure you make time for some sort of physical activity. Even walking (briskly) is good for you. I do yoga. It requires no equipment and can be done anywhere. I do suggest getting a mat but not necessarily required.

Also, eating healthy is another important thing. I don’t eat those fast food items that a lot of people have in their diets. I stick to lien proteins and vegetables for the most part. Occasionally, I will have something that is not the best but I try to limit that.

Alcohol is another thing you want to try to limit. While I do enjoy a glass of wine from time to time, I rarely drink alcohol during the week and when I do have some, I limit it to one glass and that is it.

Paul_in_Indy · Answer

BMI is just the old height/weight chart. It’s a meaningless number.

TroyDT · Answer

BMI is a joke. I'm 6'2 and weigh 203 with a 32" waist and just under 10% body fat. According to BMI I'm overweight.

Jacobbbb · Answer

Anything average or whatever the healthy BMI is. It doesn't really hurt to be on the lower end of that either

Staximus · Answer

That bmi bullshit chart is wrong

Guy13 · Answer

195 to 205

Avicenna · Answer

Id say C

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