What is YOUR ideal body weight?????

[Abby]

Of course, we all have a subjective sense of our goal weight. However, there are some quantitative measures out there as well. The most widely used in the DEVINE formula:

For women: 100 lbs for 5' and 5 lbs for each additional inch.

For men: 110 lbs for 5' and 5 lbs for each additional inch.

This formula was mildly altered later by Robinson and Miller.

How do you calculate YOUR goal????

[annie2012]

With that calculation I would weigh 120. That is to low for me. I am big boned so 135 to 140 is a good weight for me.

[LJB]

I usually use the U.S. Army chart as a guideline for weight. According to them, I am good!

[mamabear6]

That's funny, I'm 5'3" and 115 is my goal. I weighed 112-115 last summer and felt great! Why oh why did I let myself go :P I'll get back there eventually

[grammaB]

That formula would have me at 125#. I also am big boned, really doubt I'd ever get to 125!!. My goal is about 145/150. That is where I feel best. At 167 right now and stalled, but bg #'s are spectacular, home test A1c 2 weeks ago was 5.8%, so I won't complain! Losing weight is the bonus in controlling my diabetes.

[mimivac]

That sounds close to me. By that measure my ideal weight would be 125. A few years ago I was down to 135 and felt pretty good, but thought that I could stand to lose a few more pounds. At my lowest when I was lowcarbing in 2003, I was 110. I looked great, but couldn't really maintain that weight. I'm in the 160's now, which is squarely in the overweight category.

[JaseT]

Using that formula, I should be at 165#, which is close to my preferred 170-175#.

[masonjarjar]

um, yea, I'm supposed to be 140.. now excuse me while I go laugh myself to death.. I'm thinking more like 185 +/- 5 is more realistic for me..

[RobbyC]

that would put me at 115#... Sounds good.

[Amber_Baby]

That puts me at 145 which I'm pretty certain would make me too skinny.

I'm shooting for 160 eventually.

[HappyHappyJoyJoy]

I am planning to be 136 and with that formula, I should be 130. Pretty close.

[steady]

Been there and it is too much! When I was bigger I always thought I was big boned, turns out I have a normal frame.

[mamabear6]

Originally Posted by steady

Been there and it is too much! When I was bigger I always thought I was big boned, turns out I have a normal frame.

I used to think the same thing about myself. Thought my hips were wide and I just had wide shoulders and a c-cup. WELP, once I got down in weight I was a 32A and was wearing a size 1 and 3 in juniors sizes! I discovered I had been wrong for a very long time. I have a more petite frame than I realized.

[muncheechee]

With that calculation I should be 130. I'm pretty sure I'd look like a cancer patient at that weight. I do have a large frame so right now my goal is 150 but since I've never been that low before I'll have to reevaluate once I reach goal. My lowest adult weight was around 170... and I looked great but could have stood to lose another 20# I think.

[juliekaboolie]

Well, with that calculation I would be 130#s. That is super lean for me and I've been that lean before. Not sure I could sustain that, but who knows?! What I would really like to be is about 140-145. That would be a comfortable weight to maintain.

[A'smommy]

With that calculation I would be 120. I used to weigh 117 and felt like that was the perfect weight for me.. struggling to lose these last +/-20 lbs!

[3kidsandasheltie]

with that formula I should weigh 100, I don't know if I will ever get that low. my plan is to get down to 130 and see how I feel at that point

[snowmop]

I've always liked that formula, and it's what I used to come up with my goal weight, assuming that you would subtract 5 lbs. for every inch BELOW 5 feet!

[rockgal]

By formula, I should be 120. Not happening. I would be thrilled to be at 140. I feel great at that weight. I'm a bit older now, and skinny doesn't look good on me anymore.

[Speck333]

110 would be good for me. But I want to be *skinny*!

[Ocean]

According to that I should weigh 110 pounds. I think that would be impossible. I am large framed and have a large chest. My chest alone probably adds 15 pounds.

[stellarexplorer]

That would put me at 170, which is just right for me. And happily I should be there in another two to three weeks!

[JessieBear]

That would put me at 130, and I would look like the walking undead at that low of a weight. I have pics of me at 140-ish and I looked gaunt even at 10 pounds higher.

[limetwist]

I should be 140, according to that logic. But here I am sitting strong at 135! Can't complain about that. I think that 130-135 is a range I see myself maintaining. I feel pretty good at my current weight, but still have some abdominal, overhanging fat I'd ultimately love to be rid of.

[GratefulParrot]

No way I could reach that. Right now, I'm 6'4" with alot of muscle weight. My old playing weight in college when I was ripped was 235. According to that chart, my perfect weight is supposed to be 190. I haven't weighed that since I was a freshman in HS.

[Bonnie]

That would put me at 140 for ideal weight, which is about right for me. If I get into the 130s I'm way to thin. I always thought I was large boned but once the weight comes off I find I'm really not.

[Hildebeest]

Imagining myself at 160 puts me in mind of some starved waif whom I would be pointing at going 'give that girl a sammich!' I remember well how I looked and felt at 210 lbs - I thought I was fat then, but I was so not. I have a quite large and well proportioned frame and at 6' tall, 160 seems awfully light. But who knows? I'm shooting for 200-210 and I'll see how I feel at that point. Anyone wanna invite me to play on their all-girl football team?

[stone-chick]

I would be 130lbs. I felt great at that weight, and my goal is 135. So it can be fairly realistic.

[GypsyLizze]

Originally Posted by 3kidsandasheltie

with that formula I should weigh 100, I don't know if I will ever get that low. my plan is to get down to 130 and see how I feel at that point

Words outta my mouth! I'm a very curvy girl even without the weight. All hips, booty and breasts. LOL At 100 lbs I would look like a 12 year old girl with breast implants. HAHA! And while I do not like all the weight I'm carrying now I do like some padding to go with my curves. Just so long as it's healthy padding with plenty of muscle tone.

[GypsyLizze]

Originally Posted by Hildebeest

Imagining myself at 160 puts me in mind of some starved waif whom I would be pointing at going 'give that girl a sammich!' I remember well how I looked and felt at 210 lbs - I thought I was fat then, but I was so not. I have a quite large and well proportioned frame and at 6' tall, 160 seems awfully light. But who knows? I'm shooting for 200-210 and I'll see how I feel at that point. Anyone wanna invite me to play on their all-girl football team?

One of my best friends is the same height as you Heather. She is one of my friends here locally and also doing LC with a couple of us (yay for back-up). She's told me before that she's uncomfortable sharing her current and goal weights since it's so much more than everyone else. I've told her a million times that if you take that whole foot height difference between us away we'd probably be about the same, with her maybe even smaller than me. Height makes a huge difference! On the shorter end, though, it just makes you look like an aging Oompa Loompa. LOL I read an interview with Bob Hoskins years ago (an actor I absolutely adore) and he described himself as 5' tall and cubic. I've stolen it ever since! LOL