There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
Parents
Former Member
Gulp, here goes.
Age: 45
Sex: F
Height: 5'1-1/2" (there's that all-important half-inch)
Present weight: 111-113 (BMI=20.7)
Ideal weight according to the US Gov.: 100-127 (BMI of 19-24)
"My" ideal weight range: 105-108
I got my ideal weight range from where I was at age 32. I didn't lift weights back then, but I do now.
I found an interesting BMI calculator. It is "age corrected". I played around with it and figured out that the standard BMI numbers are apparently based on 30-year-olds. When I put in my age today, it said that my "age corrected BMI" is much lower (19.2 instead of 20.7).
Here is the calculator:
Age-corrected BMI:
www.weight.addr.com/yourBMI.html
Gulp, here goes.
Age: 45
Sex: F
Height: 5'1-1/2" (there's that all-important half-inch)
Present weight: 111-113 (BMI=20.7)
Ideal weight according to the US Gov.: 100-127 (BMI of 19-24)
"My" ideal weight range: 105-108
I got my ideal weight range from where I was at age 32. I didn't lift weights back then, but I do now.
I found an interesting BMI calculator. It is "age corrected". I played around with it and figured out that the standard BMI numbers are apparently based on 30-year-olds. When I put in my age today, it said that my "age corrected BMI" is much lower (19.2 instead of 20.7).
Here is the calculator:
Age-corrected BMI:
www.weight.addr.com/yourBMI.html
