How should I calculate what is my ideal weight? My surgeon dodges this question. I played football in high school at 165. I wasn't skinny then, but pretty decent. Can't imagine being thinner than that but if I were to go by the BMI chart I'd have to get down lower than 145. That's not going to happen! Would it be better to measure body fat percentage and then calculate what I'd be at 10%?
My stats:
Height: 5' 8"
Age: 46
Sleeved on 10/18/2017
HW: 270
SW: 233
CW: 222
GW: 170??

Not sure what chart you are going by. You could be up to 164 and be in the normal bmi range, but ideal weight I don't think is that simple. If I were to get down to normal bmi range I'd look like I was starving.

I'm a trust your body kinda gal. I'm 5'1" and the weight charts show my ideal as 110. I work out 6 days a week, a lot of the thin girl that work out with me that are around my height are 130-160 and look amazing. Body composition will have a HUGE bearing on what your actual ideal weight will be,

I’m 5’7 .. by following the chart my best weight would be 160.


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12 hours ago, LoBMI VSGguy46 said:

How should I calculate what is my ideal weight? My surgeon dodges this question. I played football in high school at 165. I wasn't skinny then, but pretty decent. Can't imagine being thinner than that but if I were to go by the BMI chart I'd have to get down lower than 145. That's not going to happen! Would it be better to measure body fat percentage and then calculate what I'd be at 10%?
My stats:
Height: 5' 8"
Age: 46
Sleeved on 10/18/2017
HW: 270
SW: 233
CW: 222
GW: 170??

What is a healthy weight to you? Will it be a number? Could it be how your lab work and health looks? You can get out of this whatever you want to put into this. Goals change and evolve with time. I wanted to just have my life back. Now I want to be athletic.

Pick a weight in the beginning that you feel comfortable with. When you get close to that weight you can reset your goal higher or lower.

Male your height 165 to 190 is the healthy range of the BMI Chart.

Body Fat percentage: Lean 7.7 to 14.8 - Ideal is 16.9 to 22.4 - Average is 23.9 to 27.7