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Originally Posted by shilala
I have no idea what my theoretical low is, I only understood about half the words you said. I was 185 for lots of years before I got fat and I wrestled 165 in 7th grade, so I figured around 175 for an old guy?
How does one figure out what they "should" weigh?
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Remember to add the 10 pounds of undigested red meat in your colon to the numbers.
The Published BMI tools are out there. Most of them are BS as they dont take into account different "body types", muscle mass etc.
I was a swimmer in HS. 185 pounds and you had to look for any fat.. probably in the 8-11%% of body fat range.
College got in the 200 pound range without the "fitness" associated with my prior good habits. Probably moved into the 22-24% range.
Without getting out the calipers or going in for a rigorous test... this is a fairly good tool you can use with just a tape measure to calculate your body fat % which is different than your BMI:
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-fat-calculator/
It's not perfect but gives you a sense of things. Says I'm at 17.2 but in reality I'm a little lower than that based upon body type, muscle mass etc.
I tend to agree with this overall view:
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/body-f...-fat-chart.php
Feeling pretty fit and losing another 5 lbs put me in the middle of the range so it makes sense based upon my experience. The simple height and weight calculators out there are wacked.
The other sources that use the height weight formula to calculate BMI but tend to want you to be a skeleton before they consider you healthy and it's just not realistic.
It's helpful to find out your BMR (Basic metabolic rate) and then use the Harris Benedict Equation to figure out your basic calorie needs. It's an eye opener but explains why you lose or gain weight based upon activity and calorie consumption.
But... have found that for me, an hour a day of cardio + 1000-1300 calories is the formula for rapid weight loss. Less cardio - less loss, more calories less loss. Have sdjusted the cardio up to this point over the past 110 days and the calories down over that time from 2500 to current levels.