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[Sarah1341]

Here is an interesting site that calculates your ideal body weight based on height, current weight, age and gender:

http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm

It tells you what other people in your range believe that it should be, as well as the medical recommendation.

This site was forwarded to me by dragonflymoon, thanks girlie!

Interesting enough, people that are in my range think that the ideal weight for my body should be 183.

[DebbietheHugBug]

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Great site Sarah! That does seem more realistic

[lots2lose]

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Ya it does seem more realistic.People in my age and height range choose 153 as their ideal weight and my weight loss goal is to be 150pounds.So I'm pretty realistic there. Thanx for the post!

[Sarah1341]

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Well, my buddy dragonflymoon and I were discussing raising our goal weights to a higher number for now (thinking of having to lose 100 pounds feels really overwhelming). So, she came across that site. I think its more realistic as well. When I was 208, I was feeling very healthy, felt that I looked great, etc. So, I cannot imagine getting my self down to the weight range of 125 to 163 as "medically recommended". My thoughts may change as I progress, but I feel that anywhere near the 125 mark would be unhealthy for me.

Thanks again dragonflymoon for sharing the site

[Natasha]

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Yeah mine seem realistic too...I was actually right on the money

[as0l0]

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that was a nice link, thanks for posting it.

[iamcrazy]

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a lot more realistic, thanks for the info

[knicknack]

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THe problem with that site is that it doesn't take into account bone structure or amount of muscle etc... Those global 'this is how much every woman of your age and height should weigh' sites are not good as anything but a guideline, in my opinion. Same goes for BMI - you could be very flabby and have a decent BMI but that's not good either. Or, be very muscular and have a high BMI.