Do I wiegh alot?

mamasbigbaby wrote: 176. That's how much I wiegh. Am I Below, On Average, Or over wieght? Be honest. It wont hurt my feelings. ???

PrairieMom replied: it depends on how tall you are.
to find you ideal body weight you start at 100 pounds for 5 feet, then 5 pounds for every inch over that.
I am 5 foot 4 so my IBW is 120.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: It's probably over the ideal but I know I for one do not do well with the ideal. I am 5' 4.25" (and yes that .25 is very important to me) and at 145 I was very...very skinny. I think my ideal for ME is probably closer to 160. I also would not be willing to go back to the lifestyle that I had to maintain the 145 weight. I was running on average 10 miles a day, playing competative soccer 4 times a week and eating very little but what I was eating was all straight out of a helathy living book. A) I don't have time to live like that again and I enjoy actually eating good food and not stressing about when am I going to fit in time for my run.

moped replied: How tall are you?

mamasbigbaby replied: I am tall. About 5 foot 11.

moped replied: You do NOT weight alot at all - you are very tall

PrairieMom replied: So your IBW is 155. that is about the lightest I would go. I think you are fine at your weight.

MyLuvBugs replied:
I'm 5'8" and my ideal is 150-155? 5'11" should be a lot more....

luvmykids replied: My ideal bw would be 125 then, is that right if I'm five five?

mamasbigbaby replied: GTK, thanks ladis!

PrairieMom replied:
uh huh.

MyLuvBugs replied: Here's a couple links that might help everyone understand IDW and BMI better.

Ideal Body Weight

What is obese?