Follow these steps and calculations to find a good healthy weight for you!
•Step 1 - Multiply your height in inches by itself and and then that number by .031.
66 inches x 66 inches = 4356 x .031 = 135 (This is your weight at a body mass index of 22)
•Step 2 - Multiply the number by .95 if you have a small frame, leave it unchanged if you have a medium frame, and by 1.05 if you have a large frame.
(To determine your frame size, measure around your wrist.
Under 5'2", small frame is less than 5.5
Medium frame is 5.5 to 5.75
Large frame is more than 5.75.
5'2" to 5'5", small is less than 6
Medium 6 to 6.25
Large is over 6.25.
If you are over 5'5", small frame is less than 6.25
Medium is 6.25 to 6.5
Large frame is more than 6.5.
•Step 3 - Add one pound if a sibling or parent is obese.
•Step 4 - Add 2 pounds for each decade you are over age 20.
•Step 5 - Add 5 pounds if you've had any children.
•Step 6 - Subtract 1 pound if you exercise and weight train once a week
2 pounds if you do it three times a week
3 pounds for five or more days a week. - 3
•Step 7 - Add 4 pounds if you smoked at least a pack a day for a year or more and have quit.
•Step 8 - Add 1 pound if you allow yourself a treat now and then.
This puts me at 190 pounds which is about where I was thinking was time to think maintenance. Thanks for the interesting formula. I have never seen it done like that.
ReplyDeleteIt puts me at about 144lbs... which means I have a lot more to lose... Hmm I think its doable but I would look properly skinny!
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