![]() ![]() If you’re firm and tight then it doesn’t really matter how much you weigh, your BMI or your waist-to-height ratio, etc. If you’re packing on fat around these areas, it’s time to make some changes. Look into a mirror with your clothes off and look at the level of body fat around your stomach, hips and thighs. One of the simplest ways is by taking photos of yourself in a bathing suit each week and tracking your progress. So, it’s important to analyze your own current physique. Many factors, like lean muscle mass, can change the calculations widely since a bodybuilder who weighs 250 pounds with 5% body fat will probably show up as “Overweight” on a BMI calculation. Each person is different so it’s very important not to take BMI, Waist-To-Height ratios and other calculations as the be-all end-all. The formula for the calculator is based on average figures for this type of waist-to-height calculation. Hi Bunnydaft – The calculator only provides a general analysis of your current physique and health status. ![]() I don’t want to be one of these people who lets the weight creep on in their thirties! How were the “ideal weight” levels calculated? I’m trying to decide if I should try to go on a diet or not. I just put my waist measurements (28 inch) into your calculator and it came out as “Slender and healthy”, so now I feel a bit better! I had a look at the “Ideal Weight” calculator too though and it had my ideal weight as being 139-143 pounds and that’s for a “large” frame but I think I’m more a “medium” which is considerably lower than the 150 pounds I am now. I just checked on some online BMI calculator and it had me at 24, which is pushing too close to the “overweight” category for my liking, but then I found your site. ![]() I used to be fat as a kid and was bullied mercilessly, so I’m pretty sensitive about putting weight on. I was horrified to be told my current weight! I’m a 5 ft 6 female, 33 years old, vegan, and I swim like 5 miles a week and run about 15 km. I just got back from a doctor’s appointment (about my asthma) and the nurse weighed me. Before I get any nastiness for my weight, I would like to note that I’m working on it and am making progress. Unless I’m built weird and have a Disney waist but as far as I know, I don’t as no one has ever commented on my waist size. Currently, mine should say “overweight” and the latter calculation from when I was at a healthy weight should say “healthy”. Honestly, the labels for the waist measurements should be changed. Now if my BMI were say 17 to 19 at the time when I had a 26 inch waist, I would agree with that label. It said “extremely slim” even though my BMI was in the healthy range. My weight says people should be manning their harpoons! I then entered my waist measurement from before I had children and weighed 150 pounds (26 inches) and a BMI of 22. I beg to differ as my body fat is slightly overweight category (one or two percentage points and I will be within the healthy range), my BMI is almost in the obese category (obese with some BMI calculators), and my measurements put me into a size 12 (one more size and I’m in plus sized territory). This calculator said I was “slender and healthy”. ![]() I’m 5’9.25″ weigh 202 pounds and have a 31 inch waist with my chest and hips being 10 inches bigger than my waist. ![]()
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