How to Calculate your Ideal Weight

If you're like 75% of other Americans in the country, at some point during the year you're going to be on a diet, or you were on a diet, or perhaps you're currently on one right now.

When beginning a diet, it's best to have a game plan, and one of the first things you should know or find out is what you're ideal weight is going to be.

Now this number is NOT what you WANT to weigh necessarily. However, it a weight that is healthy for your body and your life stlye and it's different for every person.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Calculator

1. There are four formulas that are most accepted in the medical world. These are the Hamwi, Robinson, Devine and Miller formulas. They are very similar and don't take into account lean mass. Therefore, someone with a lot of muscle will weigh more than these formulas suggest and will still be quite fit and healthy.

2. You should do all the calculations for each formula. (The formulas are calculated in kilograms which is 2.2lbs for each kilo).
   
   Hamwi - Men: = 48 kg + 2.7 kg for each inch over 5 feet
   Women: = 45.5 kg + 2.2 kg for each inch over 5 feet
   
   Robinson - Men: = 52 kg + 1.9 kg for each inch over 5 feet
   Women: = 49 kg + 1.7 kg for each inch over 5 feet
   
   Devine - Men: = 50 + 2.3 kg per inch over 5 feet.
   Women: = 45.5 + 2.3 kg per inch over 5 feet.
   
   Miller - Men: = 56.2 kg + 1.41 kg for each inch over 5 feet
   Women: = 53.1 kg + 1.36 kg for each inch over 5 feet.

3. Once you have the four numbers, add them together and divide by four. This will give you an average of all the formulas and a better idea of an ideal body weight.

Tips & Warnings

• Please remember that these formulas are for a guideline purpose only and are not substitute for proper medical advice.