Ideal Weight Charts

I know, this is my 10 millionth post today - lol. However, I said I would get this up soon, so I am doing it today because I ,obviously, have the time to do it.

You all know about those ideal weight charts where you find your height and it tells you that you should weigh between this tiny weight and that tiny weight. I have always wondered just where the hell those “ideal” weight charts came from and who decided what “ideal” means.

Pretty much every person I know thinks those charts are a bunch of crap. The weights seem as out of proportion as our idea of a serving size. I mean, for your average person are these really “ideal” weights we should be striving for?

What I found out when I dug a little deeper is that basically any type of chart or even a BMI is a bunch of crap and very, very inaccurate. The only true test can be done using special equipment that can tell you your accurate body fat percentage.

Furthermore, what alarms me the most about these damn ideal weight charts is that they were created by a life insurance company.

What, what what!?

Yep. Met Life created these things back in the day to use when figuring morality risks for people they were insuring. They are based on averages - from back in then, not today. So really they are pretty much crap.

Additionally, what I didn't know and what most of you probably do not realize is that the height on the charts is adjusted. It is your height but when wearing shoes with a 1" heel. All this time I have been using the wrong height, so no wonder it seemed crazy. That 1" makes a difference.

I measured myself the other night - without shoes - and got 5'4 1/2". I guess I would take that to 5'5", so with 1" shoes I would be 5'6" or about that.

I almost forgot - you also have to choose your frame size. I did a little Googling and found I have a large frame.

So with all my new knowledge I took a look at my "ideal weight". It is ...drum roll...

140-159


Now, that is far more reasonable than I had been led to believe before I knew all these little insider secrets about the height and the body frame (FYI - I thought it was 119-134). I can see why so many people are upset when they see the numbers on the charts. Maybe you should take a look at the ideal weight chart again and recheck your ideal weight. You may be surprised too.