I chose my goal weight by plugging in my height to an online BMI calculator and putting weights in until I hit the top of the "normal" range.
Hi owensmath!
I would like to point out the gorilla sized flaw in the BMI scale.
The BMI scale uses an assumption that EVERYONE has an "average" body type and frame.
If your body happens to be within those assumed ranges, your BMI ideal weight should be fairly accurate.
If you happen to be outside those "averages", your comfortable and healthy weight will be outside your BMI weight range.
The further away from those "averages" you are, the more inaccurate your BMI ideal weight will be for you.
My body type suited me well as a college football player.
I have a large frame with large bones.
That is, I'm broad shouldered and I cannot touch the tip of my thumb to the tip of my middle finger around either wrist.
Having this body type and frame, my ideal BMI weight range is actually a good deal underweight for me.
Being much older than I was many years ago, that ideal weight will most likely be a little bit higher than it was back then.
The moral... Be cautious putting much faith in the BMI scale.
A significant number of people have bodies that are NOT average... And you may be one of them!
