What Is My Healthy Weight?

Wow, That's a good question that many of my readers ask. There isn't a perfect answer. Everyone
5' 8" won't weight the same.

I don't have a simple answer for that question. A healthy weight for anyone is constantly changing. Being at a healthy weight is really about how much body fat you have. If your Body Mass Index is lower than 25 then you're at a healthy weight.

Your Body Mass Index is an indicator of the percentage of body fat you have. Look up Body Mass Index on the web and there are several websites that will show you a formula to use to find your number. If your number is between 18 and 24 then you are at a healthy weight. If your number is more than 24, you're overweight. I'm not a fan of this way of measuring body fat. If you belong to a health club or know someone that can take you, they measure body fat with a caliper. You can even buy a "body fat caliper" on the web. I read somewhere that you can buy one on Ebay for about $8. A health club will measure you free of charge.

So even if you and your friend are the same height your number can be different. Muscular people weigh more than skinny people and that doesn't mean that either one is not at a healthy weight.

If you want to use a BMI calculator, do it twice on two different websites to check for accuracy. If you come up with a high number both times, you might want to think about changing your diet. Eating healthy is the "key" to losing body fat. Exercise like speed walking will help you lose it quicker, but you can't exercise away a bad diet. 

It took me several years to realize the mistakes I was making. If you eat foods containing fat, like red meat, you'll retain some of that fat in storage cells around your waist. All red meat is marbled with animal fat and that's the worst kind of fat for your body to process. Fat from cold water salmon or tuna is good for you. The Omega-3 fatty oil is good for your heart, but animal fat from red meat or pork is fat your body can't process and it ends up stored in fat cells.

Your body will burn some of your stored fat if you're not eating enough and the body needs more. So limit the animal fat your eating and let your body burn your stored fat.

I have less body fat today than I did in school and that was 50 years ago.

If you really want to lose your body fat than look for my e-books at the websites listed below. You'll get information on Healthy eating, exercise, and diet. Instead of spending hours on the internet reading dozens of posts, you can save time by picking up one of my e-books. 

There are two e-books. “How Bad Do You Want To Lose Weight?” is available at all the online bookstores selling for $1.99. Go to any of the websites below and search the title to find my e-book. This book gives you all you need to lose weight without spending money on gym memberships, diet plans or meal plans. Look for my book. at Amazon.com, B&N.com, iBooks, Kobo.com, Scribd.com, or Gardner Books in the U.K.

My new e-book is available on Smashwords.com, just type “getting to a Healthy Weight” in the search box at the top of the home page.