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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Okay, just randomly popped into the thread (clearing the "new" marker from it basically) and this caught my eye. Which prompts a question:
Maybe I'm just really influenced by meeting you many moons ago (and have no clue what you weighed then) and the few assorted pics that have been posted through the years but that 195 just sounds "light" for you. Not the weight vs past weights so much but rather it just sounds a bit light for I'd consider your general frame/body type.
My questions are based on that general idea.
1) Are you still at a weight where you're comfortable with your strength? And by that I don't mean what you lift, I'm talking more about how you generally feel. (During a couple of weight losses over the years, I clearly recall feeling like I ended up "too light" at times. And the difference was pretty slight, I generally felt better overall in the upper 160s than in the lower 160s or less)
2) What does the ol' traditional height / weight chart say you're supposed to be for weight? And while those have been replaced by more sophisticated indexes I gather, I'm wondering if you've kinda set any sort of floor for "that would just be too light"?
Congrats on the progress, you definitely seem to be going gangbusters.
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I don't know why, but for years, consistently, people who are around me a lot and those who meet me once or twice virtually *always* over-estimate my height. I don't know if it's the "big personality" or the broad shoulders or something else, but whenever someone describes me physically, it's almost always "he's around 6'1" or 6'2"...." Assuming you internally overestimated it, then maybe you think I "should" weigh more? There was a health screening at work in mid-June and I was measured then: 5'10.5". The charts for a 5'10.5" male at age 44 all put me quite a bit lower in weight than the 190s:
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Based on the Robinson formula (1983), your ideal weight is 158.6 lbs
Based on the Miller formula (1983), your ideal weight is 156.5 lbs
Based on the Devine formula (1974), your ideal weight is 163.5 lbs
Based on the Hamwi formula (1964), your ideal weight is 168.3 lbs
Based on the healthy BMI recommendation, your recommended weight is 130.8 lbs - 176.7 lbs
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That said, I have above average muscle mass and a broad upper body frame, and "the charts" don't account for that very well. I can definitely carry more body weight than most people my height without "looking fat." At around 203 right now, I don't have a noticeable belly pooch at all when I'm clothed, and my jawline is much "stronger" and defined. I don't think a stranger would look at me and say "he's in great shape," but I suspect they'd guess I'm younger than I am and am in decent shape.
I'm basing my goals on body fat first, not weight, then calculating estimated weight based on body fat and estimated lean mass. I'd love to get in the 12%-15% range for body fat, and most definitely want to be around 18% at worst. 18% would put my weight somewhere in the upper 180s/low 190s, but it really depends on how accurate the current estimations of body fat are, and how much muscle mass comes off with the rest of the fat I want to lose.
As far as "feeling strong," definitely no issues there. My easiest "real life" gauge for that is that Carter lately wants to be thrown in the air. Even as she grows and gains weight, it has gotten easier to do rather than harder.
I don't know what a "floor weight" might be, and I don't really have one in mind. Right now my intention is that somewhere in the 175-195 range (whenever I'm good with my body fat,) I will increase my caloric intake and work on gaining back some of the muscle weight I've lost.