Ideal Body Weight

Our occidental culture is very strict when it comes to appearances.
Our consumption and communication society imposes drastic norms, norms that are far from the reality. 

Even more when it comes to the ideal body weight. We have to be careful: being the best looking doesn't mean to be skinny, even less if it is affecting health. 

When you think of an ideal body weight for yourself, what comes to your mind?

As a 31 year old male with a medium bone frame; I stand at 6'1" and have about 10 percent body fat. I currently weight is 175. Most people would probably consider this fine. Notice the things I factored in. You have to consider bone frame, age, height, and percent body fat. Without one of these, people can be thrown off. 

I don't consider myself to have an ideal body weight. Personally I would prefer to have around 5 more pounds of lean muscle. But hey, I'm working on that. 

Muscle and fat are major issues when pondering a proper weight for you. If you're lean and totally fine with that, then there's nothing wrong. So long as you're not overly skinny. 

Fat on the other hand is completely different. You only want a certain percentage of your body to be fat. Too much fat results in obesity and heart issues. Women are aloud to have a higher percentage of body fat than men. Since men posses more muscle tissue, they're body fat should be lower.

Now, when you're thinking healthy weight, don't forget that muscle weighs more than fat does. If you're an avid weight lifter and stacked with lean muscle, this can throw the standard  weight chart completely off. 

But at the end, what is the most important? From my point of view it is to feel comfortable with my body. Even if it doesn't fit to the actual norms imposed by the society.
To feel happier with my appearance, I just manage to wear the right clothes according to my shape, and also that correspond to my tastes.
Just be yourself and you'll be happy, happy with your own ideal body weight.

 

 

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