What is my ideal weight?!
Question: i am 5 foot 4 inches tall and weigh 215 pounds. Currently i am aware i am overweight and at risk for cardiovascular diseases among other things. Diabetes runs strong in my family and i am trying my best to lose weight. I do not know much about how to exercise so for starters i am not drinking soda and have substituted my daily school pizza lunch with a salad and some orange juice. For dinner i have been eating peanut butter and jelly. ( yes i know pb and j isn't the best choice.) I also started running for 20 minutes a day on an elliptical machine. I was wondering what the best weight for my height is and if i should continue with my uh plan or is there something i should change. I would really like not to get old and have diabetes cuz it sux.
all help is appreciated :)
Answers: i am 5 foot 4 inches tall and weigh 215 pounds. Currently i am aware i am overweight and at risk for cardiovascular diseases among other things. Diabetes runs strong in my family and i am trying my best to lose weight. I do not know much about how to exercise so for starters i am not drinking soda and have substituted my daily school pizza lunch with a salad and some orange juice. For dinner i have been eating peanut butter and jelly. ( yes i know pb and j isn't the best choice.) I also started running for 20 minutes a day on an elliptical machine. I was wondering what the best weight for my height is and if i should continue with my uh plan or is there something i should change. I would really like not to get old and have diabetes cuz it sux.
all help is appreciated :)
Your Ideal body weight is between 131~135 (different formulas)
Your BMI ( Body Mass index) is 36.9 Kg/M2 (Clinically Obese category)
High chances of diabetes, cardiavascular diseases ,
Following should be kept in mind before starting to loose weight
Do not try to starve yourself. In the short run, reducing your calorie intake to unhealthily low levels will slow metabolism and actually cause you to lose weight more slowly. Then your body cannot process potassium so when you DO eat again, (the alternative to dying,) you will gain much more weight than you would if you weren't starving yourself and overall, you may end up gaining more than you lost. In the long run, starving yourself (anorexia or bulimia) can kill you.
When creating a weight lifting routine, do not focus on a single muscle or group, doing so will overbuild that muscle while under building others - in other words, if you work your biceps, and not your triceps, your arms will begin to curl inward and you will look silly. If you work your chest and not your back, you will have a hard time maintaining good posture as your pectoral muscles overpower your back muscles and pull your shoulders forward.
If you have a serious medical condition (such as asthma or diabetes, or allergy to protein such as dairy products or you have lactose intolerance) or you are severely obese, consult with your doctor as well as a dietitian.
Do not take any harmful drugs. They are unhealthy and may ultimately make you gain weight instead.
Carefully consider whether you need dietary supplements. Most people can get the mineral and nutrients they need through eating food, For example, the multivitamin supplements can make you overdose in other vitamins you need, and you can't store most water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C as excess will be urinated. But just because you are under the recommended value don't always mean you are deficient in it. So only use supplements when the doctor and dietitian says you need to.
Losing weight too quickly is dangerous and can have adverse effects on your health. Despite the title of this article, getting into shape is best done slowly. If you find yourself losing more than a pound or 2 (or more than 500g)each week, you are probably doing something wrong.
Be regular in your sleeping habits.
Talk to physician/nutritionist if you are starting something major, even if it's a change for the better,
For more information on how to loose weight visit
http://www.reddiabetes.com
Your ideal body weight is 130 pounds, adding plus or minus 10 pounds dependoing on your body structing.
I eating alot of small meals a day. Maybe 4-5. Try to eliminate all sugar from your diet, as well as caffeine. The exercise is good keep it up.