Ok, so i am 5' 7'' and my hips are 36'' and my waist is 28. I weigh 150 pounds though i have very big muscles in my legs. I don't really have that much fat around my stomach area. Am i healthy. Ps. im a girl.
2007-08-01 11:26:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
What you need to do in addition to calculating your BMI is to measure your body fat percentage, which is the best indicator of how healthy you are. I am pretty sure you are in the ideal range, but you are getting close to the upper limit, which is around 157/8. The lower range is about 118 lbs.
And to put things in perspective for you, I'm 5'7", male and 160 lbs. I'm also under 10% body fat which means I have a lot of lean tissue. I would say that an ideal weight in terms of proportions would be around 130-135 for your height. If you do a decent amount of strength training and are able to build a lean physique, that range could easily increase to about 145 lbs while still allowing you to look more like 120-125 lbs. Leanness is the key to looking slim, not weight.
2007-08-01 11:39:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think you are ok? Because it really shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks of your body or weight.
Yeah, I can say you sound great (and you do), but unless you truly believe this then it won't make any difference what I or anyone else says to you.
2007-08-01 18:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by J J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this site to calculate if ur over weight, healthy, obese etc.
2007-08-01 18:32:05 · answer #3 · answered by Sheila ♫ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While you are on the high end your weigth is still well within the normal range for your height.
2007-08-01 18:35:33 · answer #4 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell you if you are healthy, but you sound like you have a good shape. You are not overweight or chunky.
2007-08-01 18:29:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
calculate your body mass index on google
2007-08-01 18:29:13 · answer #6 · answered by jim p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋