Ideal weight?

I am not sure where to find what a ideal weight is, or should be?

My 11 year old son is 200 lbs, 11 years old, and around five foot.
My 17 year old son is 6'1, 250 lbs.
I am 252 lbs, 5'5, and 37 years old.

Does age matter? Then height, and if you are male or female?

Or maybe what you felt like at one time, your ideal weight was? Mine
was 150. But then was 135 for awhile too, yet felt fatigues and tired
all the time.

"Sunshyne" wrote in message
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I am not sure where to find what a ideal weight is, or should be?

My 11 year old son is 200 lbs, 11 years old, and around five foot.
My 17 year old son is 6'1, 250 lbs.
I am 252 lbs, 5'5, and 37 years old.

Does age matter? Then height, and if you are male or female?

Or maybe what you felt like at one time, your ideal weight was? Mine
was 150. But then was 135 for awhile too, yet felt fatigues and tired
all the time.

I don't believe there's such a thing as "ideal weight". The things to be
concerned with, IMO, are muscularity, flexibility, cardio fitness and body
fat percentage. Body fat should be measured accurately by an experienced
person using skinfold tests and there are tables with recommended levels.
For example, for males under 30 Good/Ave is 14-20, Very Good is 11-13 and
excellent is 11. For females 30-39 Good/Ave is 21-29, Very Good is 17-20
and Excellent is 17. These numbers are from Duke University Health System
Centre for Living and were current a couple of years ago; since then the
goalposts may have been moved!

(Sunshyne) wrote in message . com...
I am not sure where to find what a ideal weight is, or should be?

My 11 year old son is 200 lbs, 11 years old, and around five foot.
My 17 year old son is 6'1, 250 lbs.
I am 252 lbs, 5'5, and 37 years old.

Does age matter? Then height, and if you are male or female?

Or maybe what you felt like at one time, your ideal weight was? Mine
was 150. But then was 135 for awhile too, yet felt fatigues and tired
all the time.

I have no answer to your questions, but I did read an interesting
article about obesity in children the other day. Your posting reminded
me of some of the advice that was offered. It will really only help
your 11 year old, though, since the 17 year old has oviously already
experienced his growth spurt.

Basically, it said rather than trying to have your young child lose
weight, instead, have them grow into their weight - maintain current
weight but stretch it out, as he grows taller. Of course, 200 lbs. is
still heavy, even if he achieves his brother's height, but it's better
than 200 lbs. at 5'.

Anyway, it was just something I read...I thought it was an interesting
approach, to let your child "grow into" their weight. Maybe they think
a more mature teen would have an easier time limiting consumption than
a pre-puberty child. I don't know.

Lee

Lee wrote:

I have no answer to your questions, but I did read an interesting
article about obesity in children the other day. Your posting reminded
me of some of the advice that was offered. It will really only help
your 11 year old, though, since the 17 year old has oviously already
experienced his growth spurt.

Basically, it said rather than trying to have your young child lose
weight, instead, have them grow into their weight - maintain current
weight but stretch it out, as he grows taller. Of course, 200 lbs. is
still heavy, even if he achieves his brother's height, but it's better
than 200 lbs. at 5'.

Anyway, it was just something I read...I thought it was an interesting
approach, to let your child "grow into" their weight. Maybe they think
a more mature teen would have an easier time limiting consumption than
a pre-puberty child. I don't know.

Lee

That's part of my strategy with my daughter. She is both growing
taller AND losing weight. As a result, she looks a lot better!
Of course, she doesn't like the thought of my weighing less than
she does, even though she is taller than I am. That seems to be
having a good affect in her eating.

--
Jean B.

height and weight don't mean much, but it is time to go low carb. You can
do skin fold tests and whatever, but I would just try to get some pounds
off. Exercise and cut the carbs at dinner should help a lot at those ages.

Curt


"Sunshyne" wrote in message
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I am not sure where to find what a ideal weight is, or should be?

My 11 year old son is 200 lbs, 11 years old, and around five foot.
My 17 year old son is 6'1, 250 lbs.
I am 252 lbs, 5'5, and 37 years old.

Does age matter? Then height, and if you are male or female?

Or maybe what you felt like at one time, your ideal weight was? Mine
was 150. But then was 135 for awhile too, yet felt fatigues and tired
all the time.

Sunshyne wrote:

I am not sure where to find what a ideal weight is, or should be?

There are entire books on the subject. A wide assortment of guidelines
float around. Any objective method beats just randomly guessing.

Does age matter? Then height, and if you are male or female?

Yes. Look in insurance tables for example. They are easy. But note
that they run 10 too low, so look up your age and height, then add 10
to the weight it tells you to target.

Or maybe what you felt like at one time, your ideal weight was? Mine
was 150. But then was 135 for awhile too, yet felt fatigues and tired
all the time.

One easy guideline is how much you weighed at age 25. It does not work
for people who were fat as kids, only for people who filled out later
in life.

I used body fat percentage. The book Protein Power by Drs Eades as an
entire chapter of directions to follow that ends up giving you your ideal
weight range and other nifty numbers.

I was 140-145 at age 25. Getting confused some on some of the other
things mentioned. So going to do my research. I appreciate the input.

Wanted to mention too, the 11 year old is ADDH. Has food
sensitivities. He has been overweight most of his life. Doctors have
even said to put him on a diet, which has always been a low fat one.
Don't work with him. He binges, when I am not around too. He has alot
of addictions. He plays football, is the big framed sort of guy like
you see play football. Though he has alot of injuries. Right now being
fitted for a sort of brace through a podiatrist. Honestly is he lost
weight, he wouldn't need that, he wouldn't have the ankle problems.
The teasing in school is a big issue because of his weight. I see all
the time about obesity happening at such a younger age. Like in the
news. I am going to have a rough time with the induction part of his
diet. Maybe though, it will help with the ADDH, the Mood Swings, the
binges. I know, hard to believe a 11 year old can be like this.

The 17 year old. He found out about me wanting to begin the Atkins,
was right on it. Its his age I think, the body image. He is in
construction right now too, in a vocational school. So he needs to
keep fit. He put most of his weight on over the winter. Then loves to
sit around and do not much exercise. Couch potato, computer nerd at
times.

Anyways, thanks again, got me thinking on some things....

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(Sunshyne) wrote:

Wanted to mention too, the 11 year old is ADDH. Has food
sensitivities. He has been overweight most of his life. Doctors have
even said to put him on a diet, which has always been a low fat one.
Don't work with him. He binges, when I am not around too. He has alot
of addictions. He plays football, is the big framed sort of guy like
you see play football. Though he has alot of injuries. Right now being
fitted for a sort of brace through a podiatrist. Honestly is he lost
weight, he wouldn't need that, he wouldn't have the ankle problems.
The teasing in school is a big issue because of his weight. I see all
the time about obesity happening at such a younger age. Like in the
news. I am going to have a rough time with the induction part of his
diet. Maybe though, it will help with the ADDH, the Mood Swings, the
binges. I know, hard to believe a 11 year old can be like this.

The 17 year old. He found out about me wanting to begin the Atkins,
was right on it. Its his age I think, the body image. He is in
construction right now too, in a vocational school. So he needs to
keep fit. He put most of his weight on over the winter. Then loves to
sit around and do not much exercise. Couch potato, computer nerd at
times.

Anyways, thanks again, got me thinking on some things....

ADDH? Attention deficit disorder or something else? If you do mean
attention deficit, sometimes I wonder how many cases of AD are caused or at
least exacerbated by high sugar diets.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

ADDH? Attention deficit disorder or something else? If you do mean
attention deficit, sometimes I wonder how many cases of AD are caused or at
least exacerbated by high sugar diets.


Yes, attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity. Yep, read the same
thing, that it could be caused by hig sugar diets. He loves pasta.
Going good so far today. They like the food.