Ideal Body Weight

There seems to be a huge gap between what women think their ideal body weight is as apposed to what the number is according to a doctor. When you look at your height and your build, the number of pounds that are healthy for you is probably a higher number than you are shooting for if you are dieting. I know that the weight I seem to think is what I want is indeed lower than what my doctor is telling me. There is a difference between how you think you want to look in clothing and what is healthy for the maintenance of good health and longevity.

There are many charts online that can give you an idea of what your ideal body weight might be. You have to put in your height and your age, and possibly a few more details. I am five foot eight inches, and the chart tells me that my ideal body weight is around 150 pounds, but I often think that I need to be somewhere between 130 and 140 pounds to feel good about my body. However, I do realize that as long as I am healthy that I am doing the right thing, and if that last ten or so pounds are not a problem for my doctor then perhaps I shouldn’t stress about it too much.

When you ideal body weight and your vision of your body don’t match, you have to think about why that is. I don’t mean when you think you want to be a few pounds lower than your ideal body weight, I mean when you are trying to be thirty or more pounds lower. This is not healthy for you, and you have to come to grips with the body you have. If you don’t, you may end up with an eating disorder. You may want to take some time to talk to your doctor or a nutritionist to see what is going on with you, and what you can do to be healthier rather than thinner.

Remember that you ideal body weight has more to do with health then anything else. This means that the weight that is ideal for you is one that is good for your heart and your long term health. This has nothing to do with how you will look in a swimming suit, but the closer you are to this ideal body weight you are, the better you are going to look. You may not think it’s perfect, but it is important to know that your ideal weight will help ensure you are around to watch your children and your grandchildren grow up.

Top 10 Things That Are Eating Away at Your Ideal Body

Newswise — You may not be entirely to blame for your diet woes. So say brother and sister Dian Griesel, Ph.D. (Nutrition) and Tom Griesel, coauthors of TurboCharged, a new book that outlines a revolutionary eight-step rapid fat-loss program requiring no aerobic exercise, supplements or special equipment.

After spending 30 years working with scientific researchers while continuously experimenting with various diets, the Griesels explain why all other diet and exercise advice to date is inherently designed to contribute to the growing epidemic of chronic obesity. “The best of diet intentions fail in late afternoon and evening because dieters fall for certain traps that sabotage success,” says Dr. Griesel. Those traps, say the authors, include:

10. Commercials could make anyone hungry. “They are designed to be enticing—even though we all know a fast-food burger tastes like a hockey puck! (Not that we’ve eaten hockey pucks...),” say the authors.

9. Manufacturers make foods addictive with chemicals and preservatives.

8. Manufacturers make foods addictive by using sugar/fat/salt combos.

7. Hanging out with an overeating, unimaginative crowd. (There ARE other things more interesting than eating...)

6. Boredom.

5. Dieting and aerobic exercising together reduce calories, so primitive starvation-survival mechanisms kick in making the brain scream for food.

4. Burning the candle too late, is counter productive to fat burning. A good night’s sleep burns fat and keeps us from eating!

3. We eat when we are really thirsty.

2. Motivation is misdirected. The choice needs to be: Which do I value more? A chocolate bar now or a longer and healthier life with my family

1. Traditional diet and exercise advice is all wrong.

With TurboCharged, the Griesels introduce entirely groundbreaking concepts that defy common weight-loss thinking. They share eight simple steps that successfully deliver body-defining rapid fat loss in record time, along with greater health and improved odds of longevity.

“The book’s promise is that regardless of your age, current percentage of body fat, or scale weight, you can achieve a lean, awe-inspiring body and learn to avoid common diet traps that are making you fat,” say the authors.

To purchase a copy of TurboCharged, please visit: www.amazon.com/dp/193670500. For more information about the book, please visit:
www.turbocharged.us.com