Should I try to lose actual weight or just tone up?
The ideal weight of a medium frame woman measuring 64-67 inches is between 124-147 pounds. This leads to a lot of variance in what would be considered an ideal weight. Some people simply state that for women, 5 pounds (2.26 kg) over 100 pounds (45.39kg) should be accorded for every inch over 5 feet (1.52 m). So a woman who is 5’2″(1.57m) has an ideal weight of 110 pounds (49.89 kg). In this model, men are allowed one to two pounds more (.45-.90kg) per inch than women, given that their frames are generally larger. This is a fairly good way to get a quick estimate of ideal weight for height. People who exercise and are physically fit tend to have more lean muscle mass and lower levels of fat tissue than people who are not physically fit. Muscle tissue weighs more, and this does not necessarily affect the actual frame of the person. In order to get an ideal weight for height, one may need to do a body fat composition test to more accurately measure the good tissue “muscle” versus the “bad
