How much is your ideal weight? This question may bother you when you are trying to lose weight. How much is too much? Do you gain weight after working out regularly or do you lose weight after working out regularly? This simple question brings a lot of debates on whether you are at your ideal weight already.
There is no such thing like ideal body weight. If you use the traditional method to calculate your ideal body weight, that is height minus 110, you will end up being skinny if your height is 170 cm and your aim for the weight of 60 kg. Body weight cannot be an indicator of how fat or how skinny you are. Human body is mainly composed of muscles, bones, and fat. Muscles grow and shrink in proportion to your diet and activities and so does your body fat levels. The only factors that contribute to how ideal you look are your muscle mass and body fat levels. Two people with the same body weight can look totally different if they have different body fat levels.
If you want to have a better physique, it is not as simple as losing weight. If you don't ingest enough calories, you will eventually lose both fat and lean mass. Starving yourself to lose weight will lead you to the same body fat percentage because not only do you lose fat, but you also end up losing your muscle mass. Your metabolic rate diminishes as you lose your muscle mass. This is the reason why weight training and balanced nutrition is important if you want to maintain your muscle mass.
To have a better understanding that there is no such thing as ideal weight, notice that a bodybuilder can wear a pair of smaller pants though he is getting bigger. A bodybuilder goes for low levels of body fat and more muscle mass. Do you realize that if you build muscle such that your back is wider by two inches, it will make you look slimmer given that your waist size is the same?
That is the importance of keeping the body fat low while adding lean muscle mass. Use metering tape and body fat analyzer instead of scale. Mirror helps too. The normal body fat percentage for males is 15-20% and 20-25% for females. You can even go lower down to 10-15% for males and 15-20% for females. Bodybuilders and fitness models often go for lower percentage levels of body fat which is under 10%.
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