Want to Know What Your Ideal Weight is and Why It's Important?

There are weight calculators that use your height, gender and age to find your optimal weight.

I checked mine and was amazed it wasn't just a number. The calculator comes up with a weight range you should fit into. Mine was 120lbs.-160lbs. So, I should not dip underneath 120lbs

Ha-ha!, I should be so lucky to get near 120lbs. No worries for me about the low limit. Last year I was 158lbs. That was right within the limit on the high end

This year I've gone a bit haywire with the salad dressings and mayonnaise. I'll have to get back to my 1tbsp. serving with that.. And one excuse is that I cannot exercise. I'm mobility challenged, as we now call it so poetically

Why is staying within our ideal weight range so important? I can think of two reasons:

The more weight we gain the higher our risk becomes for having a heart attack, stroke, or developing diabetes.

When we are within our ideal weight range we feel comfortable around other people. We keep our self esteem.

Personally I'm not a great fan of weight loss programs.

And yes, I do realize there are now programs where you don't need to starve in order to follow the program. I simply would not be able to afford food after paying the fee.

My husband joined one of these programs about a year ago. It cost him $ 1100.- to join. And then there was the $46.-and change weekly for capsules.and getting weighed in

He lost around 44lbs but could stand to lose another 15-20lbs. He quit because it was getting too expensive for what he got out of it.. At least he did not gain..yet. since he quit.

It really is not that hard to lose some weight. That is if you want to lose it. There has to be motivation or you can forget about it. It's really not about how much you eat, but what you eat.

Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, cut down on the red meat, eat fish twice a week and make sure you get your proteins, carbohydrates, starches and dairy.

Yoghurt, cottage cheese, eggs have all protein in them. Stay away from pastas unless they are whole wheat. Eat brown rice instead of white rice.

Actually I read somewhere we should stay away from everything in a package, box or bottle. A bit too much for me.

Don't take big servings and try to make it a habit not to completely clean your plate

And do not skip breakfast. Have some oatmeal and some fruit. Or a Bran muffin and fruit. You need breakfast to, let's call it, prime your metabolism to start working for the day.

It's just a matter of common sense, eating healthy and some exercise.

With a little effort you can achieve and retain your ideal weight without going broke during the process.

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