Ideal weight chart for fiftyish females and males:
Height: 5'0"
Small boned: 180 lbs.
Medium boned: 200 lbs.
Large boned: 250+ lbs.
Height: 5'6"
Small boned: 225 lbs.
Medium boned: 250 lbs.
Large boned: 300+ lbs.
Height: +6'0"
Small boned: 250 lbs.
Medium boned: 300 lbs.
Large boned: 400+ lbs.
Mr. Geist notes, "Using this system to calculate your own exact personal ideal weight, simply take your current weight and add 8 pounds."
Source: The Big Five-Oh!: Facing, Fearing, and Fighting Fifty by Bill Geist.
His book is, of course, must reading for those who have been fifty, are fifty, or some day expect to be fifty.
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