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For Females: How much over the weight chart are you if you are toned and fit? (Details follow)

Asked by DarlingRhadamanthus (11273points) September 18th, 2010

Or are you over the chart at all?

I have wondered about this a long time and have never had the opportunity to ask women who exercised regularly and were fit and toned (not bulky). Everyone always says that when you work out, you don’t lose as much weight because you are building muscle. Is this true for you?

1. Do you find that the weight charts are inaccurate for someone who is toned and fit like you?
2. When you weigh yourself, how much more do you weigh than the charts say you should? Or are you within the range or less?
3. Do you think the older you are (despite how fit you are) you weigh more than you did, say, in your 20’s?

I am asking women because I am one (I’d like to know the answers for myself) and also because I am sure that a toned, buffed guy who lifts weights and is really bulky does weigh a lot more than the charts state. I just wonder how it might be for a woman who works out and doesn’t put on bulk, just exercises and is considered fit.

I realize that charts are arbitrary, not a rule——and one should go by how one feels, etc. I just want to know if it is true that a toned body, on average, weighs more than basic charts state.

Here is a link to a basic weight chart (I go by the Medical Recommendation one):link

Thank you…:)

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