Is There Such a Thing as Ideal Weight?
Is There Such a Thing as Ideal Weight? Tuesday April 15, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) In a recent poll, I asked readers to vote on how close they are to their goal weight. This idea got me thinking about ideal weight…that mythical number we all aspire too and that, often, coincides with our goal weight. But is there really such a thing as ideal weight? I suppose that depends on your definition of ‘ideal’. When it comes to health, weight is just one measure we use to assess how healthy we are, but most of us don’t use the scale as a measure of health – we use it as a measure of how thin we really are. So, is coming up with an ideal weight the best way to set a weight loss goal? While there are certainly ideal body weight calculators out there, most experts ag
