Weight chart

A height–weight chart can be a yardstick for an ideal weight but it is important not to forget that fat weighs less than muscle tissues per volume.  Measure yourself at the waist, stomach, hips, and thighs, using the scales unless your weighing machine can also record body fat.  To get a better idea of your health status, it is recommended that you visit a doctor and have your body fat measured. 

(Need based on Indian)

Height	Weight	Kg
Inches	Men	Women
58	-	45-59
59	-	45-60
60	-	46-62
61	55-66	47-63
62	56-67	49-65
63	57-68	50-67
64	58-70	51-69
65	59-72	53-70
66	60-74	54-72
67	61-75	55-74
68	62-77	57-75
69	63-79	58-77
70	64-81	60-78
71	65-83	61-80
72	66-85	-
73	68-87	-
74	69-89	-
75	71-91	-

 

Most people who want to lose weight, opt for fad diets where they starve or semi-starve themselves.  But the truth is that any reduction of weight in this manner is not due to loss of fat, but due to dehydration and muscle shrinkage.  When you go on a low calorie diet, you signal the body to prepare itself for a period of starvation. Your body adjusts by lowering the rate of metabolism, thereby reducing the rate at which the fat is burned.  Muscle tissues produce four calories per gram of energy while fat produces nine calories per gram of energy; so muscle tissue is lost while fat is stored for times when the calorie intake is restricted. 

Muscles play an important part in determining the metabolic rate; and when you lose muscle mass, your metabolism slows down.  When you eventually get back to your regular diet, you will rapidly gain weight because of the slowed down rate of metabolism.

 

Muscles and liver store glycogen, which is a source of energy.  Loss of muscle mass would lead to a feeling of fatigue even while performing daily activities or regular exercises.

 

If you want to lose weight, you should have some knowledge about balancing energy. When the intake of calories equals the calories spent, your body arrives at a ‘neutral energy balance’.  In such a case, weight remains constant.  If the calories taken in are more than the calories spent, it is known as ‘positive energy balance’.  This would lead to an increase in weight and fat. 

On the other hand, if your caloric intake is less than the calories used, you will lose weight and fat because insufficient calories, for providing energy, force fat stores to be used up. This is ‘negative energy balance’.