Welcome to my podcast “Is my weight normal? Tips for a flat stomach”. I hope you all had a great, healthful, and productive week. As always, you can check out my Living Well Community page on Facebook to look for ideas and tips on how to live a healthy, rewarding and above all, happy life. If you’re a new listener don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast, so you’ll be notified about my upcoming episodes. You can also join my blog that precedes each podcast by clicking on the link in my show notes. Check out the script for my podcast. It’s available on my website beyondyourscale.com in the blog section. If you’re a subscriber to my blog, you will automatically receive an email with the link to the script. Enjoy!

Today’s podcast follows up on my blog “What is my ideal body weight and fat percentage?” Normal weight or ideal weight - what's the difference? Go to my blog at beyondyourscale.com lo learn why the two terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a difference.

But before I go on, I want to give you the google buster question for this podcast. 51% of Americans say this about their weight. What is it? As always, I will give you my answer at the end of the podcast or you will find it on my Facebook group “The Living Well Community”.

Body Fat Percentage: How Much Body Fat Is Ideal?

Am I really too fat? Or too thin?

If your stomach and muscles are in top shape, your weight becomes (almost) a minor detail. Let me define overweight and tell you whether you actually have too much on your hips or too little in your abs.

Suppose you weigh 80 kilos at a height of 1.75 meters, which would be about 175 pounds at 5.5 feet.  According to the old formula "ideal weight = height in centimeters (175) - 100 - 10 percent = 67.5 kilos" or about 150 pounds, that would be pretty steep. We’re talking 25 pounds overweight...Read More
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