How do I Know if I am Attaining a Healthy Weight?

If you want to know the overall health of your body, getting your weight is the first step.  Just adding some more steps more you will know your Body Mass Index (BMI).  This is an accepted effective tool.  Get your weight by using a bathroom scale in pounds.  So if you are 120 lbs and 5 ft.  Use a calculator and multiply 703 by your weight.  This will change your weight to the metric system.  So for 120 lbs x 703 = 84,360.  Take down the result. 

Find your height in inches using a tape measure.  Your height is multiplied by itself.  So for 5 ft = 60 inches x 60 = 3,600 inches. Divide the first calculated number by the second and you will get your BMI.  So 84,360 / 3,600 = 23.43.  Using the table you are considered Normal.  Check your BMI with the table.  If below 18.5 then its underweight, if it is between 18.5 and 24.9, normal, if 25.0 to 29.9, overweight and 30.0 over is a candidate for obesity.

What is the Healthy Weight for my Height and Age

To get the answer to your question you should get the Body Mass Index (BMI).  BMI is a measurement tool that evaluate your actual height and weight.   It will give you an indication if you are underweight, overweight or even a healthy weight for your actual height.  This formula will serve as your guide to calculate your Body Mass Index. 

First is to judge your personal BMI using the result against the scale.  If your BMI is less than eighteen then you are under weight.  If you are less than eighteen point five then you are quite thin for your height.  If it is between eighteen point six to twenty four point nine your weight is healthy.  If it is twenty five and twenty nine point nine then you are overweight for the height.  If it is thirty and above, then you are obese.  A doctor should be consulted or you should loose weight.