So your ideal weight is well under the max weight, and you'd be fine for your entrance exam if you suddenly, for some reason, wanted to enlist. *g*
And mine at a little under 5'7" when I'm fit is around 163-165, so I'm right up against the tippy top of the scale (155 is hollow cheekbones and projecting hips)--but I've got a *very* heavy bone structure (I am, alas, considerably more than that currently. Viva Las Vegas!). And when I was the fittest I've ever been in my adult life, I weighed in at 180--but I was weight training and kickboxing.
I don't know how the Navy does it, but the Army has slightly lower max weights, and allows people to go over them as long as their measurements are within certain parameters.
The point is--ideal weight is a chimera. *g* Or, if not a chimera, a guideline at best.
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And mine at a little under 5'7" when I'm fit is around 163-165, so I'm right up against the tippy top of the scale (155 is hollow cheekbones and projecting hips)--but I've got a *very* heavy bone structure (I am, alas, considerably more than that currently. Viva Las Vegas!). And when I was the fittest I've ever been in my adult life, I weighed in at 180--but I was weight training and kickboxing.
I don't know how the Navy does it, but the Army has slightly lower max weights, and allows people to go over them as long as their measurements are within certain parameters.
The point is--ideal weight is a chimera. *g* Or, if not a chimera, a guideline at best.