text: what is an ideal weight? how much should a 34 year old man who is 5'9 weigh? because i am doing a project and the m an weighs 230 lbs and need to get hi down to a healthy weight i made a site to check bmi and calories burned per day. it's not all that great but i spent a lot of time adding quality links to the further links section. http://www.jimmyr.com/lose_weight.php