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I deceided to do some research on height/weight ratios for men and women. It has gotten a lot more complex since we had the simple charts prepared by insurance companies as explained in the first link below. Each of the 2 links below covers a somewhat different way of approaching ideal weight.

https://healthfully.com/a-weight-and-height-chart-for-women-4472777.html

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323446

Since you don’t say if you are a man or a woman, I conjecture that if a woman you could still loose a bit more weight, especially if not very muscular and physically active. So far as the carbs are concerned I would still urge you to discuss doing the Atkins style very low carb diet for a few weeks to see if you can eliminate need for the fungicide Nystatin. As I said before, candida and probably other fungal conditions will be very angry if you try to starve them to death. Surely you will not let a microscopic organism tell you what to do. Usually one week of strict carb reduction is long enough to shut them up. When I was doing strict carb dieting my sweetheart took me for a birthday dinner at Red Lobster. I had the mixed lobster tail and steak with broccoli and a ceasar salad. I dipped my lobster in melted butter, poured some on the broccoli, and had a low carb salad dressing on the salad. By that time I was several weeks into the low carb diet, had already lost 10 pounds, and was able to resist those tempting biscuits.

Remember since Nystatin is probably treating a condition that often causes a number of other health issues, you may find you can stop a number of other medicines too, while working with your doctor.

My own experience with weight has been varied. At 5”5” I maintained a weight of about 123 lbs. from 16 to 30. At one period of high physical stress I dropped to 118 lbs. After having children I was stable at 130 for a number of years. After a ten year period of caring for my mother while she died at home (her wish), helping clean up my father’s messy estate, and caring for my husband with Alzheimers until he died at home (his wish) I had climbed to 165 lbs. He had developed the behavior of waking at 4 am and wanting to go out and walk the city streets. He was 5’11”, 200 lbs. and I would sometimes have to wrestle him back into bed. Fortunately he was not a hitter. After he died I modified my diet and dropped to 155 lbs. after one year. Then I read Atkins and brought my weight down to the 130s, which several times has crept up to 150 when I have been under various stressful situations. However, returning to low carbs has made it possible for me to drop down to the 130s in a few months.

While not big boned, I have always been muscular and even at 80 installed an 8’8” by 22’ metal roof on my beach cottage porch roof. I had help lifting the wooden panel underlayment and the metal sheets onto the roof, but did the rest myself. I also walk behind and push the gas mower to mow the 1/4 acre lawn there avery 3 weeks at age 83. According to one of the guidelines listed in a link above, I should weigh 115 lbs now that I have shrunk to 5’3”. At that thinness I would have no fat reserves to protect me in a severe illness, so I think I will stick with the 130s.

I like your tree message. I have been inspired to plant trees. I now have a bearing fig tree I enjoy (not low carb unfortunately), and several young trees I want to plant.