Healthy BMI

KnitOrMiss

1234usmc wrote: »

I just need to grow a little more. I'm not to fat, I'm obviously to short

And the best things, like all of us, come in small packages, right?

KeithF6250

Interesting discussion. I stopped losing weight a couple months ago. I hadn't made any changes. I just reached a point where my body mass matched my calorie intake. Since then I've fluctuated between 149 and 151 so I've decided my goal is 150. A couple days ago my wife commented that I've gone too far. I just ran the CDC BMI calculator and it came out normal although slightly above the mid-range of normal. I'm right at what I remember weighing 50 years ago but the distribution is different. If I can get a few pounds more in the upper body and less in the middle perhaps there will be fewer complaints,

DianaElena76

KeithF6250 wrote: »

Interesting discussion. I stopped losing weight a couple months ago. I hadn't made any changes. I just reached a point where my body mass matched my calorie intake. Since then I've fluctuated between 149 and 151 so I've decided my goal is 150. A couple days ago my wife commented that I've gone too far. I just ran the CDC BMI calculator and it came out normal although slightly above the mid-range of normal. I'm right at what I remember weighing 50 years ago but the distribution is different. If I can get a few pounds more in the upper body and less in the middle perhaps there will be fewer complaints,

I'm so happy to read this. That's what I envision myself doing--going until my body says I've gone far enough.

GaleHawkins

I knew one recently got within 5 pounds of goal weight and after 6 months she gave up trying and stopped weighing. After another 6 months she weighed again and she had lost that last 5 pounds.

Giving the body time to reach equilibrium or what ever one wants to call it seems important after losing weight. Steep downward loss rates are associated with 100%+ regains per some info I have found.

Now that I am eating for better health instead of weight loss things are going better than any effort in the past 40 years.

nvmomketo

KeithF6250 wrote: »

Interesting discussion. I stopped losing weight a couple months ago. I hadn't made any changes. I just reached a point where my body mass matched my calorie intake. Since then I've fluctuated between 149 and 151 so I've decided my goal is 150. A couple days ago my wife commented that I've gone too far. I just ran the CDC BMI calculator and it came out normal although slightly above the mid-range of normal. I'm right at what I remember weighing 50 years ago but the distribution is different. If I can get a few pounds more in the upper body and less in the middle perhaps there will be fewer complaints,

I'm just on the cusp of a normal BMI now. I'm 165-166lbs and 164 something is normal for my height. I weighed this weight in my 20's, and it was distributed VERY differently. I was quite fit at the time, working out often and running up to 28km on a good Sunday. My 165lbs does not look NEARLY as good as it did 20 odd years ago. LOL

I'm shooting for about 140lbs, which is in the middle of my normal BMI. I may over shoot it and go to 130 something because the last time I was 140 was late high school, and I was quite the jock back then so 140 won't look the same either. LOL

I am adding weights back into my life but it will take quite a while for it to make a difference because my fitness level is quite low right now.

I think the main thing is not to set a hard goal. Reasses when we get to a goal and keep going or not depending on what our body wants to do, how we feel (health) and if we are happy with that size.

KenSmith108

BMI, Weight, CICO, Macros all interesting but... I'm doing LC to get my diabetes under good control, the rest is just bonus.

KittensMaster

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

1234usmc wrote: »

I just need to grow a little more. I'm not to fat, I'm obviously to short

And the best things, like all of us, come in small packages, right?