upset about my bmi

ka_42

I think we need to be putting our location before size number. A US size 4 is a uk 6-8. The converters say a 6 but reality says an 8. But these sizes are all naff compared to years ago...does anyone else remember a 28 inch waist being a UK 14?


Back to the original post, BMI takes no account of muscle. Get your body fat measured for a true picture and don't let the numbers get you down

I wish your conversion tip was the reasoning behind the differences in clothing sizes for me vs. other posters at my height and weight... but it's not. I looked at their profiles and we're all in the US. I feel pretty discouraged.

Sauchie

Personally from the research i have read The average American is over on the BMI. but 1-3 points. So to me its all crap.. I'm going for my goal weight that makes me feel bad even it it says I'm "overweight" i'll be over weight not huge like now,

funkyspunky871

After reading 2 pages worth of people putting down the BMI calculator, I feel like I need to say that I like tracking my BMI. Maybe it's because I'm not very muscular, but BMI holds very true for me. For god's sake, read what EVERY BMI calculator out there states: Does not account for muscle mass. Couldn't be anymore straightforward than that. At 5'7' and 295 pounds, my BMI was 46.3 and now at 211.4 pounds, it's 33.1. In about 20 more pounds, I'll count as just overweight, which sounds about right to me.

So, stop being upset about it. When you're a healthy weight, it will be obvious, and what the BMI says won't matter at that point.

bmuelling07

I think if you had enough muscle to take you all the way from normal to morbidly obese, you would be doing so much weight training that you wouldn't have any doubts about the shape you are in. You need to turn your upset into a positive force for change instead of looking for reassurance that you don't need to do anything. The really reassuring thing is that there are plenty of people here who have been much bigger than you and have turned it around.

The only reason I am being blunt is that I wish I had started sooner when I was only slightly overweight instead of wasting that time convincing myself I was okay really and then having twice as much to lose.

If I was looking for any reassurance it was that I wasn't "Morbidly Obese". I am definitely aware that I am overweight...that is why I joined the site. I understand that you are being encouragingly blunt so don't take my reply the wrong way.. I'm just stating that I realize I for sure need to lose weight. That is obviously why I am here lol