I went in for a physical about 3 years ago. At 5'10" and 170 or 175, The doctor told me I was in the obese BMI catagory. He said "Now you could be more muscular then the average person but you should still loose some weight" I was a size 8. I was also running or cycling 2-4 days a week. Yes, you couldn't see my abs but I had a ton of muscle. (I was wearing shorts and a Tee shirt, he could definatly see my physique). I don't put much stock in BMI. :noway:

EXACTLY! A size 8 at your height is NOT obese. And even by the BMI standards, 170 *might* be a few pounds above a BMI of 25, but nowhere near obese. Not even in the ballpark! Sigh. It's incredibly frustrating that health care "professionals" are using such an inaccurate method of assessing someone's ideal weight.

If anyone is interested here is calculator that will compare your new and old BMI and also provides the normal weight range...


http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi_calc.html

Really interesting read about the new BMI.

Just thought I'd share my two cents on the BMI scale. When I started my wrist was 7.5" and I was "obese" at 247 (I'm 5'11"), after getting down to "overweight" my wrist was 6.75", now that I'm near/at "healthy" at 180, my wrist is 6.5" (the cut off for medium/large). So for some of you ladies who are "large", you may end up being closer to medium by the time you get down closer to your goal. As for me, I think I'll average the two together for my new goal now that I'm closer to figuring out what works for me. I just wanted to share in case anyone here was worried just how much their wrists may change over time. I lost a whole inch over the course of about 60-70lbs.

And if you haven't done an elbow measurement, I'd suggest that instead. It changes less than your wrist over time. I have the problem of not being very good at measuring mine though. lol

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