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    Posts: 274 Member
    edited January 17 in Success Stories
    Hey everyone!

    So most of us are here to lose some weight and live healthier lives. While I love seeing the number on the scale going down, that isn't the only one that counts! I take my measurements regularly too. But my FAVORITE thing to check is my BMI.

    So far I have gone down 3.4% in BMI with only an 18lb weight loss. :)

    If you haven't done so before go check your progress... (Its under "apps"). Check your BMI now, then go back and check you original.. I am always amazed by the steady decline whenever I lose another pound, or even just a half a pound!

    You may have lost more than you thought!

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    • Posts: 2
      Holy Moly I have gone from 34.4 to 31.1 with a 20lb weight loss! I am only 1.1 from getting out of the obese range...can't wait till I am in normal tho :)
    • Posts: 307 Member
      32.8 to 26.6 since early Jan. BMI is pretty inaccurate, but it is nice to see it go down.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      I started at 29.0 in November and now I'm already down to 23.6 :)
    • Posts: 951 Member
      To be honest, that was the final kicker to get me going on weight loss. I knew my BMI was way up there (in my mind), but when the doctor showed me the number...YIKES. So far I've gone from 35.7 to 26.4...and I've tracked that along with the pounds. Even made a BMI graph that I added to every 2 weeks for additional visual incentive.
    • Posts: 838 Member
      This is interesting. Never thought of comparing this before.

      I started at 197lbs, so a BMI of 33.8 (OUCH! I never knew how fat I got! In the obese range.....!) I am currently 151.8lbs and now have a BMI of 26.1. 1.1 until I'm in the healthy range! Hooray! I have lost 45lbs :)
    • Posts: 157
      Since September my BMI went from 38.6 to 28.3
    • Posts: 31
      Although it is good to know your BMI. Your body percent fat is a better number. According to my BMI I am obese but I am in a healthy body percent fat range.
    • Posts: 388 Member
      I started at 32.8 in January 2012 and am now at 24.2! :happy:
    • Posts: 185 Member
      Started at 26.4 (overweight), am now at 23.4 (healthy) after 14 weeks and 20 pounds!
    • Posts: 988 Member
      Started at 30.47 (obese) and now at 23.21 (normal)
    • Posts: 118
      Started at 29.5 (over)
      Currently at 27.1 (over)

      Not as big of a change as I'd like to see but this journey's not over, so still got a lot to go :yawn: :smile:
    • Posts: 91 Member
      This is really helpful. With a BMI of 36.3, I have a looooooooooong way to go, but it is good to have the facts. Good too to have the target weight range, although it is pretty broad. Still, it gives me a numerical goal--one that is too far away. I'll be thinking about some intermediate goals. Thank you very much for this post.
    • Posts: 1,083 Member
      At the end of August '12 my BMI was 37.4(!!!). That was two weeks before I started working out regularly. My latest weigh-in was a week ago and my BMI was 32.2. I've lost about 15kg (33lbs) since 27.8.2012.
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      BMI start at 313# - 57.2, class 3 obese
      BMI current at 207.2# - 39.7, class 2 obese

      Down 17.5
    • Posts: 1,956 Member
      Wow - I went from a 36 to a 22.9 BMI. I never even thought to look at that number because the BMI chart always made me mad. :wink:
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Well I just started MFP so I'm not sure what it was, but it says 21%. My scale at home says 26%, but it's an older scale so I'm not sure how accurate it is. Either way, good to know! Thanks for the tip!
    • Posts: 152 Member
      Currently BMI is 28.5 and I'm weighing 228lb :happy:
    • Posts: 7 Member
      Bmi is 29 and yes it's pretty inaccurate.... I don't think I was at obese prior to that but if the chart says so :)
    • Posts: 480 Member
      32.1 in February, (Obese!) to 29.6, so now I'm just fat :tongue:

      I reckon my BMI is reasonably accurate as I'm under no illusions all this extra weight is muscle :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 291
      32.8 to 26.6 since early Jan. BMI is pretty inaccurate, but it is nice to see it go down.
      This
    • Posts: 6,349 Member
      It's not a %. It's a ratio of weight to height, so it's incorrect to call it a percentage.

      Plus that confuses people with Body Fat %.
    • Posts: 8
      My starting bmi was 22.8 in January. As of today it's 21.4. I'm down 9 pounds and my ultimate goal is to have a bmi of 19.
    • Posts: 384 Member
      I went from 42.7 to 38.4 . I've lost 10% of my body weight and am off cholesterol meds!
    • Posts: 150 Member
      38.1 to 26.3... almost out of the over weight category... never thought I would do it...
    • Posts: 422 Member
      I go by my body fat % not BMI.
    • Posts: 2,525 Member
      starting BMI = 39.6
      current BMI = 21.3

      WHOOP WHOOP :happy:
    • Posts: 2,153 Member
      I agree that the body fat percentage is a much more accurate number. My BMI is 25.1, which is in the overweight range, but my body fat is currently at 17.8%, which is in the healthy range for me. That's down a lot from the 35% body fat I started with.
    • Posts: 130 Member
      How do I find my original?
    • Posts: 888 Member
      My current BMI is 28.7. When I started it was 51.4. I'm thrilled to be just "overweight" right now instead of morbidly obese. I still have my eye on the prize to have a normal BMI!
    • Posts: 265 Member
      I've gone from 44% to 40%. Still a long way to go but I knew that. I'm actually quite pleased to see it's already down 4%
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