BMI & My Weight Question!
lexoxoc
Posts: 135 Member
Hello Everyone!
I was just wondering how much people on here take into account their BMI in terms of their weight loss goals/overall goal?
My situation is this:
I'm 4'11"ish (give or take a 1/4 inch or so). When I started MFP I weighed in at 160 lbs. My initial goal weight was to lose 20 lbs, and I reached it in 5 months. After I reached my initial goal weight I decided to just maintain for awhile because I felt good and everyone said I looked great. So, I randomly checked my BMI on MFP one day and it said I was still borderline Obese. I freaked out! So a year after joining MFP I decided to stop maintaining and start losing again with a new goal of 120. The weight did not come off as easy this time around and I got frustrated but I ended up losing 15 lbs in about 8 months and was not thrilled but understood that the weight gets more difficult to lose after awhile. I again went into maintaining because of life and all but unfortunately I fell off the wagon a bit and gained 8 pounds back. So, I rechecked my BMI last month and was still considered overweight, which depressed me severely. So, now here I am two years after joining MFP and I am hoping to get down to 120. But I'm starting to think that I am concentrating too much on the stupid BMI and not enough on enjoying my weight loss and how I feel now compared to two years ago. According to my BMI, I'm supposed to be anywhere between 91 pounds to 120 pounds for a healthy weight. I get that I'm short and maybe I should be much thinner but I don't want to compromise the joy of my my weight loss success because of this BMI...
So, should I have it be a big factor or just chill out and do me?
Thanks all!
I was just wondering how much people on here take into account their BMI in terms of their weight loss goals/overall goal?
My situation is this:
I'm 4'11"ish (give or take a 1/4 inch or so). When I started MFP I weighed in at 160 lbs. My initial goal weight was to lose 20 lbs, and I reached it in 5 months. After I reached my initial goal weight I decided to just maintain for awhile because I felt good and everyone said I looked great. So, I randomly checked my BMI on MFP one day and it said I was still borderline Obese. I freaked out! So a year after joining MFP I decided to stop maintaining and start losing again with a new goal of 120. The weight did not come off as easy this time around and I got frustrated but I ended up losing 15 lbs in about 8 months and was not thrilled but understood that the weight gets more difficult to lose after awhile. I again went into maintaining because of life and all but unfortunately I fell off the wagon a bit and gained 8 pounds back. So, I rechecked my BMI last month and was still considered overweight, which depressed me severely. So, now here I am two years after joining MFP and I am hoping to get down to 120. But I'm starting to think that I am concentrating too much on the stupid BMI and not enough on enjoying my weight loss and how I feel now compared to two years ago. According to my BMI, I'm supposed to be anywhere between 91 pounds to 120 pounds for a healthy weight. I get that I'm short and maybe I should be much thinner but I don't want to compromise the joy of my my weight loss success because of this BMI...
So, should I have it be a big factor or just chill out and do me?
Thanks all!
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Bmi is really only helpful if you're very average height and build at 4'11" you are neither of those things. If you feel healthy and your doctor thinks so too I wouldn't worry about it0
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BMI is fairly meaningless for a lot of people. Check your body fat. I am overweight by BMI, but fit by body fat since I have a higher muscle mass than average.0
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I will never look at BMI for that same reason. I had a fitness test when I was thinner and it showed I was fit by measurements but I got hung up on BMI and weight and it made me obsess over the scale - diet, lose, gain...repeat. Now I look in the mirror and take measurements! Because now I actually have weight to lose.0
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