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What's your BMI ?

aescam21
aescam21 Posts: 25 Member
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I just calculated mine and its 24. Not gonna lie I wish I was 22 or under. 24 is too close to overweight on the BMI scale. This is discouraging because I have been doing so well and this is just kind of in my face saying " Nope your still not thin enough"

I am 5,4 140 lbs I have managed to lose about 35 lbs in 2 years after my pregnancy mostly because I would start dieting lose a few pounds , stop dieting , diet again, lose a little more and so on ..

So im interested what's your BMI and what are you having for dinner ? ;)

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  • SteamClutch
    SteamClutch Posts: 433 Member
    Mine is 26, Happy as a clam about it. Had a burger patty, some steamed veggies and a huge salad for dinner
  • justaspoonfulofsugar
    justaspoonfulofsugar Posts: 587 Member
    BMI is NOT an accurate measure of health.There are athletes that fall into the obese category that just happen to fall there because of the way the calculations are based.IMO-it's a big pile of B.S.
    If you read up more on it,you will realise we have all been lied to about so many things.
    There is a great explanation about it in the fathead movie..it will also give you more information about why fat is not bad.
  • SteamClutch
    SteamClutch Posts: 433 Member
    Totally agree, I did not mean to shoot past my weight goal of 185, the BMI says 176 is top end for my height. I am going to focus on upper body strength training and recover that weight I lost with muscle
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    BMI is BS. 24 is nice and healthy for most women, but if you were a muscly, athletic woman you might register in over-weight or obese. So, a healthy woman could make herself UNhealthy by trying to fit into the BMI scale.

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You are likely at a very healthy weight already and that's why weight loss is slow/difficult.

    You've made posts similar to this before. Stop comparing yourself to some human invented measurement of being "thin enough". How about asking "am I healthy enough?" instead.

    btw: my BMI is 26.8 and I'm "happy as a clam" about it too. Sure I hope to lose another 15 pounds, but it's taking a very, very long time and so be it. The health that I am currently enjoying is the best of my entire life. Even as a child I was plagued by constant pain. Not anymore. I actually have no intention of weighing any less that the top of my BMI range (I'm 5'6", 150-155 is my goal).
  • sportyredhead01
    sportyredhead01 Posts: 482 Member
    Oh it's such crap.

    Personally, I'm more concerned if my booty stands to attention when I wear tight jeans (yes) than if I have good BMI numbers.

    Mine's 26, mostly because I'm built like my grandmother who could have played linebacker in the NFL.
  • Kinger138
    Kinger138 Posts: 15 Member
    BMI is crap...absolute crap. I've had doctors tell me as much. Just like what everyone is saying...focus on how healthy you are and not trying to fit into some pseudo-science numerical value. Eat well, be active, feel good, ignore nay-sayers, and put conventional wisdom back on the dusty shelf of bad research it came from.
  • kikih64
    kikih64 Posts: 349 Member
    Agree with all the "crap" comments. Seriously - height, weight and maybe waist measurement? That info might be somewhat helpful, but not real indication of the fat/lean ratio. I think I was 24 last time I was checked. I do have some fat that needs to be gone, but I have some really good strong muscles too!

    Editted to add - I'm 5'5" and right around 132-135 usually. Not sure what's for dinner yet - most likely steak and veggies (with butter!!)
  • Nutmeg76
    Nutmeg76 Posts: 258 Member
    BMI is a good tool for an overfat person (note I said over fat, not overweight) as a goal to see move towards a more healthy number. If you are truly obese and have a BMI of 45 and you set a measurable gol to be a BMI of 30 or less it can be motivating to see that number go down. And as a tool used that way it is helpful.

    Once you get closer to 30, then things gets tricky because muscle is more dense than fat. So you can appear to "weigh" more and not be overfat. On the scale you will be "overweight" but you are really healthy. I know many people (military) that are "obese" according to BMI but are super healthy and muscular.

    Look at this to see why the scale is so deceiving...and realize that the BMI uses the scale as it's variable. This woman has the SAME exact BMI in each picture. One is healthy the other is not. Her BMI in both is 25.8, she is 65 inches and 155 pounds. In one she IS clearly overfat and the other she is "over weight" I'd say for her being over weight is not a problem.
    http://everydaypaleo.com/attention-scale-addicts-part-2/
  • Howbouto
    Howbouto Posts: 2,121 Member
    Not to mention, in 1998 Weight Watcher had lobbied the US government enough to change the definition of health BMI from 30 to 25!!! Overnight, thousands of people went from health to overweight with a policy change.
  • Salkeela
    Salkeela Posts: 367 Member
    Interesting topic.

    I have a BMI of 23. I'm 5'5" and incredibly de-conditioned.

    I used to have a BMI of about 27 and at that time I was fit and able. I also think had less body fat then than now.

    Yet although I now "look" a better weight now I am now at this weight because of ill-health. I can no longer exercise, and so I have muscle wastage.

    So if folk say that a muscly person can have a higher BMI because of muscle density, then by that reckoning I probably need a lower BMI in order to keep my % body fat lowered.

    I would like to drop my BMI to 22. I can't do it by exerise sadly, but I think my health will benefit from having a lower ration of fat to muscle.



    Would LOVE to be back up at BMI 27 if I could also have my health back again too.... ;)

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