What BMI are you heading for?

Right now I'm almost in the "healthy" range so that's my immediate goal. Eventually I want to be at 21.

As far as using BMI as a measuring tool. For me it works. I'm not exceptionally athletic or muscular.
The only people it doesn't work for are people with a lot of muscle. If you are convinced you fall into this category, measure your waist. For women it's anything below 35",.. for men I'm not sure, you can look it up.
That should give you a more accurate measure of healthy.

I don't pay any attention to BMI any more.... I don't feel it is a true indicator of my overall health and well being... Best of Luck

BMI is wonderful for people in denial. If someone doesn't realize how fat or skinny they are, the BMI is there to tell them.

I don't really care about the BMI when I'm done. I loved moving out of OBESE and into OVERWEIGHT. Nobody was ever so happy to become overweight, let me tell you! Did a dance of joy.

Looking forward to entering Normal. It's not far off.

But the actual number, when I'm done? I don't care.

I can't wait to get out of the obese and into overweight! I have 47 lbs to go until I get there. But I will do a dance a joy too! Congratulations on hitting that milestone and that is great you are almost in the normal range!

You'll get quite a few people here taking issue with BMI - they'll be very muscular, or point out it's only good measure for populations rather than individuals. But a sample of people here maybe aren't the same the general population. Relying on one thing to measure health alone isn't good. But let's face it, a great deal of people in the general population (not drawn from a health and fitness website) with a high BMI are fat, not built like the Rock. I am retaining pies and gin, not glistening guns.

I will be happy when it's around 20 I think. It's a bit arbitatry really, it is general and but something to head towards. I'm smack bang between healthy and overweight at the moment.

I don't particularly care--I'm going for body fat percentage and overall look/size. My goal weight is based on a weight I looked good at recently enough to still be applicable, and it would be a BMI of 21.3. I know I look better below 25, but I also know I could have had a better body fat percentage and more lean mass last time I was at my goal weight (I did lots of cardio, especially running, but not enough strength training), so that could mean that my goal ends up a bit higher, although it also may mean that I work harder to get the body fat down and end up at the same weight, who knows. For me there's no way it means I'll be outside the normal BMI range, though, so I guess BMI works fine for me.

I think BMI sucks just like the scale. It doesn't give an accurate picture of a person's health. The mere fact some people who are more fit, trim, and have a muscles are penalized because of an outdated tool makes BMI suck out loud in my opinion.

I go for a goal weight, check my BMI, and decide if I'm happy with it or not.

I don't think I can say what my goal BMI will be, only because I will be ripped apart for it.
I just wanted to point out that some people naturally have a very low BMI. I have friends who are in the 80's weight range, not because of an eating disorder, but because they are just naturally that thin.

Lots of people think you should go by body fat %, but calculating your TRUE BF% is like.. ****ing impossible. You can get very CLOSE, but it will NEVER be accurate. Idgaf what you think, or what you've heard, that's the truth.

I completely forgot why I'm replying to this post because there was something significant I wanted to say. Ah, yes.
For anyone who's gone onto this fckn calculator right here:
http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/

that gets trumped around MFP every god damn post, you should know that the "perfect" BMI is complete bull****. You shouldn't allow it to make you feel too badly about yourself. Personally, when I saw that my "perfect weight" had to be 124 - that I had to have a BMI of 22, I was fcking pissed. I have been at 118lbs before, and I can say that I was very out of shape. I get that I could be more muscular, resulting in a higher weight and all that, but just..... STILL. Being at 118 was NOT healthy for me. I was binging every day. Every god damn day for months straight. I was not being healthy. Being at a BMI of 22 for me is ridiculous. It is way too large for me. My own personal self. Maybe it looks right for someone else who is 5'3", but for me, it isn't.

You shouldn't let what everyone believes you should be dictate what your goal weight will be. Ultimately, you should do what feels right for yourself. This goes in a situation where the reverse happened. Where the "perfect BMI" was too low for you.

Each person is different, and some bodies just don't work that way. I believe we all have a healthy, natural weight. Even if the BMI for your organic weight is below 18, that's fine. Like I said, I know a girl who is in the 80's weight range. Her BMI would be less than 18 but she is HEALTHY. She eats like hell. She isn't THAT short. Her frame is just that petite. Her metabolism really is just that quick.

But I digress...

My goal BMI would definitely be under 18, but that's for lots of personal reasons. There really isn't any nutritional advice anyone could give me that I don't already know.

I remain around a BMI of 18.7-19.

It is where I am comfortable.
I also have a low bodyfat %, which in truth, is more important to me than my BMI anyway.

I am going more for a goal weight, which at 90 lbs would give me a BMI of ~18. Before anyone panics about that number being too low, please bear in mind that I am only 4'11 and have a small skeletal frame.