If You Ate Whatever you wanted, no excersize, what do you think would be your stable bmi/ weight?

If I ate what I liked and didn't exercise I would be back to being fatter! That's how I gained in the first place.
When I was at my heaviest my BMR was 27. It's now 24 and in the normal/healthy range which was my aim of losing.

Regardless of what science proved with a higher bmi I looked ok but not great, I hated how clothes looked on me. Now I feel so much better in every way, not just body composition but fit and full of energy.

cloudi2 wrote: »

Hi MJ, how many calories are you at?

At TDEE-500, I eat around 1,900 calories on average. (I have a Fitbit and eat back exercise calories so that number does vary.) I'm losing almost a pound a week. I wager I'd be losing the whole pound, but I'm usually over by a couple hundred a week... What can I say? I love food!

If you need more stats, I'm 5'6", 25, and female. Oh, also I've lost just over 85lbs, not 75! (Oops.)

cloudi2 wrote: »

Sabine, the new research shows that there is less mortality, death, at bmi stable overweight and obese than in the middle bmi range! Especially for people 51 years and over.

Can you cite that research?
Oh, for OVER 51. okay, that's a bit different.
but still, can you link me to something?

cloudi2 wrote: »

Right on Sabine! Next up! Or if anyone of us felt oveweight and above people are attractive, as I do, would eating less than is desireable still be worth it?

I feel so much better when I'm eating right and exercising. The husband and I pigged out on our honeymoon, and by the end of it I was starting to get physically ill. I remember being 30 lbs heavier and feeling sluggish and weak all the time. Eating whatever I want isn't worth feeling that bad again, even if it could be proven to be healthy and was generally seen as attractive. (Personally I find my overweight husband very attractive, but I don't like that look on me, so it's really a stretch to imagine my views on myself could change enough...) Maaaybe I'd be ok with eating a lot more and keeping up with my workouts. It's a lot easier to get PRs when you're well fed.

cloudi2 wrote: »

Hi emdeesa, how old are you?

I'm 43.

Probably BMI 26 (161lbs), which in itself is still a respectable weight range, IMO. That's where I ended up after quitting my physical job to be a housewife (and a terrible housekeeper, so I was less than sedentary ). I always ate what I wanted, and was always slender to average, as long as I was active (walking/owned no car, on my feet/lifting/walking 8 hrs/day, etc.).

So, clearly I *can* maintain a "naturally" slim weight, but my appetite and food preferences dictate that I be an active person to maintain an average weight range. Take away the activity, and I'd carry a little extra, assuming I ate to my appetite, no care to calories.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100128091740.htm

I admit I only skimmed this article but yeah, I remember being taught this a bit in nursing school, that older people who have some weight on them fare better healthwise than those who are obese to morbidly obese and those who are rail thin.

The idea we were taught is that if you have some fat on you, you have some fallback if you become ill and for some reason can't eat. If you end up in the hospital on parenteral nutrition, you've got some fat stores to fall back on. You've also got some cushioning for those frailer bones.