If You Ate Whatever you wanted, no excersize, what do you think would be your stable bmi/ weight?
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. Oui! Pizza is so nice! The too much food situqtion is not as nice, I agree!I think I would be slightly overweight, but not obese. A BMI of 26-28 probably. But that's because I've learned what makes me happy, and too much food is not something that makes me feel good. A huge pizza every weekend would be something though
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Thanks for posting Levitateme!levitateme wrote: »If I ate whatever I wanted without restraint and never exercised, I would wager that I'd be super morbidly obese within 2 years.
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I'd probably bounce around between 130 and 142. If I hit a really stressful time, I'd drop farther, maybe close to what I am now. That's what I did before, and I don't think much has changed. That's in the healthy range as far as BMI, but not so much as far as %BF.0
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When I was doing that, my BMI was at the upper limit of healthy. I imagine I was gaining, just so slowly I didn't even realise so I think I would definitely be overweight by now if I hadn't of taken control.0
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As I see some MFP people maintain on well over 2000 calories, I am curious to know what you would guess your weight or bmi would get to and stabelize at if you left off counting and ate whatever you wanted naturally.
Mine is around 27 - 28 bmi, I'm 65 years old and do some outdoor walks for groceries and such.
If I didn't count calories, and just ate what I wanted, given my history, then my BMI would be around 28-29. That's about 190 lbs on my 5'8" frame.
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I should be eating 1400-1500 per day to lose weight, and I currently weigh about 165. I freaking love to eat, and it is so damn hard to hold back. If I didn't control myself I would probably maintain around 200-215lb. Because that's how much I like/want to eat to feel satisfied. My goal is to get back to 130... realistically though, I'd be happy at 145 again. Never thought I'd say that, because 145 used to be my "fat weight."
I can't seem to stop my slow gaining trend at the moment though. 0 -
villaricarose wrote: »I have been a yoyo dieter, unfortunately. When I am in free-fall state and eat/exercise how I want, my weight goes directly to around 280 pounds and stays there. There is no way this is healthy or fun or correct for my body, even though my body "likes" that weight. I am in constant pain, have GERD, blood pressure rises, can't sleep, feel miserable and look horrid. You would think all of that would motivate me, but I love food and my "freedom" -- which spirals down into no freedom. And then the cycle starts again...
Just wondering, have you had a sleep study done to test for sleep apnea?
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I would estimate around 325-330 lbs. Right around where I started.0
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i had a nice stable BMI of 30 for several years. I can maintain a fat body pretty easily. Now my bmi of 20, that takes a little effort. 0
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Judging from the fact that every time a gain weight it's because I would be consuming around 2000 calories a day, I would be around 100kg which is double what I weigh now0
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I have the opposite problem to most people. Left to my own devices I struggle to maintain a healthy weight, not helped by having digestive complications. I've been as low as BMI 17 left on my own with no exercise. I actually find that working out (all exercise but most especially lifting) increases my appetite and stabilizes my weight, so I'm sitting pretty at 19.5 theses days, and delighted.0
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It would be interesting to see how our 'default' BMIs compared to our BMIs as infants. I was a preemie, and the advice back then was to fatten up a baby as quickly as possible. Now they like to see babies 'lean and mean'.0
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I think I'd be about 2-3 pounds heavier, which would put my BMI at around 19.0
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Like many on here, it would be pretty much where I started 18 months ago - somewhere between 290 and 300 lbs. Maybe a bit more, because I actually got in some exercise back then...0
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Which was a BMI of about 43, I see...0
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This BMI thing is disturbing to me. I don't consider myself obese (stomp!). I know it's an old, worn-out conversation.0
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I topped out at 225. I think I was about 222 when I got my diabetes (t2) diagnosis last year. I'm sure if I ate and did no exercise (as I used to) I would climb back up to 220ish.
Fortunately, I have learned how to eat better and enjoy it so (knock on wood) I think I'm gonna stay around my current 167ish.
I've pretty much lost all the weight, my next goal is to be very fit. So far I'm off to a sluggish start.0 -
I'd probably bounce around between 130 and 142. If I hit a really stressful time, I'd drop farther, maybe close to what I am now. That's what I did before, and I don't think much has changed. That's in the healthy range as far as BMI, but not so much as far as %BF.
Thats interesting and I completely relate to it because that is what I would have said my years prior to menopause.
I hope you have a different experience from mine. However, it may not have been menopause that caused me to gain more than usual anyway, there were other factors that may have caused it, so I don't think its inevitable, its probably not in everybody's case. But the reduction in my weight after that set me on a path of disaster and underweight unfortunately.
Anxiety can cause weight loss in my case too. Sometimes I deal with stress by not eating enough.
I'm glad you posted this its made me think, thank you.
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Thanks HB, its hard for me to see much difference in my weight because there is a lot of fluctuation daily with swelling from saltier foods and stuff. its hard to know. I'm glad you were always healthy and I hope that will always continue to be the case for you.:-)When I was doing that, my BMI was at the upper limit of healthy. I imagine I was gaining, just so slowly I didn't even realise so I think I would definitely be overweight by now if I hadn't of taken control.
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Since I've done that experiment repeatedly, I keep coming back to 215 which is a BMI of about 27. However, what I see is that number is creeping up over the years. I used to do nothing and stay at 200, then it was 210. By December last year I was around 217. Currently at 196 with at least 10 more to lose.0
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295, BMI 34-35%. So, exaclty where I was 2 months ago.0
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So, mostly I'm getting you all pretty much feel your natural bmi is in the obese range then?
I wouldn't say that's my natural BMI because I live in a culture/society where there are lots of super high calorie foods available to me constantly. Also I eat to deal with my emotions, which is not natural. So no, I think my "natural" weight would probably be verging on underweight since I am tall with thin bones, given a "natural" diet of fruits, veggies, and a reasonable amount of meat/fish etc. It's the ice cream, cakes, desserts, chocolate etc that I'm wearing around my belly.
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KrunchyMama wrote: »As I see some MFP people maintain on well over 2000 calories, I am curious to know what you would guess your weight or bmi would get to and stabelize at if you left off counting and ate whatever you wanted naturally.
Mine is around 27 - 28 bmi, I'm 65 years old and do some outdoor walks for groceries and such.
If I didn't count calories, and just ate what I wanted, given my history, then my BMI would be around 28-29. That's about 190 lbs on my 5'8" frame.
Thanks KM. I'm seeing a lot of different perceptions about what 'natural eating' leads to.
Thank you for a clear response
I try to use my family as a guide, but in some cases it doesnt help. My Dad was slim and his family, most of them, were also slenderish. My mom battled with her weight, but her parents were just medium robust types. My daughters, now grown up àre different from each other, one tends to put on quickly, the other not at all. And to top that off, one of my brothers is slim medium and the other like my Mom battles with it. His wife has obesity in her family and she is large, but not what I would call obese in a bad way, just a very large girl, and very pretty.
At 5' 8" you can carry any weight more gracefully than those of us who are shorter.
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Many older people will lose weight from things like cancer or cancer treatments before they die - so they may die at a lower BMI - but the cancer itself (especially breast, colon, uterine) is more likely to occur in someone who is overweight. I am not certain you can really use that fact to support the hypothesis that you are healthier at an obese bmi than a mid normal one. Perhaps with age, the slight overweight does make some sense.0
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KrunchyMama wrote: »As I see some MFP people maintain on well over 2000 calories, I am curious to know what you would guess your weight or bmi would get to and stabelize at if you left off counting and ate whatever you wanted naturally.
Mine is around 27 - 28 bmi, I'm 65 years old and do some outdoor walks for groceries and such.
If I didn't count calories, and just ate what I wanted, given my history, then my BMI would be around 28-29. That's about 190 lbs on my 5'8" frame.
Thanks KM. I'm seeing a lot of different perceptions about what 'natural eating' leads to.
Thank you for a clear response
I try to use my family as a guide, but in some cases it doesnt help. My Dad was slim and his family, most of them, were also slenderish. My mom battled with her weight, but her parents were just medium robust types. My daughters, now grown up àre different from each other, one tends to put on quickly, the other not at all. And to top that off, one of my brothers is slim medium and the other like my Mom battles with it. His wife has obesity in her family and she is large, but not what I would call obese in a bad way, just a very large girl, and very pretty.
At 5' 8" you can carry any weight more gracefully than those of us who are shorter.
Lol, I may carry it better, but definitely not gracefully, haha I'm as uncoordinated as they get! Being tall has disadvantages though, when I'm around my shorter friends I feel massive, like an elephant standing beside a person. I also find it hard to believe friends who say the are only 120 lbs, but have a BMI that is very obviously higher BMI than my own, given that I have like 60lbs on them. Just goes to show that there is no 'magic number' I guess.0 -
people wouldn't be on this website if natural eating got them where they wanted to be (with the exception of some folks here after a particular illness or medical recovery.)
If I ate whatever I wanted I would get to the size I got to when I was so disgusted with myself that I had to start focusing on what I eat. I'm fairly lucky because its not as high as some other people naturally get. for me it was in the 170s at 5'8". I looked and felt awful at that weight and was extremely out of shape.0 -
happysquidmuffin wrote: »I should be eating 1400-1500 per day to lose weight, and I currently weigh about 165. I freaking love to eat, and it is so damn hard to hold back. If I didn't control myself I would probably maintain around 200-215lb. Because that's how much I like/want to eat to feel satisfied. My goal is to get back to 130... realistically though, I'd be happy at 145 again. Never thought I'd say that, because 145 used to be my "fat weight." I can't seem to stop my slow gaining trend at the moment though.
I'm with you about the 1400 - 1500, I couldnt do it anymore. I'm just short of 5'7", but I always use the 5'7" for calculating, its just easier. I was 130 as a teen, college put some on then after my first child I was back down to the 130's again. None of that was controlled, it just went that way. Then again in my 40's I was in a new situation and very busy and just naturally went down to around 130. Its funny how body weight can fluctuate so much for unknown reasons without dieting isnt it?
Thank you for addng to the thread Happysquidmuffin, I like your name!
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Thanks KeeptheFaith!KeepTheFaith9 wrote: »I would estimate around 325-330 lbs. Right around where I started.
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melimomTARDIS wrote: »i had a nice stable BMI of 30 for several years. I can maintain a fat body pretty easily. Now my bmi of 20, that takes a little effort.
Thank you MelimomTARDIS for sharing!
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