BMI - obese

Athomemermaid · August 2016

Hi all,
I've know I'm fat / overweight and have been trying to loose weight for what feels like years now.

Today I did a bmi test and it came up with 40 - obese.

Now that is a shock to the system. I am officially obese.

Hopefully this insight will now make me loose weight for good.

Anyone else out there who never thought they were but actually are?

Bxqtie116 · August 2016

I was in denial. I knew I was overweight but considered people who weighed 300 lbs or more to be obese. I stayed away from the scale cause I didn't want to know how much I actually weighed. Now, I can't stay away from the scale.

JeromeBarry1 · August 2016

Obese starts at 30. How long have you been denying that possibility?

koujo21 · August 2016

Same here I was 320 and avoiding the scale but now I check weekly. Keep working buddy don't lose sight of you goal

emdeesea · August 2016

Yeah I was at 30, totally in denial. My family is all overweight and the city in which I lived, being overweight was common, so I looked rather "normal."

Athomemermaid · August 2016

About 18 months to be honest. I've had some really difficult personal stuff during this time. Mum passing away suddenly. Complicated grief, depression and anxiety, brother abusing me emotionally (now cut off), loss of job.

I know that there is NO excuse for gaining so much. I was / am in denial.

playmadcats · August 2016

Yep was 33. I only decided to check when I was looking at taking up scuba diving ( not recommended for those over 30 bmi). Not so much in denial but didn't really think of bmi. Or overweight or obese just knew I was heavy on scales.
About same time a friend posted some pics on Facebook. And it woke me up too how bad things were. Am now at 26 so still overweight but feel ( and hopefully look) heaps better.

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thereshegoesagain · August 2016

Yes, I knew I was fat but was a master at pushing it out of my mind. I went to a new doctor and she was the first doctor to look me straight in the eye and tell me I was morbidly obese and I would die young if I didn't change immediately. I listened and acted. My BMI was 40. 3 years later I am in the healthy range through diet and exercise.

Sloth2016 · August 2016

I entered the obese club when I was 10 years old. Stayed there most of my life. I am 53 y/o now. Finally dropped out last month after four years of watching calories. I won't be back.

sijaeabc · August 2016

my BMI started out at around 45 (yikes!) I knew I was obese, but mapmyfitness had additionally categories and put me in obese category 3 - that was shocking. Now I am down to a BMI at 33 and stile obese but just around the corner from overweight. Even though BMI is not the only indicator, I am looking forward to getting it below 30!!

amyk0202 · August 2016

I was in denial about my weight for a long time before I really reached the breaking point. I'm really good at denial--I avoided the scale & the doctor's office for years. I had never actually heard of BMI until I started researching WLS. I didn't really know there were different levels of being overweight. I was morbidly obese & it was really eye opening to learn about all the risks I was putting myself up for.

wagnerpe123 · August 2016

I don't think the "Obese" BMI was a shock - we had a wii and that wii fit scale person would loudly announce "that's obese" when I would weigh in. Sigh.

What shocked me was when I googled my BMI and found out that I qualified for bariatric surgery without any co-exisitng issues (I was so obese that I didn't even need to also have high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, etc). I never considered that someone like me would qualify for surgery. I wasn't THAT big! (hint - yes I was!)

It was very motivating to me as I lost some weight to say, well . . . now I'm under 35; I'd have to have an obesity related issue to have surgery now!

Then I crossed out of obese and into overweight. That was another celebration.

Still working on getting from overweight to healthy weight, but I'll get there!

Athomemermaid · August 2016

Thank you all for your uplifting comments.

I've just researched a gym in my area and will go see them. (Push that anxiety away)

All your comments are giving me motivation and I see myself in all if them.

If anyone wants to take on a noob to mentor or be friends please add me. I need all the advice and motivatio one can give.

tomteboda · August 2016

I cried when I weighed myself and my BMI was very close to 40. Bawled. For like, an hour. Then I got some sleep. The next day I decided that things had to change. And that was that. Motivation had very little to do with my success. Sheer stubborn determination that I needed to do what it would take to give my body a fighting chance did it. I decided I'd be a year older in a year, I might as well be thinner instead of fatter, too.

Be honest with your logging and forgive yourself and move forward. Exercise is great, but your success will be made or broken in the kitchen. Log everything honestly. Get a food scale. And record every single bite and drink. You CAN do this, its not so much like running a race as it is like developing a good habit such as brushing your teeth. Dont' get wound up in the daily grind, look at the weekly picture if you go over for the day. I didn't get really fat overnight, so obviously I wasn't going to get thinner overnight either; I knew starting out that I was in this for a long haul.

There will be days it is easy. There will be days when its hard. The most important thing is that you move a little bit toward your goal steadily. Best wishes!

Sued0nim · August 2016

Good

Morbid obesity and your recognition of it is step 1 in stopping fooling yourself

Now you get to fix it

oolou · August 2016

I've always known I was obese/overweight over the years. But I will often look in the mirror and go, yeah that's fine, you look fine in that outfit. It takes looking at photographs to really bring home to me just how fat I am. The other week I decided to take some 'before' photos for comparison in the future. It really depressed me to see objectively how flabby and big I am. I hope that when I take some photos in a few months time to compare, I'll be happier.

Therealobi1 · August 2016

I knew I was obese as my nurse told me, that didn't spur me on to lose weight
When I was ready to start I weighed myself at home and was 2 stones heavier than I thought I was. I thought my scales were bust so I went to the chemist and yes it was right almost 15 stones.
So that is what made me lose weight

Rattler11 · August 2016

I did the same thing about 2 weeks ago. Took a bmi test for the first time and for it to come out as obese... It rattled me to say the least. I'm a sophomore in college and I'm already obese? I've played sports all my life, I worked out all through high school, and now... yeah, that was the tipping point. I'm seeing it now. Really seeing it... I realized, for me anyways, it was the food I was eating, and the amout of it. I could work out all I wanted, but without changing my eating habits I was slowly but surely gaining. But now that my eyes are open I'm going to get down to a healthy weight. I'm determined.

kommodevaran · August 2016

I knew I was overweight (bordering obese), but I spent a lot of effort pretending I didn't know, didn't care. Actually I was devastated, I just felt hopeless and overwhelmed and very very reluctant to change behavior that of course, on some levels, felt good.

neldabg · August 2016

Yep. I reached obesity with a BMI of 31 when I was in my mid-teens. Like you, it was a "shock to the system." Yes. I knew I was overweight, but it didn't help that many people told me that I was curvy with a butt and fine just as I am, and I somewhat comforted myself with the knowledge that I was "only" overweight. Being obese, however, made me very uncomfortable. It was also around this time that I noticed life becoming more difficult. For example, one size clothing barely barely fit me anymore if they did at all. I found myself Googling weight restrictions for things like bicycles and sky diving. I hadn't reached that stage of obesity where I couldn't do those things anymore, but I realized that I was fast approaching that kind of territory. I'm so glad I snapped out of my old habits and started taking care of myself while I'm still so young.

seska422 · August 2016

BMI isn't a test that your doctor does. It's a formula based solely on your weight and height. That makes it really easy to check your BMI at any time. I've enjoyed keeping track of my BMI as I've lost weight.

Calculate Your BMI

PaulaWallaDingDong · August 2016

My mom used to tell me I was obese, but you couldn't get me to admit I was more than overweight. I assumed she was just jealous because I was doing fatness better than her and didn't need surgery to correct it...Turns out I was MORBIDLY OBESE. *eats foot and apologizes*

zalmann919 · August 2016

relroberts8 wrote: »

I know that there is NO excuse for gaining so much. I was / am in denial.

You give a long list of frankly daunting challenges, grief, and loss. Perhaps it would be a good time to reassess the Puritan notion that one requires an "excuse" not being super-human. You don't need one. It's called the human condition, and we're all in it with you. Don't pile guilt on yourself, save that energy for getting going on your weight loss goals. Now that you're awake, and aware, make the most of it. You have the power to make choices today.

jdhcm2006 · August 2016

I always knew that I was overweight, but I never took into consideration my height vs my weight, which is why when I saw that my BMI was 30.2 I was shocked that I was indeed obese. That's what made me start to lose weight. I didn't mind much being overweight, but I refused to be obese. It's taken time, but I've finally entered into the top of the normal BMI range.

Just give yourself the time it's going to take to lose that weight. Give yourself permission to stumble every now and again. Some days will be better than others. There will be days when you don't feel like it, but that's when you have to do it. Get the digital food scale, be honest with yourself and your diary, and try to find an exercise that you enjoy and doesn't feel like a chore to do. Good luck OP!

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