Will i ever be a healthy weight??

Please don't be so hard on yourself. 148 lbs. and 5'4" is not that obese! You've been doing a great job losing weight and you just have to shrug that off. Keep up the good work!

i really really dont like doctors!!! its like you go to one, they tell you all this *kitten* thats wrong with you and then you worry yourself over it... im kind of an anti-doctor person lol... as long as you continue to work out and eat healthy, not just for weight loss but for a healthy heart, you are most def a hell of a lot better then what you started at!!! DONT WORRY YOURSELF!!!

Heck yeah you will look how far you have come there is no stopping you now!! Focus full speed ahead finish what you started! I would trade places with you in a heartbeat I am 5'4" and no where near 148!! Also, you know the last pounds are the hardest to get off so it may be time to shock your body to get things going again if you have stalled (e.g. change up workout routine, or change diet )

I think you need a new doctor - one who's more supportive. I'm very close to where you are in height and weight and when I saw my doctor in October, he was thrilled at my weight loss and asked me how I did it. Weight loss is a journey, and a slow and steady weight loss is the best way to go. I don't think I like your doctor very much.

I think you have done an amazing job! Personally, I can't stand the whole BMI tool just because it doesn't take into account frame type. I would rather go with percentage of body fat than that, but I guess BMI is the standard. Instead of focusing on that, look at your accomplishments, and how much healthier you are. Look at everything you can do now that you had difficulties with before. You CAN finish this out and hit your goal!

Personally, I suggest finding a new doctor that will look at you, rather than the number on the screen. BMI is a flawed measurement in any case, and you should be congratulated for losing so much. Encouraged to continue, perhaps, if that's right for you, but not lectured. A healthy weight for an individual is exactly that - individual. A formula that fails to account for variations in frame, muscle mass and physical condition is not going to tell you anything really, except what is 'average'. If it's any consolation, I will never be in the 'healthy' range on a BMI chart - on a very large frame and with a lot of muscle, I'll be doing damned well to be in 'overweight' rather than 'obese'. For me, BMI 'healthy' would be very very unhealthy indeed - skin and bones and not much more. This may not be the case for you, but remember that many very healthy professional athletes are classed as overweight or obese on the BMI scale, and also, that you are the customer when you go to the doctor. Ask them to do a body-fat percentage instead - that will give you a much better idea of how healthy you actually are than a number on the scale plugged into a formula. Chin up!


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My reply just vanished, so here I go again. First off, find a new doctor who will look at you, and not just the number on the screen. The BMI is a flawed measurement anyway, conceived in the aftermath of WW2 when large parts of the population were malnourished and significantly underweight, and a healthy weight for an individual is just that - individual. As others have said, many professional athletes - very healthy ones - are classed as obese or overweight by a scale that fails to account for variations of frame, muscle mass and physical condition. If it's any consolation, I will never be 'healthy' according to the BMI charts - in fact, I'll be doing damn well if I can maintain 'overweight' rather than 'obese'. On a very large frame and with a lot of muscle, 'healthy' according to BMI would actually mean very, very unhealthy for me - skin, bone and not much else.

Secondly, don't forget that you are the customer, not just the patient, when you visit your doctor. You should be being congratulated for how far you've come, and encouraged, if that is right for you, to keep on going, but certainly not lectured. It sounds like this medical professional needs a lesson in amateur psychology and human relations! Next time, ask them to do a body-fat percentage test, as that will tell you much more about how healthy you are than a number from the scale, plugged into a formula that can only ever tell you where you are in relation to the average, rather than what is healthy for you personally.

By the way, you look great in your photo - congratulations!

Feeling really down at the moment I started this journey in February and know I have come a long way since then but i went to the drs Monday only to be told im still overweight and even though I pointed out how I had lost so much they told me I was still unhealthy. I am 5"4 and 148lb which is 25.7bmi I think so not far off healthy but still not there.

I just feel like my whole life from going to the school nurse to being pregnant and even now all i get is lectures about my weight I just want for once in my life for them not to mention it! I feel like I will never get there.

Sorry for the rant but its really getting me down

Hun, you've lost a TON of weight! That's an incredible accomplishment that you should be proud of, despite what any idiot doctor says. I do agree with heatherdills in regards to BMI. The BMI doesn't take into account body frame size. I have a large body frame, and if I went along with the biased BMI plan that's out there, I would be "healthy" under 140, and on my body frame, I'd look anorexic. A long time ago, my doctor said that I should be 150 (I would be healthy at that weight). I'm trying to get down to 145.
You will get to a healthy weight. I suggest finding another doctor. The doctor you have now sounds like a real jerk. Doctors are supposed to be supportive when it comes to health.
Keep up the great work you're doing with your weight loss. You are doing an amazing job and you are an inspiration! Make the jerk doctor eat his words!

Feeling really down at the moment I started this journey in February and know I have come a long way since then but i went to the drs Monday only to be told im still overweight and even though I pointed out how I had lost so much they told me I was still unhealthy. I am 5"4 and 148lb which is 25.7bmi I think so not far off healthy but still not there.

I just feel like my whole life from going to the school nurse to being pregnant and even now all i get is lectures about my weight I just want for once in my life for them not to mention it! I feel like I will never get there.

Sorry for the rant but its really getting me down

I'm sure others will say this but BMI is just a statistical measure, it does not in ANY way indicate that you are healthy or not healthy! plenty of people in the 'normal weight' BMI are very unhealthy and plenty of us overweight BMI people would destroy them in any kind of psychical activity or nutrition based weighing.

An obese person who is active is healthier than a skinny person who is not.