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    whats your bmi target

    Posts: 36
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    mine 22.5

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    • Posts: 9,834 Member
      I'm overweight & aiming for obese
    • Posts: 5,310 Member
      20
    • Posts: 113 Member
      I'm currently at 30.7 and I'm aiming for 22.9.
    • Posts: 583 Member
      I'm aiming for 18.5 - 19.

      But I don't weigh myself so who knows really!
    • Posts: 61 Member
      I'm 32.5 and so first target is 30 to get back into overweight rather than obese. Ultimately I'd be delighted to get to 25, but if I'm in the zone with exercise and healthy eating by then, then I would be happy to get to 22.5. Below that I think I would look to skinny for my age!
    • Posts: 1,201 Member
      I've ditched bmi and scale number targets. . . . focusing on measurements, energy levels and how my clothes fit :)
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I'm around 27 at the moment, I'm aiming for between 21- 22 :smile:
    • Posts: 414 Member
      mine is currently 22.1 im aiming for 20
    • Posts: 21 Member
      I am 39.5 and that is obese but I am aiming for overweight right now. We will see how it goes.
    • Posts: 323 Member
      Currently aiming for 30,
      Eventually want to get down to 24.
    • Posts: 21
      Just reached 29.9 from a high of 40. Next target is 24.9 and then I will reevaluate.
    • Posts: 458 Member
      I would like to get to the "healthy" range of 25. Once there I wouldn't mind get a few more pounds down to have some cushion for fluctuation in weight.
    • Posts: 430 Member
      25, any lower and I'd look annorexic. I couldn't believe when my dietician told me I'd still be considered overweight at 185. I'll try 175, which Is at the upper end of normal, but any less and i'd look scrawny.
    • Posts: 239
      25 would be the untimate goal to reach.. slow and steady wins the race :)
    • Posts: 110 Member
      I'm at 24.9 and I'm aiming for 23.4.
    • Posts: 2,484 Member
      Not sure. I go by how my clothes fit. I am happiest and healthy in a size 10 (used to be a size 18). Scales are my enemy. I become obsessive compulsive if I see a # I don't like.
    • Posts: 319 Member
      I'm not quite sure how bmi works but the bmi calc on here sais I'm 28.7 (overweight)? so probably something lower than that.
    • Posts: 68 Member
      im 28.2 want to get to 21.2
    • Posts: 448 Member
      Im at 28.0. I want 25.0 (very top of healthy) then maybe 23.0
    • Posts: 111 Member
      20ish
    • Posts: 216 Member
      Somewhere around 20. I think it would make a huge difference in my running times. However, I really want to get my bodyfat % down into the athletic range, as I think that overall will have more of an impact than my BMI on race times. So Bodyfat % somehwere between 14 and 18%....closer to 14%.
    • Posts: 9,834 Member
      My earlier post was to show that bmi is bs as it does not take into account bf%. I would not set a goal based on it.

      I've been down to mid bmi range & I was a skinny runt.
    • Posts: 3,317 Member
      My earlier post was to show that bmi is bs as it does not take into account bf%. I would not set a goal based on it.

      I've been down to mid bmi range & I was a skinny runt.

      Mid range 'healthy' BMI was 25 pounds ago, and rather ****ty. I'm going for obese, thanks.
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      never really considered it. not going to either.
    • Posts: 3,271 Member
      Both of these guys have the same BMI. Is BMI a good metric to use?
      bmi-comparison.jpg
    • Posts: 741 Member
      22

      Personally I would be happy with when I feel good but my FS wants me to have it between 20-25 before he will put me on the IVF waiting list.
    • Posts: 19
      Both of these guys have the same BMI. Is BMI a good metric to use?
      bmi-comparison.jpg

      Exactly! BMI has been shown by research to have the lowest predictive power of long term health results of the four main ones used. A far better measure, and as easy to use, is the ratio of height to waist circumference. Anything over 2.0 is good. If you're 5'10", shoot for 35" or less around your waist.
    • Posts: 3,536 Member
      When I began my journey my BMI was 73.9.... and as of today it is 35.2

      Any BMI > Below 18.5 is Underweight
      Any BMI > 18.5 – 24.9 is Normal
      Any BMI > 25.0 – 29.9 is Overweight
      Any BMI > 30.0 and above is Obese
      Any BMI ≥ 35 or 40 is severe obesity
      Any BMI of ≥ 40–44.9 is morbid obesity
      Any BMI of ≥ 45 or 50 is super obesity

      So I was off the chart at the beginning and am still considered severely obese.... I don't feel severely obese anymore and I just don't put alot of stock into BMI anymore but if I must target a zone even at my goal weight of 230 lbs. I will be obese!! lol......
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