1000 calorie deficit NOT for people with healthy BMI

I am dyslexic so cannot make head nor tail of everything in this thread its confused me totaly
anyhow my

BMI is :27.8

BMR is: 1,479

Deficit 650 calories

From Normal Daily Activity 1,850 calories/day

i just want to know if this is ok?

If your asking if a 650 calorie deficit is ok for your bmi, It's probably borderline IMHO. I would probably knock it down to 500, but you can give it a shot for a month or so and see how it goes. Remember from my other posts I said that starvation isn't a line you cross, it's more of a gray area that you drift towards. If you stay there and you don't see a heck of a lot of progress, I would probably go up to 500 and try that for a month or so.

I am not sure where this whole "unhealthy end of the BMI" has come from. The BMI's varying scale is to take body frame and muscle mass into account. (and just in case I have to say this, yes obviously if you're an athlete or body builder, then its not that appropriate.)

Telling people (especially when you cant actually see them) that having a BMI of 21 is getting to the unhealthy range is like me telling someone that a BMI of 24 is close to the high unhealthy range so they should lose more weight - its just not true.

And instead of assuming that (especially women) are getting caught up in a number due to societal pressures is insulting: do you not think we are smart enough to figure that out? Maybe some of the people that are heading for the "lower end" of the BMI are small framed people??

I had doctors input before losing weight (i started at 61kg) and after gathering a history from me as well as taking my frame into account, she was happy with my ultimate goal of 50kg. She didnt think it was the unhealthy side of the BMI, she thought it was fine for me. (I am 157cm by the way).

Um, I don't think I ever said a BMI of 21 was unhealthy. I believe I said a BMI of 22 was getting to the lower half of the Healthy BMI range, which it is since the US Dept. of Health and most health organizations that I have read agree that a BMI of 18.5 is the cut off point for a healthy BMI. I think maybe you misread my comments littlespoon. As to your comment on it being insulting, I hardly think that was the case, or that any of my comments came off as insulting (there was absolutely no intent). People asked about their situation, and I gave my best effort based on the numbers they gave me. I specifically stated in pretty much every case, that I was JUST GOING BY THE NUMBERS and gave what I thought would be most helpful to them. I even went so far as to show the process by which I came to those numbers.
BMI is a flawed calculation, everyone is in agreement that is has limited scope and use, but with that in mind it is a relatively decent predictor of (very) general body weight as a function of overall health.

I just don't see where the anger comes from, littlespoon, you may know full well that numbers aren't as important as general health, but I see many people on here every day talking about how they need to lose weight, when in reality, some of them really don't have any need to lose weight, they just need to tone their bodies, eat healthy, and add lean tissue. If you find an error in what I'm saying, that's fine, I've no problem with that. I'm not any kind of expert on this stuff. And am willing to change my thinking if there is reason too.

FYI here is the article I have been refering to lately about BMI if people want more info.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/how-accurate-body-mass-index-bmi

Thanks Banks for a great post! :flowerforyou:
Maybe everyone needs to learn "IMHO.":drinker:

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