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BMI Insanity!!!
I notice a lot of people listing their BMI, and wondered how much stock people put in BMI. My starting BMI was 41.7 (aaargh!), and in order to get to the middle of the "normal" BMI range I need to get to 22.8. Those numbers are scary enough, but my starting weight was 291, and a BMI of 22.8 would require a weight of 152. I…
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I'm back and MFP is better thanks to you.
Beginning again, and hoping for sustained results this time. I have primarily used this tool as a calorie calculator. My wife uses it as a a social networking site too. One of my problems with this site in the past was the pseudoscience and nonscience being spouted by the semi-informed on the boards. This morning as I read…
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Newbie, and a teacher, trying again
Trying to lose weight ... again, and choosing the summer to do it. Being a teacher means I have more time on my hands over the summer (though I do have a part time job to take up some of that time), but along with the extra time comes more temptation. Any suggestions, other than the obvious - keeping busy. Hopefully the…