What's your Body Mass Index ?

[Holly78]

I joined a gym last week and have been 5 times in 7 days...also making a conscious effort to drink less alcohol and eat fewer unhealthy snacks. I am feeling much better already and hopefully there will be some weight loss at my second gym consultation this weekend! Would ideally like to get down to 9 stone 7 pounds. (BMI 21.5)

[Maisiepaisie]

The calculator has been kind to me. I thought I was overweight but am (just about) in the ideal range at 24.9. I'd rather be at the lower end of the scale though

[cookey]

20.82. I don't generally use body mass index because it doesn't take into account your body composition. Someone with a high muscle mass and therefor a heavier weight could be classed as obese.

[foxytina_69]

god i wish the calculator was nice to me lol. 28.5!!! jeez! i dont think i look THAT fat

[LittleNellColumbia]

.

[sugarmouse]

You dont look fat to me at all foxytina

[kale]

19.3....

was 16.5.... then 22.5.......... i think this is a nice medium

[lvhockhart]

yes, i just quoted myself, from almost a year ago!! i am officially not morbidly obese anymore.. or overweight. i am average (barely)

the bmi is evil and i should stop looking at it - my sister and best friend are considered morbidly obese according to that scale and they can run circles around me, in terms of energy. when we go walking, i lag, not them. i do feel better but it makes me sad to see the emotional crap they put up with on a daily basis. when i was "morbidly obese" i wanted it to make it my goal to be skinny so i could be a spokes person for the overweight. i am there- fat people rock!!!! the bmi is a lie!

YOU ROCK!!! I couldn't agree more.

[Rogue]

mine is 21.3!! go meeeee!!
that boosts my confidence a fair lot!!!

[claireyveg]

I just worked mine out and i had been feeling fat for a few weeks but i guess with a BMI of 19.6 i can't really complain, but considering like a year ago it was like 17-18... meh at least i'm healthy

[foxytina_69]

thanks littlenellcolumbia and sugarmouse!!

[whalespace]

25. I suppose I could give blood.

[sugarmouse]

thanks littlenellcolumbia and sugarmouse!!

lol its your extra features aswell Tina!! I cant use those as an excuse cos I havent got any!!
mine will have gone up again now.Im back to as heavy as I Was before I wasnt wel.

[cookey]

Whalespace, your body fat is probably around 5% and yet your BMI is higher than mine! I told you it wasn't very useful!

[lozza]

Mine was 22/23ish a while back..and its slowly going down each week. I'm down to 20.8 or something.

[hollybee]

Mine's 20.07. At my heaviest, it was around 34.

[pavotrouge]

Mine is 19.6, though it used to be 22 a year ago....people keep telling me I'm loosing weight because I turned vegan... nobody believes it is because I started doing sports again and got a away from my mothers fast-food house...

[philfox]

27.1, mmmm i eat too much crap

[nervine]

18.4

I'm working on it.

[Geoff]

Sorry Eve, the waist measurement above which the risk of heart attack increases significantly is 80 cm for women and 90 cm for men, and that's measured at belly button level, which is UNFAIR !
Mine is 88cm and I've got my BMI down from 25 to 22.5 in the last 4 months which, I reckon, gives me bragging rights!

My BMI is now 19.3! And my waist is 77cm. Thank you Dr McDougall.

[RedWellies]

Cool, Geoff! You can post a pic in the sexiest vegan poll now.

My BMI is apparently 20.52

[Swim]

My BMI is 17.5

I am very tall and have always technically been underweight so this doesn't come as a suprise.

[Tigerlily]

I'm one the fattest ones here.

[foxytina_69]

well you definitely dont look it tigerlily. but i know how you feel. my bmi is 28 something. *rolls eyes* curse the day i learned how to cook vegan food hahaha.

[Tigerlily]

Yeah, I flucuate between 26 and 27. Maybe I carry my fat well?

[Jamie]

you aren't the fattest here then!!!

[foxytina_69]

i think the curvier your body is the better you carry weight because it doesnt show up that much. it shows up as curves, not as fat.

[Kalia]

I'm about 20.9 last time I checked (about a couple of months ago... I should ckech if I lost weight since I became vegan (it's only been a month)

[~Lenore]

I'll be honest. In my life I've been everywhere from 15.8 to 27. I guess that makes it obvious that I've had a bad relationship with food...
Today I'm still not 100% "normal", but I'm doing pretty great in my opinion. I'm still technically slightly "underweight", but I'm actually healthy now. I feel best between 110-118lbs.

I like how this thread shows that vegans come in all kinds of awesome shapes and sizes. The sickly, pale, emaciated vegan stereotype makes me so angry...

[Klutz]

Mine is 18. I could care less if that is slightly underweight. I weigh 115 now and it took me YEARS and I mean YEARS to get it this high...as in steady...not weigh 115 for a few days and then drop back to 110 or 100.

Regardless, I'm perfect.

Oh, yeah, and for the record, I was a meat eater until a year and a half ago. So it is certainly not the vegan diet that has me staying thin. If anything, I think it it what has gotten me up to a healthier weight....I am eating constantly now.

[foxytina_69]

yay my bmi is down to 27.4 now.

[Roxy]

Mine is 24.84. For the first time in years, I am in the "ideal" range.

[lozza]

Mine is now 19.6

[veggiejess]

20.25

[yasha]

my bmi is over thirty, so according to this i am obese and need to lose weight.
I know i need to lose about 40-50 pounds, but to look at me, although I have some chub on me, I don't look like I need to lose that much. I have a lot of muscle (used to do gymnastics) and I have a large frame/bones.

(hah i feel like eric cartman saying "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!"

[lvhockhart]

eric cartman saying "I'm not fat, I'm big boned!"

That's my mantra

[xpaldenx]

23.4 for me.

[xJimx]

I haven't read through the whole thread so apologies if someone has already said this, but BMI really is total b*llocks. Basically the BMI system takes absolutely no account of the different reasons why someone might gain weight i.e. if you have a lot of muscle you will be classed as obese, regardless of your bodyfat percentage!

Because of how popular this flawed model has become I had to lie on my life insurance application ( I said I was 20kg lighter than I really am) so they didn't class me as a health risk

[Corum]

26.5

Not too bad really!

Though my ideal to get into the next category down, I would have to weigh 12st 11lbs, which with my frame, I doubt I'd be do-able

[i<3tofu]

24 :-/ almost overweight

[Corum]

I haven't read through the whole thread so apologies if someone has already said this, but BMI really is total b*llocks. Basically the BMI system takes absolutely no account of the different reasons why someone might gain weight i.e. if you have a lot of muscle you will be classed as obese, regardless of your bodyfat percentage!

It became total Boswellox (did anyone notice that on a certain hair-care product advert had Boswellox as its star ingredient? It took 'the company' about six months to realise what it was - something made up around bo**ox ) when they re-jigged the BMI and dropped the weight categories by about 5-10lbs each, making them fit some crappy company's ideal.

I agree, it's a pants idea really.

I don't have to be told how what category I fit into, I'd rather judge for me'sen. OK, since turning back to being vegan, I've lost another chunk of weight, I'm now 13 stone 6 (after being 14 stone at xmyth), though I've still got the build (including muscly thighs and calf muscles, etc.) of a Rugby player (which I used to be) from Yorkshire.

[Tigerlily]

Yesss, my BMI is 25 now. For a while it was 27.

[ViveVegan]

23.7 =/ yikes.
I really need to hop on my treadmill and lay off the peanut butter sandwhiches lol

[emmy]

17.4

[brighteyed]

16.6

[veganwitch]

21.96. I'm very surprised.
I probably calculated it wrong.

[hollybee]

Mine's down to 19.5. I've decided to stop losing weight-my face is starting to look a little thin, so I think this is a good stopping point for me.

[RachelJune]

I'm 19.5 now, up from 18.5 a couple of months ago I think that's in the healthy range

[hollybee]

I think 18.5 is at the extreme lower end of the healthy range; 19.5 is still a bit low, but better (I'm about 5 pounds under my recommended weight, at 19.5).

[herbwormwood]

BMI may not be a good measure in all, but it is useful for judging if one is underweight. A lot of vegans seem to be underweight.