What's your Body Mass Index ?

[l337_v3g4n_1]

19.23

healthy. that's good!

[8 winks]

18.55 - oh so close, sigh.
and didn't 19 used to be the standard bmi break point?

[gothic_ana]

18.55 - oh so close, sigh.
and didn't 19 used to be the standard bmi break point?

yep 8winks it did here where i am or some places 18.5

[assilembob]

Is there a too fat to tell button???

I am at 25.7
What's funny is that at age 24 I am in normal range...but it's at the high end cause I accidentally put 25 in and I was classified as overweight.

Oh and since I did this in college I have lost 8 points in the BMI! That is awsome and makes me feel better about being borderline overweight.

~Mel

[Mystic]

YAY for you Mel

[assilembob]

I don't feel so bad now...this woman on TV's BMI is 43! She's on some show about weightloss and is trying to lose weight though diet and exercise only...without doing the whole gastric bypass...
Guess what her diet tossed out? Dairy, eggs, and red meat! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
That was awsome (although they have her eating chicken and fish and she is whining the whole time)

~Mel

[kriz]

I got 21.09

[eve]

My muscles are heavy!

[LyricSarah]

17.8 I have a small frame and no butt

[animalsvoice]

22

[bobster]

BMI = 22.7 in Winter, 22 in Summer.

I found I lost half a stone on becoming Vegetarian 17 years ago, and another half on becoming vegan 15 years ago. Which one more of the many benefits of our wonderful religion, sorry diet!

[1vegan]

My BMI is about 23.

I don't own a scale, so I had to "guess" my weight

[Vora]

18.29, but I have a really light bone structure…

[Cal]

17.8

Nearly there, I'll just have to keep eating!

[phillip888]

25.34, but I'm somewhere between endomorph and mesomorph build. The problem with body mass index, is that there are major difference in builds and it doesn't take that in to account in an online application. I have the ability, like a lot of men with my squat build, can be very healthy at 180 pounds or so, even though I'm only 5'7. Not because I would be okay with carrying forty pounds of fat arouund of course, but because I can gain muscle mass and lose fat relatively easily without any particular heart strain. I know at least one extreme ectomorph that can not gain much muscle mass and would have to gain a lot of fat even to be an 'ideal' weight for his height.

What's all this nonsense about tall men having eh, you know. It's definitely not related to hight.

[glorfindel]

17.21

[aqaneve]

19.6

[RockyRaccoon]

22.43. In the healthy weight range But I eat far too much chocolate and I've been piling on the pounds so I don't know how long that's going to last

[snoopcat]

24.4 maybe i should stop eating peanut butter and jelly directly from the jar

[Tigerlily]

They say I'm overweight. *sighs* Which I am not.

BMI is stupid. They don't take into consideration that I have heavy bone structure, that I'm quite curvacious, and that I recently lost 40 lbs. Also the fact that my doctor said I was in very good weight range.

[gertvegan]

BMI is stupid. They don't take into consideration that I have heavy bone structure, that I'm quite curvacious, and that I recently lost 40 lbs. Also the fact that my doctor said I was in very good weight range.

I started the poll to show where vegans in general are with reagrds to their bmi. I guess the poll results would still be better than for non vegans in general, even if the bmi is stoopid.

The two links in the first post both state "Remember that weight is also related to build, and you should make allowances if you are stocky or of heavy build. Your BMI will vary slightly according to gender" by the way.

Congratluations on losing 40lbs.

[Peas'nHominy]

I think that was fun! I even got a kick out of the stones vs. pounds.

It brings up an interesting concept for me, though. I ranked in the "ideal", but I totally think I'm overweight, yet all my girlfriends tell me they "don't want to hear it " (because they think I'm "skinny") . I reckon there's the medical perspective, the ego perspective, and the social perspective of relativity (?)

[Hasha]

It brings up an interesting concept for me, though. I ranked in the "ideal", but I totally think I'm overweight, yet all my girlfriends tell me they "don't want to hear it " (because they think I'm "skinny") . I reckon there's the medical perspective, the ego perspective, and the social perspective of relativity (?)

Same thing with me.

[Geoff]

I don't know about their BMIs but most of those cardinals we've seen on TV seem to have waistlines far in excess of 90cm, over which there's a greatly increased risk of heart attack.
(90cm for men, measured at navel level, and 80cm for women)

[Geoff]

I think that was fun! I even got a kick out of the stones vs. pounds.

Aren't 'stones' and 'pounds' the same system? (Avoirdupois)

[sophia]

Bmi 17!

[eve]

I've read that we should forget about bmi and concentrate instead on maintaining our waistline to be under a metre - easier to figure out and it suits me!

[Geoff]

I've read that we should forget about bmi and concentrate instead on maintaining our waistline to be under a metre - easier to figure out and it suits me!

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!

[littleTigercub]

I don`t really believe in BMI, because it does not take into account your body composition i.e. fat/muscle ratio.

Athleths weigh more because muscle is heavier than fat and, according to BMI they may be classed as heavy while they are actually lean as a rake!

I had an aerobics instructor with similar height and weight than me but she looked soooo different, lean and athletic! Yet, she added that her body fat is 12% - which is too low, but body fat is what, IMO, we should go for. The same numbers as BMI apply (20-25 being ideal, 25-30 slightly overweight, etc) for women and a little less for men.

littleTigercub

[Gorilla]

i've lost a fair bit of weight over the last few weeks and thought i'd check out my BMI again - it's now 18.67

a few people have been saying i look like i've lost a lot of weight but i don't think i look any different

[Realfood Mary]

24.57 - and I have been doing body building. At some point I am going to become technically obese!

[foxytina_69]

ive starting weighing myself again, and it says im overweight. i never believe these things though because ive got alot muscle and big bones from being on certain meds all my life (plus ive got big boobs LOL!)

[Rhiannon]

I voted for my "normal" BMI range of 21.9 even though at the moment i'm only 15.4 because i've been ill for months and lost lots of weight. I should slowly get back to normal now i'm better so that's why I voted for that.

[assilembob]

ive starting weighing myself again, and it says im overweight. i never believe these things though because ive got alot muscle and big bones from being on certain meds all my life (plus ive got big boobs LOL!)

i hear that! I have gained a lot of weight back though cause I really can't workout. I can't wait until everything in my body is back to normal. I am back in my size 11 jeans :-( and back up around 170 lbs. I can lift weights again as long as I don't get to strenuous...but no cardio.
And I think a good 30 lbs are in my boobs.

~Mel

[foxytina_69]

And I think a good 30 lbs are in my boobs.

LOL!

its hard for me to work right now too with my asthma problems im having due to stopping the steroid inhaler, but im going to a naturopath soon so i hope that will get me back on my feet!

[assilembob]

it's just comforting to know that other vegans are voluptuous.

~Mel

[LittleNellColumbia]

BMI: 14 or sumthing.........

[Lindsay]

21.1. I feel fat with all these 17 and 14 people!!

[twinkle]

Feel fat no more!

Apparently mine is now 27.33

I've gone down from 30.33 in around a couple of months. Only 2 months more cucumber salad scoffing and I won't be fat anymore! woohoo!

[catmogg]

Well i'm 16.47 so im unhealthy, apparently. I certainly don't look like a stick though, i do have small bones but i've got pretty big breasts and lordy, i have a BUM!!!!

[aqaneve]

...19.62, which is not bad but i'd like to lose some weight anyhow..
let's see if i'm able!

[Vegantastic]

I checked and it is a BMI of 32.28

I am 175cm and 100kg... i want to loose weight, but it is not really the eating that is wrong, but more that I don't exercise... I must do more... more walking or get on the bike.

[tipsy]

20.5
perfectly healthy.

although i get the "youre too thin, eat a cookie" thing allot.

i am a competitive swimmer, though.... so ive got muscle.

anyone wanna arm wrestle?

[whats-her-name]

22.3
but I have wide arms, hips etc., also i don't have typical 'curves' so I don't look so thin ; )

[catmogg]

BMI: 14 or sumthing.........

Sweetie????????

[meatless]

Mine is 20.76

[SurfNSun]

We must not have had enough Americans take the poll. Once more americans take the poll I'm sure it will change the results drastically from "ideal" being majority to "obese, very obese, etc." How sad...

no hate mail please, i'm an american myself..

[Kiran]

We must not have had enough Americans take the poll. Once more americans take the poll I'm sure it will change the results drastically from "ideal" being majority to "obese, very obese, etc." How sad...

no hate mail please, i'm an american myself..

I dunno Mine..

[LittleNellColumbia]

Sweetie????????

Yes???

[Atticus]

Yes???

I think she is concerned b/c your BMI is in the anorexic range....
As for the poll....what with the "lose some weight" suggestions in the overweight BMI.....it would be ok if it said "gain some weight" in the underweight category.