I agree-BMI is only a small part of the puzzle.
BMI less than 18.5 - Underweight
BMI 18.5-25 - Ideal
BMI 25-30 - Overweight
BMI 30-40 - Obese - should lose weight
BMI greater than 40 - Very obese - lose weight now
That's none of your business
I agree-BMI is only a small part of the puzzle.
My current BMI is 19.6, which is a healthy weight but I have a lot of body fat so I'm trying to get down to 18.6. My highest was 21.6 and I resembled a whale.
I really think different people carry it differently. I know people at my BMI who are far thinner looking than me.
I've lost a bit of weight, so I went from 20.8 to 19.6
"Man can do as he wills, but not will as he wills" - Arthur Schopenhauer
20.1......erm......boobies!
Hmm, mine's gone up to 28 over the winter. Time to go on my patented "stuff yourself with fruit from the market" diet
I love living near Europe's largest covered market!
Leicester
Oh, I didn't know about that - and it's a good one for fruit and veg, is it?
well, there are a lot of stalls, so it's usually cheap. Hardly ever has organic stuff but at least it's sometimes local and in season, and has a farmers market once a month.
25.8 is mine.
17 exactly.
I'm at 22.39, ideal apparently. I was 18.12 a few years back, wouldn't mind getting back down to about there. I never had any energy, but I was sexified!
I like football. And potatoes.
Good for you, RachelJune.
BTW some people say a healthy range is 20-25 rather than 18.5-25. Obviously it depends on your build but I don't think anyone with a BMI of 20 should be thinking in terms of losing weight.
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk...calculator.htm
My BMI is too high. BUT... its gone down like 5 points in a couple months
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Mine is 21.5 but I have put on half stone recently from being greedy would like to get back to 20.37 like I was two weeks ago!
21.5...healthy!
The taste of anything in my mouth for 5 seconds does not equate to the beauty and complexity of life.
20.30 ... I need to eat more.
20.2, a lot of people at work think I'm underweight. It gets pretty annoying to hear people constantly asking you where the protein in your lunch is.
And alas I have arrived, like a whirlwind at a kindergarten picnic.
26.03, overweight
Mine's 21.9 down from 24 a few months ago.
25.6, which means I'm overweight; but I've been overweight my whole life, so this is nothing new.
Actually, my BMI has been hovering at this low point for quite a while, so I think that's just great!
As of this morning, 18.84. So I'm no longer underweight. Yay!
i'm still 18.67, despite feeling like i've put on a bit of weight recently.
I think I am about 16.6. I've been trying to put weight on (been unwell and griefy which does strange things to your body) and I think I have gotten better. I certainly have my tummy back and there is a soft layer of female-ness over the whole body so I am not too concerned anymore. I used to feel like a praying mantis which wasn't very nice. I do think it is all kinda stupid anyway because everyone is differently 'boned' and built which affects weight.
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
I think BMI is useful as a statistical research tool, not for individuals. In Plant Based Nutrition and Health, Stephen Walsh points to the science on this: early death increases outside the central 'ideal' range. It's also more dangerous, statistically, to be underweight by a certain level than overweight by the same.
BUT none of this means that BMI is set in stone as a rule for individuals. There are all kinds of reasons why people can be healthy and outside the ideal range - deviations from the average in muscle bulk and skeletal bulk being obvious examples, along with pregnancy of course!
So ... a rough guide for the wise, but for the slavish obedience of fools etc. :-)
err, im about 17.5-18.0 i think
There's a programme on Radio 4 this evening (31st July) at 9pm entitled Am I Normal?: Body Mass Index. BMI has become a proxy messure for being fit and healthy, but it doesn't always work like that: getting fit can increase a person's BMI. Vivienne Parry explores what is 'normal' in terms of fitness and how it should be measured.
It's repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm and it'll be on the listen again for a week or so I think.
There are many reasons why a person can be overweight according to BMI without being 'fat.' Yes, muscle is dense, but under normal circumstances, even someone who is more muscular than average would not have a BMI over 25. "Normal circumstances" meaning:
-No dairy products. Growth hormones in dairy products promote bone growth, making people wider. A wider person would have more muscle and fat without appearing to.
-No excessive body fat during late teens or early twenties. Most people aged 16-20 have enough excess body fat to promote unnecessary widening of bones after growth in height has stopped or almost stopped.
18.5 (and certainly not more than 20) would be the ideal BMI if people were to take proper precautions. As it is, 18.5 would be too thin for many people over 20 years old because of their earlier mistakes.
I prefer not to mention my BMI because it does not matter to me. What does matter to me and anyone unlucky enough to accidentally look at me is a relationship between bone, fat, and muscle, which cannot be determined by BMI.
My BMI was 30 but I've just lost 14 pounds recently and I have another 14 to lose. I did it on raw food I feel so much better.
Silent but deadly :p
20.2 now... I was 24.8 about 6 months ago when I started the vegan lifestyle.
My BMI is 17.5 but I think I'm at the perfect weight for my body. "I'm very petite.
Mine is 22 or so ... but I could actually use a few extra pounds.
I'm 6'5" and 180lbs.
25.26. Apparently I should lose some weight as I am in the 'overweight' range. I guess I'm an example of someone who skews BMI - I run over 20 miles a week, do Yoga and weights and eat a high GI low(ish) fat vegan diet with plenty of fruit and veg.
I'd better get me down the doctor, I might be at increased risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer
AMF - I think that you are right and that Body Mass Index definitely cannot be used for everyone.
My brother said he worked his out and he is in nearly obese range and there is no way he is! He got a bit paranoid about it.
16.7 now meh.
Do the Vegan Boogie!!
I agree. AMF you have an amazing figure from what I can see in your avatar (and I'd kill to have your breasts btw). You are all toned. I've decided to forget the scales and concentrate on getting toned. If someone looks good it doesn't matter what they weigh. Look at Lucy Lawless aka Xena Warrior Princess. I bet she has a high BMI. Her body is gorgeous yet she's not superskinny. She's all muscle.
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well
25.0 < x < 26.5
I'm "overweight". hehe.
Lately, I figured that BMI stands for "body image mess-up", as something like waist diameter is much more useful for figuring out health.
I have a 31" to 32" waist, and I'm pretty toned. I'm no Mr. Universe, but I'm built like a swimmer or h2o polo player (both of which is what I am).
That's me >
context is everything
You look quite muscular which will make your BMI higher. BMI is only a rough guide. It should be used in conjunction with common sense!
See my local diary ... http://herbwormwood.blogspot.com/
Don't know, don't care.
I haven't been weighed since I last saw a doctor which must have been 15 years or so ago.
You must stop posing about in speedos foxy - my eyes are falling out of my head
Silent but deadly :p
Healthy BMI.
I do agree however that BMI's are not as useful as they apear to be its all relative to the person. My BMI is 25 but I still need to drop some weight.
What you tolerate, you encourage.
Where is the BF% thread? Prolly cause it's too expensive to test for most people...
Anyway I'm a 29, I'm a little chubby but I am a very thick dude, so the 'ideal' BMI weight of 185lbs is way too thin for me...
I have a BMI of 16.. which means i'm 'underweight'
19.11
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