weight poll

[kerosene]

Mine appears to be 19.9 (???)

My husbands shows as 25, but he is nowhere near overweight...muscular. Hmm.

Does this mean I need to work out more?

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by case

Mine appears to be 19.9 (???)

My husbands shows as 25, but he is nowhere near overweight...muscular. Hmm.

Does this mean I need to work out more?

nahh, for what BMI is worth you're both in the healthy range.

But, once again, these numbers are a generalization, and must be taken in context of everything else : % of fat/muscle, blood pressure, resting heart rate, etc etc.

If you do exercise, I guess you'd be aiming at building up, not reducing. Meh, you're doing fine. Watch some TV.

[mac_tire_daingean]

Originally Posted by case

Mine appears to be 19.9 (???)

My husbands shows as 25, but he is nowhere near overweight...muscular. Hmm.

I'm not so sure I buy into the BMI thing completely. Right now I'm 24.9 (pushing overweight according to standard) and Case is still about 19.9, yet we are both in great shape. She's prob in even better shape than when the quote above was written, and I'm still about 6'1/189 lbs. I think bodyfat percentage is a better indicator even though it's harder to calculate. When I was body building a few years ago I was 6'1/235 with bodyfat % ranging from 9%-13% and even though I had a six pack when at the 9% number, my BMI was 31(obese). I will say though, that my joints hurt more, my blood pressure was a little higher, and I didn't feel nearly as healthy as I do now.

[bbro]

0n 9/24, I started at 34 BMI. I am now down to 31 BMI as of last Wednesday. That equals to 17.6 pounds lost. I won't know if it has gone down any more until Wednesday.

Yay me.

[shina]

I don't trust the BMI numbers at all. Besides, they keep changing what is healthy and what isn't. I am the right weight for my height and my BMI says I am overweight. I don't carry extra "flab" as people say but am not tone like an athlete either. As long as I feel healthy, I give up on those things.

[monster]

Originally Posted by bbro

0n 9/24, I started at 34 BMI. I am now down to 31 BMI as of last Wednesday. That equals to 17.6 pounds lost. I won't know if it has gone down any more until Wednesday.

Yay me.

yay you. your asshole ex has no idea what he's gonna miss.......

[shina]

Way to go! Monster, get on chat girl!!

[kerosene]

Originally Posted by bbro

0n 9/24, I started at 34 BMI. I am now down to 31 BMI as of last Wednesday. That equals to 17.6 pounds lost. I won't know if it has gone down any more until Wednesday.

Yay me.

Awesome! That is a lot of progress. Way to go!