BMI -- where do you stand?

Contributor: GravyCakes GravyCakes
2 yrs ago when i was at my heaviest (a size 14) i looked up my BMI & it said i was obese! sure, i was big for my height & frame, but i was no where near obese.
11/05/2011
Contributor: TheSlyFox TheSlyFox
Sadly, i am in the overweight part now.
11/06/2011
Contributor: js250 js250
I am mildly overweight. I am happy with it.
11/06/2011
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
I don't buy into BMI. According to them I'm overweight - but I'm very healthy. In the last two years I've climbed Mt. Whitney (22 miles to 14.5k fasl), climbed Half Dome twice (16 miles to 8.5k fasl) completed 100 km and 75 km bike rides and I golf about 50x year - mostly walking and carrying.

The diet hawks make billions making us think we are fat - screw'm!
11/06/2011
Contributor: ConnerJay ConnerJay
Healthy. One time I went in to my docs office and I was a few pounds over normal/average. I joked about the chart calling me overweight and my doc said "Oh that supid thing, don't listen to that you're perfectly normal!"
11/06/2011
Contributor: badk1tty badk1tty
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Originally posted by Toys in Love
25, so apparently healthy. My girl is apparently just on the side of underweight, according to this chart, but she's really not at all.
If she's under 12, it's a different chart altogether.
11/06/2011
Contributor: T&A1987 T&A1987
probably slightly overweight, but i exercise 5 times a week (i like food). Same for my girlfriend. The BMI chart's practically a scam though, body fat percentages, blood pressure and cholesterol readings are a more accurate report of health.
11/06/2011
Contributor: JRabbits JRabbits
Underweight. But I eat like a teenage boy so I don't have an eatting disorder, I just have a fast matabolism.
11/06/2011
Contributor: KrazyKandy KrazyKandy
I wouldnt consider myself overweight at all
11/06/2011
Contributor: kitty377 kitty377
5'7 and go from 100 to 115 depending on the time of year and my stress level. I don't consider myself underweight although the chart does!!! I'm healthy
11/06/2011
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
I don't like the BMI chart because it says I'm overweight, which I find very insulting since I don't look or feel overweight *sighs*
11/06/2011
Contributor: Hot'n'Bothered Hot'n'Bothered
Healthy, right in the middle.
11/06/2011
Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
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Originally posted by badk1tty
More than a few people I know have made comments that people who get into X practice are usually Y. "People into bondage are usually fat", "people who make dirty videos are usually skinny", etc. These types of flippant, ... more
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11/06/2011
Contributor: null null
I'm healthy. Used to always be underweight...
11/06/2011
Contributor: True Pleasures True Pleasures
The Wii Fit shows me as a toothpick with a balloon head. I find BMI to be ridiculous. As long as you're happy with your weight, why should it matter what is deemed normal?
11/06/2011
Contributor: badk1tty badk1tty
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Originally posted by True Pleasures
The Wii Fit shows me as a toothpick with a balloon head. I find BMI to be ridiculous. As long as you're happy with your weight, why should it matter what is deemed normal?
health reasons?
11/07/2011
Contributor: voenne voenne
I'm at a 'healthy' weight. BMI charts/formulas are not really universal because they take very selective information into account. I had doctors tell me I was perfectly fine at the 'underweight' score I had for a couple of years up until now.
11/29/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
I'm almost right in the middle of the healthy. That's good to know!
11/29/2011
Contributor: Chirple Chirple
My BMI is 15, but I'm healthy. You can be over the "healthy" BMI and still be healthy, too.

My doctor doesn't think my weight is particularly problematic. I can lift roughly half my bodyweight (without struggling) and I don't work out. I don't even *look* particularly underweight (I don't feel I look sick or unhealthy), so I dunno, maybe I have bird bones.

I know plenty of people who are over the "healthy" BMI, but are still just as healthy as the average person.

I think the overweight / obese thing is kind of bullshit. I guess to me the terms are subjective and I wouldn't use either unless a person was so big that it was interfering with their lives and health in a way that made them unhappy.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Liz2 Liz2
I hate charts as many other things have to be faceted in to get a real picture. I have a BMI of 19, I do work out, am very active, try to eat healthy but have never been on a diet. I know my metabolism is very fast.
11/29/2011
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
According to the BMI, I'm at the low end of overweight, though my understanding is that the BMI is outdated and doesn't take muscle mass into account. I'm very aware I've got a bit of flab on my belly, but I've also got a respectable amount of leg muscle. Wouldn't mind losing a few pounds, but I'm not unhappy with my weight at the moment.
04/17/2012
Contributor: chantal coopette chantal coopette
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Originally posted by badk1tty
More than a few people I know have made comments that people who get into X practice are usually Y. "People into bondage are usually fat", "people who make dirty videos are usually skinny", etc. These types of flippant, ... more
i would like to say i think im healthy but this says im overweight by like 5 pounds lol
04/17/2012
Contributor: MistressDandelion MistressDandelion
You forgot "Extremely underweight"... My BMI is between 15 and 16 depending on hormones and gluten swelling... But if I don't eat gluten and don't have hormonal imbalalence, it can lower to 14. And it's natural for me :/
04/17/2012
Contributor: MistressDandelion MistressDandelion
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Originally posted by Peggi
LOL my guy couldn't do this because his height isn't listed

It's hard to find appropriate information for a guy who is 6'7
BMI calculators on the internet: link
Google is your friend. If I used the chart, my BMI wouldn't even have been listed, I think.
04/17/2012
Contributor: DustBunny DustBunny
I'm so fluffy I'm not even on that chart~

Unfortunately I come from a family of over weight people, who socialize with food and I work as a chef, so I have gained far more than I should. I'm going for a gastric by-pass this year and started the process because I want to live a long life and enjoy it. I know some don't agree with that, but it's what I want.
04/17/2012
Contributor: Lilith Bealove Lilith Bealove
20, healthy
my man falls at an 18!! holy crap, i need to start makin him some sammiches!! Lol!!! ^_^
04/17/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
It says I'm underweight, but I am not underweight.
04/17/2012
Contributor: vanilla&chocolate vanilla&chocolate
I'm smack in the middle of healthy. I hate, however, that BMI doesn't account for muscle mass.
04/17/2012
Contributor: SomewhatSomewhere SomewhatSomewhere
At 5'5" and weighing 119, I'm perfectly healthy.
04/17/2012
Contributor: WD40watcher WD40watcher
I have a healthy BMI, but I do not think this is an accurate way to measure ones fitness level. I'm 6'2" 185 lbs. thats close to overweight on the BMI scale. However, I'm very built and have a 31 inch waist.
04/17/2012