Normal BMI

[Bella214]

morning kate!

yeah, i quite liked the donkey ... gave me a chuckle too! hehe

so true about the bmi not taking into account the weight of our chest! i guess in my case, the one good thing about putting on weight is that my chest has increased!

maybe i'll be lucky and i'll lose weight everywhere else but keep my chest ... that would be nice! ... yeah, i know, keep dreaming! hehe ... i tend to lose more weight upstairs than downstairs ... at the moment i'm about a 14 up top but a 16 down below ... at my goal weight i'll be about a 12 up top and a 14 down below ... funny, only a few years ago, the thought of being a 14 just freaked me out .. i HAD to be a 12 ... now i just want to be, and feel healthy again and damn it, i'll be VERY happy when my rear end fits into a 14!!

[kate_turner2000]

you will get there bella my bust has decreased from weightloss! i was a 18DD now im a 16D. everyone in my family keep rubbing it in that they have shrunk because its something i have that they dont! lol. one of my sisters ended up getting implants!

[zeedeveelgirl]

Arrr don't get me started on BMI!! Don't get too hung up on what you are BMI-wise, because it's a very vague indication.
It doesn't take into account muscle mass, fluid, or frame size.
My BMI is 27.58, which is smack bang in the middle of the Overweight category.
But I have a helllll of a lot of muscle (many of which are aching today ) which it doesn't factor in at all.

The best indications are your Waist-to-Hip ratio, and body fat %. You can be 50kg, but you may be 50% body fat!!

[SarahC]

Hehe... I've never had a waist to hip ratio under 0.8 - it's 0.85 at the moment According to that measurement I have a terrible risk of all manner of diseases and it's all bad! I just have no waist

I have to cling onto the BMI so that I can justify my low weight to people who get shocked by it. My mum in particular. At least I can claim that I am within the normal weight range I have a chunky horrible frame that looks dreadful when you start adding fat to it... (can you hear the violins??!)

[kate_turner2000]

i have an orchestra my end sarah!

[zeedeveelgirl]

I'm within the healthy waist-to-hip ratio range, but you're right that it does have limitations too, Sarah!!
I don't think I've actually seen a pic of you Sarah, because you're right that 49kg sounds like nothing, I imagine you to be absolutely tiny!!!
I guess I'm lucky in that most people are shocked when I say I'm 68kg. Everyone thinks I weigh around 60, I guess it's because of all the muscle I have.
I think if I were 49kg I would be a skeleton!

[KimE]

I would be a skeleton at 49kgs, but it seems to work for Sarah. The pics you put up Sarah, I thought you look great and don't look underweight or anything.

It really goes to show you have to do what feels right for your own body. I would really have liked to go to 55kgs but found once I got below 58kgs started to look a bit gaunt.

[kate_turner2000]

i agree with kim sarah, you looked fine to me you will need to put up more photos!

the highest end for my bmi for heidi would make me 65kg (which i am aiming for) but i like having a bit of meat on me

[Dee]

I've jst calculate that for my BMI to be overweight rather than obese I need to get to about 96 kgs... At the moment that sounds pretty wonderful to me, although I can guarantee I'll have re-assessed by the time I get there!

Dee

[Ally]

I find the BMI thing over rated personally!! I think it may be fine as a "guide" only, but no more than that and certainly not something to be taken as gospel! I will be happy to get down to 60kg no matter whether the BMI thinks I should be lower!! I believe we should all be aiming to achieve a goal that suits us as individuals, not be pinned to a number!!

BTW I agree with Kim, Sarah....you look great!!!