BMI

Jacobsmama08
on 7/25/11 1:00 am - Morgan Hill, CA

I just checked with the BMI calculator, and at the begnning of all this I had a BMI of 57. Ouch! Now I'm done to 44, wow! And I also checked, in order to get to the 'normal' range, I have to be 170 pounds, I'm almost 6 feet tall, for godsakes.... With size 12 feet. Is that even possible?? I'll be skin and bones! My goal is set at 185, so if my BMI is still in the 'overweight' range, so be it. At least it's not in the 'Super Morbidly Obese range, where I started 8 months ago. Wow. Have a great Monday!

Highest weight :412, Weight on surgery day (5/2/11): 370.

nfarris79
on 7/25/11 1:17 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

Acceptance is sometimes the hardest thing. We get so fixated on numbers and lose sight of the biggest goal - health! If you're healthy at 185, awesome b/c it's a heck of a lot better than being SMO. Congrats on your loss!!

First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.

H.A.L.A B.
on 7/25/11 1:25 am

RNY on 05/14/08

BMI are wrong indications for formally obese peopleor for people with large frame and more muscles. . That is my opinion as well as opinion of many scientists .  google that.

What is more important is body fat %. It can be tested or estimated.   Google that.

When I lost so much weigh that my BMI was in normal (24.5) I did not look healthy nor did I feel good. But then - my body fat % was 16-17%. Way too low for my frame and my age, Now - I am BMI technically overweight, but with size 8 clothes and body fat % just 20%... I am fit, athletic. Bones, muscles and some fat... enough for me to feel "normal" again.
Use comon sense what your goal shall be.

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Jenny_D
on 7/25/11 1:25 am - Canton, GA

RNY on 05/31/11

I hear ya! I'm 5'2" and my "normal" range is 101-136 pounds. If I'm 137, I'm overweight. LOL. I set my goal at 140 because I've been there and know that I look good and thin at that weight. I am very muscular, so I was never a lightweight. Even when I was a runner in high school and wearing a size 4, I was 118 at my lightest.

So like you said, if I get to my goal I'll still be "overweight", but so be it! I'll be healthy and happy. If I get any lower than 140, that's the sugar-free icing on the proverbial cake. ;)

BTW - Congrats on the 13pt drop in your BMI! Awesome!

Jenny HW: 268 / SW: 254 / CW: 180 / GW: 140
First 5K: 4.21.2012 - Time: 34:45 - 2nd Place in age group
Second 5K: 6.2.2012 - Time 37:09