Maybe 27.8 BMI was right
You may seen the news about the new JAMA article that found people that are "overweight" die at a lower rate compared to normal BMI people. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/01/science/la-sci-overw eight-survival-20130102
This got me thinking. In 1980 the USA lowered the normal/overweight BMI cutoff from 27.8 to 25. This effectively mean that people (at that time) who were once normal became overweight. I find this interesting because my BMI is 27.2 and while currently classified as overweight, I have no desire to try to get to 25: I'd look like an African drought survivor!
I guess I can be happy I'll die at a lower rate than all those "normal" people. 
So will I. At normal BMI of 24.9 I looked like anorexic and felt like one. I rather be "overweight"\ and happy than "skinny - normal BMI" and miserable.
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...."
I'm not a fan of the BMI method, anyway. My BMI is 25, but my body fat is 14% -- not bad for a 37-yo woman. If you have a lot of bone density or muscle mass, you'll skew heavy on the scale. Period.
I would rather have a healthy body fat percentage than give up lean mass for the sake of a magic number on a scale or BMI chart. :)
