What's your body mass index?

[jpgray]

Go to the BMI Calculator and put in your numbah.

[sir_captain]

1. I'm at 24

gotta remember, though, that BMI doesn't take into account body type or differentiate between weight due to muscle or due to fat. it should only be used a fairly loose guideline, and probably not by athletes at all.

[jpgray]

4. Yep. You can be in terrible shape and still have a 'normal' BMI

Just wasting my time in ever more nonsensical ways. Hopefully this isn't a sensitive issue. :scared:

[eyesroll]

5. I am horrifyingly out of shape, and my BMI fluctuates in the low 20s.

My sister is in fabulous shape -- she runs half-marathons on a regular basis (she's done a full marathon once). She could kick just about anyone's butt fairly readily. She's "overweight" by BMI standards.

[SW FL Dem]

20. My son is built like the proverbial brick Sh*t house

at 13 he wears a men's medium shirt. His bicepts are bigger than hubby's. Yes he has a little gut, but he can drive a golf ball 280 yards. His BMI says he's overweight, but I know alot of that weight is muscle.

[sir_captain]

7. doesn't bother me

i work for a heart disease research study and can usually guess BMIs to within a point or two at this point!

[southerngirlwriter]

2. Thanks to Dr. Atkins....

my BMI has dropped by 5.9 points in just about eleven weeks!! :D

[SarahB]

3. Oh, you had to ask this

25.5- It's those notorious last ten pounds!!! :grr:

[IronLionZion]

6. Dude, good options dude

it's like whoa! I gotta go smoke a spliff yo
marijuana is the path away from fat yo
dude!

[Kathleen04]

8. Haven't weighed in awhile..but..

24.6 is an estimate.

[Catshrink]

9. I'm a fat ass...

just confirmed. It's because instead of exercising I spend my free time on DU. So, DU made me fat(ter).

[jpgray]

10. I think Skinner budgets about 50% of revenues for addiction lawsuits

Take it up in ATA. :D

[dolo amber]

11. That thing is such crap

I'll freely admit I could drop a few, but that^^ puts me in the *unhealthy* range of 28.8...

I did gymnastics and took ballet for 14 of my first 18 years...plus I am "blessed" with ridiculous muscle tone in my lower body...I could KILL a man by squeezing him between my thighs, dammit!! :P

So they can take their *unhealthy* crap and put it where the nuclear waste don't shine, pa'tner...;)

[jpgray]

12. I'm a sucker for healthy legs on a girl--never got into the sticks (nt)

[High Sierra Buck]

16. Yoo Hoo

Killer thighs eh?

[supernova]

18. No wonder Short Bus is marrying you!

:loveya: ROFL!!

[VelmaD]

13. Mine has dropped over 18 points in 2 years

From 41.8 (yeah that's right, I was obese...a lot obese) down to 23.1. Yup. According to the BMI I'm normal...FINALLY!

[High Sierra Buck]

14. One can have a high BMI and be in top shape too

BMI is meant for those who need an easy way to determine if they are out of shape and need to lose weight. One can be at lets say 205 pounds, 5'9, with a BMI of 32, however, have a body fat percentage of 6 percent, all muscle, no fat, in excellent shape, but BMI will say otherwise.

[camero]

15. 18.6

Just barely what they say is normal weight. And I've gained 20 pounds in the last 5 months and holding steady.

[supernova]

17. 23.6 for me

Kewel!! Thank you Dr. Atkins! :*

[demosincebirth]

19. Arnold Schartznegger is...

considered obese at 6'2" 225lbs

[Blue_Roses]

21. ARnold CAN'T be

6'2 no way no how.

[CTLawGuy]

22. Im at 27

but Im a weightlifter, and im undertall. so I dont consider that too accurate.

[put out]

23. Great BMI

at 19. I'm slim but not in good shape, muscle and cardiovascular ways. Funny, how it fools people. "You must work out! You must diet!" No, I loaf about and don't eat right and sleep poorly and stress myself out over things I can't control. Boy-oh-boy, now that's healthy. Melts the pounds right off.

BMI is a pretty good initial indicator of overweight. But there is much more to be taken into account, such as muscle mass vs. fat ratio, and all that you smart people have already mentioned.

[FDRrocks]

24. 27

down from over 35 in the last year, though. I'm working on it.