Needing to amuse myself, I checked my BMI using the NHS calculator. When I remember to really stand up straight I am just 6' 1". Currently my average weight is 13-7. Over the years I have weighed as much as 16-13, as little as 12-3
According to the calculator the ideal weight range for someone of my height, age and level of activity is between 10-0 and 13-7, so I just about squeak in - but 10 stone? That's just ridiculous. Anyone of my build weighing ten stone would look like a survivor from Belsen or the like.
Mike
As far as I'm concerned BMI is just a piece of nonsense. :angry: If your not overweight and you feel happy with your weight, and comfortable in your own skin then fine. :check:
The only scales I have in my home are for weighing ingredients when cooking..
I have no idea how much I weigh but I am sure it is more than it should be..
Martha ( granddaughter) was here yesterday.. She left behind two donuts.. They are still in the bag.. Might do.. might not.. but one thing I am sure of is that I shouldn't..
The low end of the scale certainly declares those I would imagine must be close to skeletal in the healthy range. I'm just into the overweight band and must say that I agree with that. So does any mirror. Changing it is the tricky bit.
I weigh more than I should for my height, it takes about 3 days to put on 5 lbs and 10 days to lose it !
Quote from: Alex on February 20, 2022, 01:01:45 PM
I weigh more than I should for my height, it takes about 3 days to put on 5 lbs and 10 days to lose it !
10 days to lose 5 lbs.. Whoopie.. !! I will start tomorrow.. Should take a couple of weeks and I will be perfect..!!
Quote from: Scrumpy on February 20, 2022, 01:32:15 PM
10 days to lose 5 lbs.. Whoopie.. !! I will start tomorrow.. Should take a couple of weeks and I will be perfect..!!
I was being optimistic I suppose :cool: :cool: :cool:
My BMI is shown as 19.5 & my weight is the same as it was when I was 18, regardless of the chips, cream cakes & chocolate that I've eaten, & still do, over the years.
It's not something I worked at or achieved, it's just how I've always been.
My weight has fluctuated wildly over the years. Guess it's just one of those things
Quote from: Diasi on February 20, 2022, 02:49:33 PM
My BMI is shown as 19.5 & my weight is the same as it was when I was 18, regardless of the chips, cream cakes & chocolate that I've eaten, & still do, over the years.
It's not something I worked at or achieved, it's just how I've always been.
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did a bit of messing about with the NHS site - to be 19.5 BMI I would need to be 10-6. No idea when I last weighed that little, but it would have been before I left school - 15 or so
Mike
At my slimmest I was 7stone 5lb. Took a size 6 in clothes. THEN, I had the kids, and I've struggled ever since.
mum was 7 stone and a pound or two most of her life - she was 5'7" tall and tended to vanish if she turned sideways!
Mike
Quote from: Michael Rolls on February 20, 2022, 05:08:39 PM
mum was 7 stone and a pound or two most of her life - she was 5'7" tall and tended to vanish if she turned sideways!
Mike
Yeah that's tall for that weight.
I've decided that I have more chance of growing a couple of inches than losing the stone I probably should. Maybe I should get some of those wedges Alex was looking at....
my weight is just about perfect
but i'm a foot short...
who cares
Garfield cartoon
I am NOT overweight - I'm just undertall
BMI a waste of time, both very fit and very unfit can have an high BMI, better off spending time watching your heart rate and take note on how quick it drops back to your normal after exercising.
Agree. I only use BMI for idle curiosity
Mike
I find this topic depressing :cool: :cool:
More on the idle curiosity front -mum's BMI (5'7", 7 stone) would have been 15.3 - seriously underweight. In fact, until her last couple of years or so - she died at 69 - she was a bundle of energy, never still if there was the slightest chance of something needing to be done
Mike