I have a body mass index of 26.5 should I look at changing this, whats your oppinion on BMI. What is the ideal BMI for women and is it different to men.

Whats your BMI and should it really matter?

Bmi over 25 is considered overweight for females normal is 18- 24.9 for what its worth though i would go by your appearence do you look overweight how are your cloths fitting their are better indicaters such as fitness tests to determine your overal fitness level
jessica

20 years ago, my BMI put me as normal weight. I could lose about 7 pounds and be underweight.

Now, I am the same weight. But my BMI says I am over weight by about 20 pounds.

Sounds like a pile of hooey to me.

my point exactly spacial lol

BMI ideal is higher for men since men tend to have more muscle and bone mass and overall size, so are generally heavier.

Depends more on how much fat, how much muscle, and partly where that fat is stored.

BMI really is a guideline only.

It's one reason why, when I was looking at revision surgery, I ruled out Christine Mcginn pretty swiftly although to my mind she actually had some of the best results. Yes, it would have meant travelling to the US but it would have been worth it for a really good outcome.

Unfortunately on her website she states that she won't operate on anyone who is over a BMI of 30. Mine is 31.5 and although I suspect she would probably accept some form of signed indemnity I just didn't want to go there

Technically I am (just) obese - although my GP agrees that this is actually far from the case. I am merely a little overweight, I have a fairly massive bust but I am fit and healthy with no chloresterol, blood pressure, diabetes, mobility or indeed any other issues.

So use it as a guide only - and let the mirror tell you if you have a real problem.

Oh - and I came through the revision op with no problems and got an excelent result anyway from a Uk surgeon who never even questioned my weight. So to my mind some doctors, or more probably their medical insurers, are a bit obsessed with BMI.

You know what really bugs me about this whole weight obscession?

Some people, myself included can eat pretty much anything they want. We can enjoy a decent meal. We can enjoy a bar of chocolate. We can take 3 spoons of sugar in our tea.

Yet some people have to spend their entire lives eating rabbit food in a futile effort to keep their weight down.

People who are classed as overweight are told to go on a diet. But a diet they have to spend their entire lives on. They can never eat normally.

OK, if someone is diabetic, for example, they need to diet or they will become really ill and die.

But for heavy people, it's all about social acceptance. If you're heavy, no-one will like you. You cost the health service more. You take up too much space.

All lies.

We are told that heavy people are more likely to have heart disease or strokes. Yet when I worked in the health service, most people with heart disease and stroke were not over weight.

The only consistant feature I've seen in heavy people is a social reluctance in their personalities. Either they are reticient, but not shy, or they over compensate.

In other words, loneliness.

To sentence someone to loneliness, simply because of what is clearly a genetic trait, is sick.

agreed spacial

I agree that BMI is just a guideline. My physique is not typical. When I am healthy, my BMI is 19.4, and last December I found that it reached 20.9. I am rather skinny, and slight increase in my girth makes me feel fatigue all day, especially in my heart. Fortunately, I stopped my habit of drinking a traditional rice wine after exercise, and my body seemed to be restored to the normal, healthy state. Although my BMI dropped just by 1, I become more energetic. Today night I ran for about 1.5 hours along the beach, and I felt as if I become an ostrich.

Oh. I am a big eater. Yesterday night, I was in Seoul with my friends and others for dinner. I drank several cups of draft beer (about 4,000 cc) with delicious fried chicken, and then I ate another meal for dinner in the train as I felt still hungry.

Barbie~~

Just like jenny, overweight (likely obese, never really checked) eat fairly well, I'm active, have energy, no weight related conditions, just naturally a little more round

I do feel I have a problem though, I see some dress and I couldn't even imagine wearing it until I've slimmed down a tonne, might be more of an issue with self esteem in the end but either way, need to drop a good 80-100 lbs or so I feel x.x

Quote from: spacial on April 17, 2010, 06:19:27 AM
You know what really bugs me about this whole weight obscession?

Some people, myself included can eat pretty much anything they want. We can enjoy a decent meal. We can enjoy a bar of chocolate. We can take 3 spoons of sugar in our tea.

Yet some people have to spend their entire lives eating rabbit food in a futile effort to keep their weight down.

People who are classed as overweight are told to go on a diet. But a diet they have to spend their entire lives on. They can never eat normally.

OK, if someone is diabetic, for example, they need to diet or they will become really ill and die.

But for heavy people, it's all about social acceptance. If you're heavy, no-one will like you. You cost the health service more. You take up too much space.

All lies.

We are told that heavy people are more likely to have heart disease or strokes. Yet when I worked in the health service, most people with heart disease and stroke were not over weight.

The only consistant feature I've seen in heavy people is a social reluctance in their personalities. Either they are reticient, but not shy, or they over compensate.

In other words, loneliness.

To sentence someone to loneliness, simply because of what is clearly a genetic trait, is sick.

Well of course diets are for life, every eating pattern you have is a diet. And you know, some people who do watch their diet can make some of the most delicious of foods and it's good for them too. And let's be honest, we haven't eaten normally as human beings in a really long time.

But I do agree that diseases and strokes are not always a factor of whether you are overweight or not, unless you're obese. Just because some people have a good metabolism doesn't mean they're any healthier and in some cases being a bit heavy is beneficial.

However, a healthy lifestyle is still a healthy lifestyle. And you know, weight sometimes doesn't relate to this, but there are very few people who suffer from genetic traits that prevent them from losing weight and even then it doesn't say anywhere that they can't eat healthier or be healthier because they are x weight.