BMI, baby!

[Jabba]

No.......not aeroplanes ;)

I've lost a little bit of weight recently, mainly due to getting more active (training/coaching a kids team twice a week and play 5-a-side for an hour on a Sunday evening).

Just calculated my Body Mass Index (BMI) using this tool (http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/your_weight/bmiimperial_index.shtml):

Jabba's BMI = 24.45 :D



What is your BMI? Please be honest, and please don't post derisory comments about others, be they sylph-like or be a bloater ;)

[fizzwheel]

26.62 but I am doing something about it.

[hovis]

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead

[Tara]

21.66 :shock: i thought it would be worse than that considering i do no exercise

[Viney]

31.51 Im obeese me!!What it doesnt take into account is your musscle and frame. I have faffed around and im meant to be about 13 stone. I would look like a ...well, not right!!

I got down to 15 stone in 2005 and i look too thin!

So what Hovis said.

I am slightly over wieght, but im big framed as well.

[Jabba]

its a load of crap


Eat some prunes and figs. That'll sort it and you'll lose a few pounds.......bonus :smt023

[hovis]

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead




You are in the range that is classified as obese and your health would greatly benefit from a life-long reduction in weight.

UTTER RUBBISH...............B*LL*X IN FACT.......im just shorter than your avarage bear:evil:

[Alpinestarhero]

18.16 or something. And it came with a comment saying i was underweight.

However, I have tried to put on weight but cannot, and I eat healthily - I am healthy!

Am I?

I worry about being underweight :(

Matt

[Grinch]

Oi fatty...

28.78


You are in the overweight range.


Thats me...

[hovis]

51.61....very obese
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/imagesy56y.jpg

im not telling him;)

[Marshall]

Well i was obese, but in 13lbs time ill only be overweight!!! bring it on.

but tbh if i was the weight they rekon i should be (about 11-12 stone) id look like frikken skelator!!

[Sudoxe]

Well it told me im healthy! :D:cool:

But, im still off to the gym again tonight :eek:

Dan

[tricky]

I do agree with Hovi5 the BMI is only a very very rough guide.

My BMI is 23.45.

I used to have some of those Tanita scales (ones that measure your fat percentage using electrical resistance) and I was 13% fat.

Anyone know how acurate these things are ?

[hovis]

I do agree with Hovi5 the BMI is only a very very rough guide.

Anyone know how acurate these things are ?not very;)


the calipers are the best.

[Ed]

Skinny sod at 22.

[hovis]

if you want to lower you BMI with mimimal effort....try this one
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm

[tricky]

The calipers are the best.

Just to play devils advocate:
But surley calipers will only measue subcutaneous fat, not fat in the abdominal cavity (very common in males) and fat around the internal organs ?

[Viney]

if you want to lower you BMI with mimimal effort....try this one
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adult_BMI/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.htm
Still obesse @31.5

[jambo]

17.07 At last remembered details.

Like has been said, it's a load of horse manure anyway.

As ever though something about me being underweight.....

[Jabba]

UTTER RUBBISH...............B*LL*X IN FACT.......im just shorter than your avarage bear:evil:

You mean that you're under-height for your weight? :D

[keithd]

27.54 - overweight.

absolute bullmud.

i'm 6ft 3 and a bit, weigh about 16 stone. if i weighed less i look like a right old hommo.

FACT.

[Filipe M.]

I am slightly over wieght, but im big framed as well.

Wot he said! ;)

[tricky]

if i weighed less i look like a right old hommo.

What does a "right old hommo" look like ? ;)

THis thread is useless without pictures ! (I've always wanted to say that !) :D

[Sudoxe]

27.54 - overweight.

absolute bullmud.

i'm 6ft 3 and a bit, weigh about 16 stone. if i weighed less i look like a right old hommo.

FACT.
only if you weighed less? :jocolor:

Dan

[Tomcat]

21.32 But it does not take into account water retention, time of month (for the ladies obviously) or even your gender. Can't be very acurate in my opinion ? bit of fun though ....... I think in truth unless we have issues and psycological problems about our weight, we pretty much know where we stand .... ie fat on tum, bum, to skinny, not enough muscle etc..... we know our own bodies better then some computer ?

[Viper]

not telling:smt087
Its above 25 tho:smt087 :smt087 :smt012 :smt012
Need to exercise more....

[Demonz]

29.79 - Will do something about it next week when I'm not so busy...

[DoubleD]

Your BMI result is: 25.59


You are in the overweight range.






Whatever!

[andyb]

22.13. As said before not accurate as doesnt take into account of gender, build etc. (I'm still happy though! :D )

[Viney]

What does a "right old hommo" look like ? ;)
*Looks for pictures of scoobs*

[Luckypants]

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead

I'm with Hovi5 on this (dang, twice in one day!), I would have to get to a weight a stone less than I was when running triathlons (ok I did 2!) to have good BMI.

My lad is as fit as a butchers dog, has a six pack and all that, low fat % and his BMI according to this is 25.09, borderline overweight!

Them calipers hurt though :smt089

[chunkytfg]

40.3

Beat that baby!!!!

[Ceri JC]

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead

True, a mate who is a doctor was explaining to me that there is some far better method (forget the name) and that because of his build (short, but very muscular) he would actually have to be dangerously undernourished to ever fall into the "ideal" band.

I'm 28 and losing weight ever so slowly, BTW.

[falc]

24.18, just in the ideal weight cat somehow, still need to lose weight :(

[mattSV]

Mine is 27.16 - Overweight

Whatever.

5'10" 13 1/2 Stone 32 waist 46 chest

I AIN'T BOVVERRED :D

[the_runt69]

26.04 just in the overweight build, think thats the beer gut somehow, stop drinking and I lose weight, cut down on food and I dont

H

[Dysparunia]

As many people have mentioned above BMI's not all that good.

What's far more important is truncal fat (ie a large waist is far more significant than having a big bum/thighs/arms etc.).

Being obese in this area is far more significant, because it's as a result of intra-abdominal fat (that is fat inside the belly). This fat is more metabolically active, and is therefore far more likely to contribute towards a huge number of conditions (namely type 2 diabetes).


More realistically, again as said above, most people know when they're overweight, and if/that something ought to be done. Most people have difficulty getting/keeping the motivation.



Well that's my excuse for a raised BMI, & I'm sticking to it ;) .

[Law]

20.46


You are in the healthy weight range.

[Cloggsy]

I am the perfect weight for someone who is 17 feet tall :p