Weigh in - week of Nov. 6

[jobob]

I like moving the little sliders on the side of the body diagram ... lessee, if I grew 2 inches, my BMI would go down by 2 points ...

It's just a guideline, like anything else.

There was a time a year or so ago when my weight according to that site was smack in the middle of the ideal range, and my BMI was 21. Sounds healthy, but friends would come up to me and ask me if I'd been sick and that I was looking gaunt and haggard. Even my GYN told me I could stand to put on a few pounds (words I thought I would never hear, LOL) - she said, "honey, when you get to be our age, it comes off our face first".

So, I obliged and put on a few pounds. And it started creeping up so now I'm on the outer edge of ideal - and more important to me than than weight, my pants are starting to get snug - so I should start watching it again. Self: avoid the donuts at work, you nit.

[Dogmama]

Hmmm, I put in my BMI and it read underweight too. But the print under the big red UNDERWEIGHT said that my ideal weight was from 5 pounts less to 20 pounds more that I put in.

Methinks there's problems with that counter.

[Bikingmomof3]

The ideal weight ranges made me laugh. If I weighed on the low end, I would look as though I was on my death bed. Better yet, DH would look dead.

Some are better than others. Age does play a factor IMO. How I looked when I was 18 (and weighed much less) is not what I should look like now, almost 20 years later.

I use them all as a guide. I am more interested in being fit, healthy, and building lean muscle. I stear clear oif the scale. It is just a number. Easy to say? Example. I weigh more then several people (I know of) on here, yet I wear smaller sizes in clothing. We all come in different sizes and shapes. Line 10 people up who all wear the same size and they will all look different (and probably all weigh different amounts).

[kelownagirl]

My hieght 5-3 says ideal weight 104-127. I currently weigh 126. If I go below 114 on that calculator, it says I'd be underweight. ??

The thing I can't figure out with BMI is that I have lost some weight since I started biking (about 15 lbs) but I KNOW I have gained LOTS of muscle. BMI doesn't seem to take the difference in weight of fat versus muscle into consideration.

[kelownagirl]

More on pushups - I am absolutely pathetic. Motivated by Veronica's arms, I tried to do some "real" pushups last night - couldn't do ONE. So I did 10 "girl" pushups, and the last 5 were really hard. I am going to do pushups every night from now on and I WILL improve. I think I need a "pushup check in" thread.

[Dogmama]

Re: BMI - athletes with muscles (football players, basketball players) are overweight according to BMI charts.

Congrats on the 5 pushups!!! You'll be doing the boy pushups & clapping your hands in between before you know it!

[CycleChic06]

Ok, I thought I was going crazy with that BMI calculator. I don't really want to weigh 110 lbs...even if that what my ideal weight should be.

And you're right, Dogmama, I don't think it's good for athlete's since it doesn't take account muscle versus fat. Maybe BMI in conjunction with body fat percentage would be better indication. But it still doesn't say anything about fitness.