Quote Originally Posted by kcmpls View Post
A friend of mine was training for an Ironman Triathlon and was in awesome shape. She went into the doctor and was weighed. Her weight was well above what it should be, because she was all muscle. The doctor told her to lose weight! She had very little fat on her, but the doctor couldn't see beyond the BMI. She changed doctor.
Oh I have a tough time with this, too! I don't even care what the BMI number is anymore, because it absolutely does not take muscle into account. It makes me LAUGH out LOUD when I hear about hard-core athletes with BMI's over 30...their bodies are hard as ROCKS, but according to their BMI, they are OBESE!! Yeah, RIGHT! I think the BMI measurement works for the "average guy/gal", but is totally skewed when applied to an athlete. It's quite discouraging to a person who is trying to become an athlete, too...the scale goes up, and with it, BMI, but fat is going DOWN...!