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do you know your BMI and normal weight range? poll
using this: http://caloriescount.com/free_Mod_my_plan_assessment.aspx
i've been losing weight (14.5 lbs down so far) and went from technically *obese* by the above BMI standards to *over-weight* my normal weight range is 97-127 lbs. i can live happily with the 125-127lbs but 97lbs? i haven't been that weight since before i had my first period in 5th grade! i like myself with curves (but not my curves having curves like right now) so i still a lot to go before i hit a number in my "normal BMI range" and I have diets/calorie/weight on the brain right now, so:
what about you? you don't have to be specific, with any numbers:
did you know your normal range, over-weight range and obese ranges for your height?
are you happy where you are?
looking to change it?
do you use your wedding weight as your guide for what your ideal weight is? if not what do you use?
how often do you weigh yourself?
Re: do you know your BMI and normal weight range? poll
I agree that the beginning of the healthy range is pretty skinny. For my height (5'6") it's 117 lbs - that is very thin!
According to this I'm in the middle of the normal BMI range. I would like to lose a little weight, I just want to fit into my pre-pregnant pants again. :-) The last time I weighed myself was at the OB's office at my 6 week PP visit.
The range is crazy. Mine is 114-149. I could never be 114. Never.
I just reached normal BMI & want to lose another 12 lbs to make my goal. That will be 5 lbs above my wedding weight. I have lost 47 so far.
It has been a constant struggle my whole life. I am never happy with the way I look weight wise.
I weigh myself everyday.
wow!! great job!!
I know me. 145 is a good weight for me, I tend to have 5-7 pound swings so I can get there if I try, but anything below that, I look and feel like crap. I do not consider myself to be overweight or, as it implies, unhealthy. I wear a size 6-8, I am active (running, some yoga at home when the mood strikes, plus bike riding). I generally watch what I eat. So, I generally give these charts a big "whatever."
wow look at you go!! just saw your ticker! you're doing amazing!
im in the normal range for my height. bmi is very conservative, it doesnt take into aacount muscle vs fat. if i were towards the low end of normal for my height, id be a naked skeleton.
im very active, eat well, and while i wouldnt be against losing another five, ten pounds, thats all vanity, and im not trying to. plus, im running four half marathons this spring, i have to eat to train, not to lose weight.
I should also add that according to this a healthy range for my height (5' 9") is 128-168lbs. At my thinnest I was 145, a size 6, and people were telling me I was too skinny. I can't image being 20 thinner on top of that.
My goal this time around since I'm being realistic is 165.
This is me too except mine was lower. Maybe it's a Greek thing. lol
Right after I had my second kid I got really sick with gallbladder issues and between that, the surgery and post surgery complications I lost 30+ lbs and got "skinny" even though I was still 165lbs. I am not built to weigh 120lbs. I'm broad and big boned and I know I'd look sick at 120. I honestly could care less what the scale says. I just want to be healthy, have energy and feel good about myself. That's my main goal.
This is me EXACTLY.
It shows my range starting at 135. Being almost 6 feet tall that is just funny.
I'm very aware of my weight & bmi. I've lost 80 in the last year, my bmi has gone down signifigantly too. I still have a lot more to lose so no i'm not happy with where I am.
do people really track what their weight was on the day of their wedding?
I weigh myself daily.
Mine also says 121-158. For me though, that is very accurate. AT my wedding I weighed 126 and was very thin but not excessively so. I was a size 4/6 and have not been there in a LONG time. I am currently around 145 and would love to lose 10lb.
One thing about me is that although I am not a small girl by any means, I think I am small-boned (my wrists are really small - someone once told me that's a good indicator of your body type). So maybe the BMI is accurate for those who are "small-boned".
My range SHOULD be 103-136, as I, too am 5'2". I don't think I've weighed 103 since I was in 8th grade!
I'm aware of my BMI and such, as I've been diligently trying to lose weight and change my eating habits over the last year. I've lost 62 lbs, and am happy with the way I look, but I'd like to get down another 20 lbs. Even with that, I'd be at the TOP of that range for my height, but I was around that weight when I graduated college, was fit and I looked good.
While I weigh about 10 lbs more than I did on my wedding day, I look better and am more toned than I was on that day, do to working out. A big thing I've had to get over lately is that it's not all about what WEIGHT you are necessarily, but how your body looks, fits into clothes and how you feel. Another 20 lbs is what I'd like the SCALE to say, but I might be completely fine with losing another 10 lbs and being more toned overall.
i'm big-boned and big-assed - haha. it's my brazilian genes i think. it's funny, i was about 116 in high school and thought myself fat, i don't think i'll ever reach that again!
i find it interesting that most of us feel better in the middle to above our "normal" ranges.
about the wedding weight - i know mine because i was worried about fitting into my dress if i gained weight, though i didn't diet for the wedding. funny thing is that my wedding weight was 130 lbs, which is still over weight according to my height, but i was muscle back then. i have to admit i completely let myself go once i got pregnant with Landon. i stopped working out, sat down a lot more than i had in years, spent more time watching tv instead of going outdoors like i used to.. i want to be healthy again, and that's what i'm striving for. i've drastically changed my eating habits, from junk all day and one healthy dinner, to eating healthy all day long and watching my calories. i can not believe the amount of calories i was eating before i started writing everything down. i'm also forcing myself to get back to working out and doing zumba.
wow 62 lbs! that's awesome! good for you!
that's awesome weight loss! good for you!
The Journey of Me
Vacation, 2011
I'm 5'9 too and at 143 right now can't fit into my size 6's. Goes to show how different the same weight can be for different people. I was 129 when I was 18 so being the range covers a range of ages it seems reasonable to me.
I have always been very aware of normal ranges and where normal is for me in that range. I'm not happy where I am now, need to lose 6 more lbs to be back to normal which is only a couple lbs above wedding weight. Yes I know how much I weighed then. I have been weighing myself a couple times a week, not normal for me, b/c i have been having a hard time losing and have only made progress by eating more carbs. If I wasn't checking to make sure I wasn't gaining, I would only weigh myself about once a month.
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You know, I wish I knew what I weighed in high school. I remember thinking I was SO FAT but I recently came across a senior prom picture and I was a rail. I couldn't have weighed more than 120, which I know from my obsessive weight watching days of my early- to mid-20s, is WAY too low for me. But, I really have no idea. I also remember thinking I was huge when I dated the guy I was seirous with before Rob - he made me feel like a fat ass - but again, I saw a picture of myself recently from when I was dating him, from a beach day in Squan, and I was tiny - TOO thin. So really, I know my weight now, but I don't really care much about it - it's how I feel. Because the numbers were LOW back then, but so was my self-esteem and I was skinny but really not healthy. Smoked too much, drank too much, stayed up too late, went on exercise binges that were just NOT HEALTHY and bordering on obsessive... it was not good.
The Journey of Me
Vacation, 2011