What is your BMI?

[LovelyBones13]

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm

Lower then 18.5 (underweight)

Between 18.5-24.9 (normal)

Between 25.0-29.9 (overweight)

30.0 or higher (obese)

[AbdKilani]

Today I took the in body test... And the results were bad
I didn't like it, but I am going to work on it
The BMI isn't enough indecator
You have muscle mass
Fat mass
These are important
I have a good muscle mass but bad fat mass, so it is time to lose it lol
27.1 BMI

[gym4ever]

26% boyfriend is not that great. Try keep it around 20 . You dont need to even do diets to be between 15-20%

[AbdKilani]

@gym4ever I am shocked man
I used to have 18% body fat mass last year
But I didn't workout well on and off 😑

[gym4ever]

im sure you will fix that. Eating less sugar will get you under 20%

[AbdKilani]

@gym4ever I do that...
I just think I have been sloppy in the last two months that's it

[Redstang88]

38
I could certainly stand to lose some weight but I would be a skeleton at at what they claim would be “healthy”
I have friends with washboard abs over 30 BMI

[LovelyBones13]

Fat percentage is more important and waist measurements etc

[douride2]

If I were to believe the BMI chart I am near the obese end. My doctor & friends say that is BULL. She said most times the BMI chart doesn't take into account for fit people with a larger muscle mass.

[mezzymezzmez]

24.5 🙈
its on the high side, time too slim down
(secretly knows im probably not gonna do anything about it 😂😂)

[LovelyBones13]

If you keep acting like that you will be overweight in no time

[mezzymezzmez]

true :x

[AbdKilani]

You can do it 👍👍

[mezzymezzmez]

@AbdKilani thanks Abd <3

[AbdKilani]

Haha welcome ❤️

[TheUniqueOne96]

20.4, which puts me under the 'normal weight' category.

BMI only really takes into account your height and weight however, not what it consists of (at least the one in the link), so being overweight doesn't necessarily mean you're fat, you may be muscular and well built.

[ak667]

I am currently ~26.2 BMI (overweight): 5'7 and ~167 lbs. But I think most of it is from muscle rather than fat. This is my physique now (I don't have such huge muscles but not that much fat either):

[ak667]

My goal is actually to try to get to over 30 BMI at some point without getting fat.

[ak667]

I did get pretty fat a few years into marriage ("happy fat going out and having so much fun with wife all the time"). I started getting that sort of dad bod gut going and got close to 200 lbs. But that's when I started getting into fitness -- I just felt so soft and out of shape and decided I need to do something about it.

[ak667]

Well, I was always into fitness of some form but that's when I started really getting into training the upper body. I was a sprinter and skateboarder before.

[Coastjammer]

So pretty much the BMI thing is wrong. Cuz if the weight is muscle not fat, bc there’s no way you’re overweight

[ak667]

@Coastjammer BMI is probably the least accurate of the measurements. It's kind of assuming a lot of how the average individual is like. Most accurate in my research is body fat percentage for health (though it is the most difficult to measure accurately). You don't tend to find someone with a six-pack developing type-2, e. g, even if they're in the "overweight" category of BMI. Another still crude measure but at least better than BMI is to make sure your waist size doesn't exceed half your height, though there are still anomalies there when people have very developed obliques, e. g.

[ak667]

@Coastjammer There's too much of an unhealthy focus on the scale as well in my opinion, especially among women. You can find body composition transformations accompanied by weight gain with cases like this:


And this:


I like some muscle on both men and women because it also means they can eat a bit more without gaining fat. It translates to modest boosts in basal metabolic rate (faster metabolism, i. e.), but I think it can also translate to more non-trivial in total daily energy expenditure, since you have the muscle and strength and energy to just burn more calories throughout the day (even outside training). It's something I get a lot now is how I can eat so much and not get chubby -- I took that for granted in my teenage years, lost it after marriage, regained it, and now I attribute it to muscle and having energy to burn energy.

[ak667]

@Coastjammer And finally a legendary example (kind of my goals) -- Mike Tyson:


He was built like a tank, just solid muscle and so ridiculously strong for his height, as a heavyweight fighter but actually over 30 BMI putting him in the "obese" category (but last thing he'd have to worry about is type-2 diabetes).

I wanna be like that! It's a slow progress for me. I like to say I'm a "hard gainer" but in truth I am just really lazy! :-D

[Sucram]

Your table is faulty. It gets adjusted for both sexes, for your age group and other things.
BMI in general is not a good measurement as it is everything but exact for very big and very small people. Very muscular guys often fall into the same category as fat people.

But since you asked, mine is 24.

[MeanderingTrex]

Bmi doesn't account for muscle so it's somewhat flawed. But I still got some fat to shed

[LovelyBones13]

I know, but is a good indicator to a certain degree

[MeanderingTrex]

It's a decent idea of where you should be about

[SkipStop]

It's always around 18.5 for me. No matter what I do, I can't gain weight. Sucks being skinny.

[wiseyoungman]

I classify as overweight 😂😂. Just goes to show how weak that chart is.. I'm under 6% body fat

[ericclayton]

23.7. I'd like to be an ideal 22, which means I'd have to lose 10 more lbs.

[WhoDatGuy]

25.2 fuck you bmi scale 😂😂

[Anonymous]

17.2 😅 I was told not to worry about it tho.

[AbdKilani]

You are fine lol
Don't worry about it 👍

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah, I don't.☺

[AbdKilani]

Yay 😊😀

[OpenWine]

if I add my penis to the equasion it's over 9000!

[Anonymous]

Dr. says I'm a fat ass...

[LovelyBones13]

Then you know what to do.
Go get help fast
Find a nutrionist/dietician

[Opinion Owner]

I'm on it!!!

[LovelyBones13]

Great! Go get it tiger!

[Opinion Owner]

👍👌

[whocares22]

Guess I'm overweight.

[Prettyxblackxgirl]

18.8

[Clo917]

It’s currently 18.1

[sassyindiangirl]

My bmi is 13.6

[whocares22]

Really?

[sassyindiangirl]

Yes why whats wrong

[whocares22]

It seems extremely unhealthy.

[sassyindiangirl]

I dont feel unhealthy. i just have a low weight.

[whocares22]

I think you need to see a doctor.

[sassyindiangirl]

Doctors just prescribe the medicine for hunger. does nothing to me

[Julie_TS]

Just under 19 here.

[jubeenberry]

normal range

[Aarav619]

19.3