Ideal Weight?

[gardenista]

My BMI is 56.3, and the site tells me my ideal body weight is 141 pounds!  Holy Hanna!  Uh, no.  I'm thinking 170 would be fabulous.

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/923520512.html

Comments

[squiligi]

haha yeah im supposed to be between 115-150 for my weight. i wanna be 150-175 :)

[pamdala]

That's crazy. Yeah, if IDEAL = emaciated.

[wyndhover]

I should be twenty pounds lighter, according to that site. Me. Twenty pounds.

[pamdala]

You?! Imagine! Mine said I should be 5 pounds heavier. crazykittylady is right. These things are messed up. Pfsh.

[wyndhover]

Well, you probably should, Twiggy. ;)

[pamdala]

Haaaay now.

Seriously, yeah, I could gain 5 pounds or more and be fine. The messed up comment really was more about you needing to lose 20.

[crazykittylady]

These things are so messed up... Ignore them, they'll drive you nuts.

If you want a real BMI done, make sure you see one of those doctors with the water displacement machines. Might actually be a good idea since you're losing weight, you don't want to lose all the precious muscle mass you have.

[crazykittylady]

I'm really wondering about healthy body weight these days

[pamdala]

I definitely think you're right about the quality of food in Europe. I was just reading about this somewhere...let me try to remember where.

I hate the charts too. It starts at birth when pediatricians start telling you how your baby's body compares to other babies' without taking into account heredity, culture or anything else.

[crazykittylady]

You should have seen my parents' faces when it was suggested they couldn't feed their children.