Calculate and post your BMI

30.4

That's a rough guess - I'm 6'4" and although I haven't weight myself recently, about 250 lbs.

bmi is a pretty meaningless metric

21.1

Yeah, probably so, Elmo. I'm not going to post a picture of me with my shirt off (fortunately for everyone) but I'm not what most people think of as a fattey. Just tall and with a bit of beer gut.

.8

19.2

20.5

in order to have a BMI in the "normal" range i would have to weigh 190 lbs. or less which means i would look like i just came from Dachau

24.1

19.7

24.9

yeah elmo im about 22.5, which is apparently dangerously close to 'overweight' lol i i cant even fucking walk in heavy winds

19.2 damn son!

xp 19.7 damn son!

29.5

Don't need to calculate, had a check-up a few weeks back: 31-ish. lol I'm dead

21.3

how many girls do ppl think is gonna post to this thread i say 3

xp good job felicity!

A winner is me: 32.4

21.2

BMI's really a poor indicator of health, though, especially if you're really muscular, out of shape, or really tall or short.

F'real. I work on the tenth story and I can walk it without getting winded.

shocking: i'm underweight.

I can run a few miles without too much trouble, I just probably consume a few too many calories.

about 24.7, not as good as i thot

xp - what he said

maybe not so much with the macaroons and the tropicana this passover?

20.3

got a worried 'you look really thin' comment from the old dear when i saw her earlier so am pleasantly surprised.

I'm in the 27 range.

21.7

And when I say "27 range," I mean 27.1. Which I only mention because otherwise it looks like I'm trying to look good by calling a 27.9 a 27.

bmi was already determined to be useless on some beth ditto clusterfuck thread.

24

27.8

HEY JAYMC BRO IM IN THE "27 RANGE" WITH YOU

wanna just kick back... two straight guys exploring each others body mass indexes...

i am 21.0

lol ethan

25.7 currently.

Seem to have misplaced our scales but last time I checked I was under ten stone, which would put me at under 19. May have put on a few pounds since then though.

20.6

20.7

up from 19.2 two months ago!

hmmm...maybe living in the south and working in state offices has distorted my perception.

Nah, internet people are all either pencil-necked geeks or fatties.

24.2

yall some skinny mufuckas

18.3

apparently i'm underweight.

old skinny ass snoop dogg lookin mufuckas

pre-mono: 21.5
immediately post-mono: 18.7
currently: 20.1

lol one out of three ain't bad. xp

old skinny ass snoop dogg lookin mufuckas

-- and what, Friday, April 11, 2008 8:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

MOAR LIEK PRINCE MARKIE DEE AMIRITE LOL?

in order to have a BMI in the "normal" range i would have to weigh 190 lbs. or less which means i would look like i just came from Dachau

Yeah, BMI is weird. Right now I'm about 10 pounds over the weight at which I look best. If I were to lose enough weight to get to the middle of the "normal" range, I'd look disgustingly skinny. Maybe it's because I'm tall?

i always imagined ethan as super skinny.

19.8

BARBECUE?

TAXES

GUYS BMI DOESNT TELL YOU ANYTHING, IT IS A RED HERRING

DEATH

21.8

i always imagined ethan as super skinny.

-- Jordan, Friday, April 11, 2008 4:15 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

dont be imagining my body, dog

mmm...herring.

BARBECUE?!

ha

according to this even at the skinniest ive ever been in my adult life i was still just the middle of normal weight at 21.0 wtf

OKay, so I get that it tells people they're fat when they're not. But does it therefore also tell people they're healthy when they're really too thin?

BMI tells me I am skinny so I like it and it is useful to me.

Note: I do not actually look like I have a sub 20
BMI.

how the fuck is dude who is 6 ft tall and 150 lbs normal looking? this bmi shit is some bullshit

21.2

how the fuck is dude who is 6 ft tall and 150 lbs normal looking? this bmi shit is some bullshit

ayo shaddup ya face chunky

I know I'm mr preternaturally skinny but "190lbs or less" is in no way an absurdly low weight.

hmmmm, bbq...

ILX needs to get on the revenge diet.

it doesn't take into account your frame, your gender, how much muscle or fat you have, etc it is amazing that it is accepted as a useful number.

ayo shaddup ya face chunky

-- El Tomboto, Friday, April 11, 2008 4:22 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/44/23/23112344.jpg

it doesn't take into account your frame, your gender, how much muscle or fat you have, etc it is amazing that it is accepted as a useful number.

-- bell_labs, Friday, April 11, 2008 4:25 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

its pretty crazy that it doesnt ask your sex... girls have big ol titties for example that makes how much they weigh be different

dont be imagining my body, dog

i think i only thought this b/c you make fattey (chaki) jokes.

the owner of that skeleton is clearly a thick bastard just look at the circumference of his watch

22.4

BMI is a medical metric shorthand that correlates fairly well with a few things, it's not supposed to be about your build or your fucking image of yourself, that's like saying "my baby's apgar score was an 8 and not a 10, they're not taking into account blah blah blah!!"

my mom thinks i'm a perfect 10

I heard your mom WAS a perfect 10

how the fuck is dude who is 6 ft tall and 150 lbs normal looking?

I'm 6 foot and I'm currently 165 lbs, but my personal 'best weight' for my body is about 152 lbs. This is based on how I feel, not how I look. But I still have a visible fat roll at my waist even down to about 157 lbs.

As for "normal looking", I look ok to me. I am supposed to be skinny.

i'm pretty sure you heard wrong! xp

19.9 <- this has got to be wrong - i am stupid thin!

oh, i guess this explains it: It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.

" "

It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.

was gonna say...
I came in at 22.7 (5'9", 154lbs.) but back when I was eating better, going to the gym etc, I was up around 158 lbs, with considerably less belly fat.

i am just naturally ripped.

24.9...whoa, salad tonight!

ugh, 32+... I don't FEEL like a walrus!

20.5

1.21 gigawatts

23.2

xp - great scott!

28.2 - was under 25 before I quit smoking :(

Can't imagine getting down into the 150-160 range and still looking healthy.

17.75, give or take .35 based on how I've much I've starved myself in the last week.

Straight dope on BMI:

"(BMI) is both a convenient and reliable indicator of obesity."
...
Yes, it's great for estimating the fitness of groups of people, but used to assess any one individual it can sometimes produce an iffy answer. Since it doesn't differentiate between fat weight and muscle weight, and since muscle is denser than fat, people who are especially muscular tend to score as fatter than they really are. (Most NBA superstars — e.g., LeBron James, listed at six-eight and 240 — are classed as at least mildly overweight.) BMI also glosses over the issue of fat distribution — excess weight carried around the waist is more unhealthy than extra inches on the hips.

i should put an andwhat-disapproved collidge picture of myself somewhere prominent as motivation

25.1 shiiiiit, and i had a haircut earlier

it was the lol creme

19. It was 17 until a couple of years ago.

18.9. That, for me, is rather high.

you discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch (xp)

That applies to me too, Steve: it's called Leftover Vietnamese Food.

have you ever ordered but then not eaten any of it until the next morning? it's an ambition of mine

EIGHTEEN
http://www.charlestonseafood.com/images/Amazon/Shrimp-cooked-500.jpg
POINT
http://www.averyrailing.com/handrail1.jpg
TWO
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/289964817_abb7fca85d.jpg

That Ruth Fowler article is awful but she'll go away if her soon to be published book bombs. Give it time.

Steve: This is easy to do if you live on your own and need to order a minimum value of delivered food. I always get a 'dinner box' of lemongrass prawns on rice noodles and immediately put it into the fridge for the next day's lunch. The breakfast leftovers I am really talking about are things like salt and chilli spare ribs, chicken satay and crispy duck with pancakes.

I'm going to have to stop with the over-ordering and totally throw away my microwave.

23.4. My peak of fattitude was 25.1 when I was 23. I then drastically lost weight down to 17.8 in my mid-twenties before settling around 23-24 since. Didn't change my diet at all!

mine is like 30

I scored 23.3 with a rough guess at my weight (I'm also unsure of my exact height, I may be 1 inch taller - I don't weigh or measure myself for I dislike thinking of my own corporeality). I am definitely fatter than a 23.3, mind you: I should be scoring at least slightly in the 'overweight' section rather than the 'normal' one.

When I was 23 I was in a much worse shape than when I've been close to that recently - it was all beer gut, whereas now I'm just a bit bigger overall. I'm tall though so it's easier to get away with it.

or a 100

24, thank god for being really tall because I'm way out of shape and beefing up.

GUYS BMI DOESNT TELL YOU ANYTHING, IT IS A RED HERRING

-- bell_labs, Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:17 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Dead set, mine's 24.0 and my body fat is somewhere below 10%

20.9

20.1

26.1

but i had to roughly guess my weight, and i'm not even completely sure of my height.

At 5'10", I'd have to be 128 lbs to be underweight... which actually seems fair to me, slightly high even. The limit on the other end of the 'normal' spectrum might be less fair, yes.

xpost

24.1

23.7

17.6

I am a skinny motherfucker.

22.9 right now...I AM TALL WOMANG

23, i could lose about 10 lbs.

I think mine is around 24, though I haven't weighed myself for ages. It used to be around 20 when I was in my early twenties, but I've gained some weight after that. Which is okay, because I don't think the super-skinny indie look really fits me.

23.5. Peaked at 26 fourteen years ago. Never again.

Also in the 27 range. Hmph.

28.9

19

18

who wants a kookie

30.6.

Again, bmi is bullshit. The only way I could go back to that level is to return to my 17 year old self, before the half-assed weighttraining and when I was still running cross country my senior year.

BFI is what you should be concerned about.

i like this answer: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080330164202AAgAgME

well the *best* way to truly gauge this sort of thing is to slice yourself in half and count the fat rings.

about 24.74

(woo!)

16.7, which is actually up from a year ago when it would have been 15.3

I am, how you say, less than healthy.

Y'all are way too skinny. At least me and my fat will float when the sea levels rise

19.5
I feel kind of out of shape from winter

lol @ humungous fatteys bitching about fat gauge telling them they're fat!!!!!

FAT FAT HUGE FAT PEOPLE YOU EAT TOO MUCH LOL

Somebody turn on a fan...

I'm not fat, I'm PHAT.

(which is like Korpulent)

23.8.
Just under 6.4 but i dtill look skinny, what's a boy to do?

still, not dtill :(

> i dtill look skinny, what's a boy to do?

I manage by swilling enormous volumes of beer.

just under 24

22.

29... lol fatty.

whatevs

I kid, I kid. It's all BS anyways, i was just curious.

24.6

woot!

23.3

25.5. Have been very slightly overweight for years, and have failed at losing any weight but gotten to be a pretty good runner.

17.0

It tells me I am underweight, but really, I eat like a pig.

have a cookie

21.4?
wtf? im definitely not normal weight...

ha i got 21.1 again and there is no way im not underweight

haha i'm overweight

I had Grom for dinner so the above may no longer apply

57.8

oh my

22.9

19

Back in the normal range, got a target of 20 by xmas.

27.5 wtf

look at that blubber fly. muscle mass plays havoc with bmi accuracy.

i'm about 19 too, none of that pesky muscle to bother me. i'm sure i was perfectly healthy when i was around the 18 mark, though. but i guess that diet of chocolate and crisps w/ dip has done wonders for me.

18.8

jesus i need to lose 50 lbs to be 'normal'-

32.3

(am joining a gym this week hence the check)

21.2

oh fuck off

:)

that emoticon is too thin, tbh, is there a fattey version?

It's a meaningless statistic though. I think Brad Pitt has a BMI in the high 20s and I doubt anyone would accuse him of being unhealthy.

the measurement that I'm most bothered about is getting into a 34 waist in the next couple of months

ya it's retarded.
xpost

29.6! Only four-tenths away from "obese"; good thing lunch is coming up!

yeah well i don't need a check up to know i'm fatter than brad pitt.

LOL fair enough.

20.6

32.8 - hooray for obesity!

19, and yeah, this is a poor indicator. that said, i am a bit taller than 5'8", and used to have a BMI of around 33 (at the beginning of high school). i'm a short, relatively small-boned guy, and those pounds looked awful on me.

Mine's 20.8 now, and my body fat percentage according to my cheapass inaccurate scale is lower too. woo.

23.4

21.3 (lost a bunch of weight last semester by accident and am now starting to regain some of it equally unintentionally, but would enjoy if my clothes would continue to fit for a few months at a time)

20.9

24.3. Not sure how this happened, but I've lost about 20 lbs. within the last two years and am now "normal weight."

http://www.ajph.org/content/vol96/issue1/images/large/045823.A3.jpeg

(its better to be slightly overweight than anorexically thin)

That's pretty much a given.

22.6. Used to be like 19. Whatever. Still not enough muscle and bone.

how do you get more bone...?

that little bump in the graph at 25 is bothering me...

how do you get more bone...

Lady if you have to ask...

22.0 (shrugs)

haha cheap shot trayce

LOL i know, i know ;D

I spent year between 18 and 21, so now I'm 27 I feel a little depressed. I'm not at all fat, I've just gotten a weird drinker's gut I think, heh :/ Plus being short seems to really skew these things. My ex is a 16.

(he 6 ft 4 and abt 65kg)

yeah when you are short a few pounds/kilos makes a really noticeable difference. alcohol is a fun vice though!

(ps when i say "you" i mean it sympathetically because i am also short, not "haha too bad for YOU PEOPLE")

6'4" 194lbs BMI 23.6

27.4

22.8

19.5

how do you get more bone...?

ha

At 46 I'm thinking about warding off bone loss. Osteoporosis, don't you know.

eat less protein

19.5. used to be 18.8

23

wow apparently i was overweight when i was 13 and competitive nationally in athletics.

i have my suspicions.

23.9

32.3

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30.1 :D

29.5

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, April 11, 2008 3:21 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark

28.1

24.7
Need to get rid of belly though, too much beer and food.

look at that blubber fly. muscle mass plays havoc with bmi accuracy.

i'm about 19 too, none of that pesky muscle to bother me. i'm sure i was perfectly healthy when i was around the 18 mark, though. but i guess that diet of chocolate and crisps w/ dip has done wonders for me.

― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 19:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

now 20.8. Most of that 1.8 in the belly. :'(

25. Used to be 20. Like six months ago. I feel fat.

18.9

i'm six foot 3 and somewhat shy of 11 stone.

about a year and a half ago was 22.7. Lost about 2 stone. Fat, there wasn't and isn't much muscle on me.

Not sure how this happened, but I've lost about 20 lbs. within the last two years and am now "normal weight."

22.6 now.

18.7

18.7 too

long streak of piss....

heh...my dad says "tall drink of water", but I like "long streak of piss" better"...

man if were 18.7 i'd weigh < 120lb which is just bananas.

currently riding at ~23 but i'm pretty sure my legs are throwing the estimate way off

22.6. Down from 24.3 a few months ago. Thanks running, you're finally helping.

Move over BMI, there's a new sheriff in town:

BMI or Body Mass Index, a ratio of weight to height, has long been considered one of the best measures for assessing overall health risk.Getting your BMI into a healthy range used to be considered a top health priority. However, recent research shows that there is a new
sheriff in town: your waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Studies now indicate
that WHtR is a much better measure than BMI for assessing obesity and cardiovascular risk.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/93638-whtr-the-new-determinant-health-risk/

BMI or Body Mass Index, a ratio of weight to height, has long been considered one of the best measures for assessing overall health risk.

GRRRRR HULK SMASH

(ss i know you're not saying this, but goddamn am i tired of hearing it)

This is great because I go from "Overweight" on the BMI scale to "Extremely Slim" on the WHtR scale.

No longer am I penalized for being athletic.

exactly!

BMI applied to individuals is just grrrrr arrrgh.

i am only healthy.

now shasty nobody was actually penalizing you. did nutrition nazis take away dessert or something?

cause i'll take that dessert if u not eating it

22.4

23.7

WHtR: 45.4545454545…

19.2

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, April 11, 2008 7:14 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I am now 23.2

Read somewhere that ideal WtHR was 1:3 please tell me that isn't the accepted wisdom

Well, if you're 6' tall and have a 24" waist, there should be cause for concern.

WOMEN
• Ratio less than 35: Abnormally Slim to Underweight
• Ratio 35 to 42: Extremely Slim
• Ratio 42 to 46: Healthy
• Ratio 46 to 49: Healthy
• Ratio 49 to 54: Overweight
• Ratio 54 to 58: Seriously Overweight
• Ratio over 58: Highly Obese

MEN
• Ratio less than 35: Abnormally Slim to Underweight
• Ratio 35 to 43: Extremely slim
• Ratio 43 to 46: Healthy
• Ratio 46 to 53: Healthy, Normal Weight
• Ratio 53 to 58: Overweight
• Ratio 58 to 63: Extremely Overweight/Obese
• Ratio over 63: Highly Obese

Whoo, downgraded to merely overweight.

i was downgraded from "normal" to "extremely slim" ?

still hovering around the 30.1 range on BMI, bang on 50 on WtHR, wouldn't mind a little improvement on both tbh but WIP

just had my body fat measured. either they're wrong or my brain is made of flab.

https://i.imgur.com/bR1yDJv.png

22.0 (shrugs) ― Aimless, Tuesday, February 23, 2010

presently 22.5

23.8

Thats the last time I weighed myself, I think I may be less heavy now but probably not much.

It's OK, anyway

24.5 = normal (just)

since xmas i now fast walk 4km a day (40 mins), and that has definitely helped me get back down to my usual 75kg as i had put on a couple of red wine enhanced kilos over lockdown.
but seems like the daily walk has helped me find the balance between enjoying wine and exercise.

I think BMI is not considered pretty meaningless

er NOW considered

18.4. I've somehow lost wait during the pandemic.

and the ability to spell

BMI is such an inaccurate tool it can't be used for any purpose that requires real data.

Reminds me of this:
A man in his 30s with no underlying health conditions was offered a Covid vaccine after an NHS error mistakenly listed him as just 6.2cm in height.

Liam Thorp was told he qualified for the jab because his measurements gave him a body mass index of 28,000.

25.8. Technically overweight. Can't escape my family legacy of thicc thighs.