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01-29-2013, 02:43 PM
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critter lover
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PNW
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New BMI index published - affects shorter, taller ends of spectrum
This was just published. The mathematician explains that the current BMI calculation will underestimate BMI for shorter people, and overestimate it for taller people. The new BMI calculator is linked in the article and I tried it. My BMI is unchanged. Apparently my height is very average for all people combined. But my 6' boyfriend dropped about 0.5 points. Interesting explanation for math/science geeks (hand raised).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229387
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01-29-2013, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ohio
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Yuck! I don't like the new one at ALL. On the old scale, at 164 pounds I am right at a BMI of 30.0 (sooo close!), but on this new one, 164 puts me at 31.07- not a gigantic difference, but I still don't like it!
I'll follow the new one once I'm at my goal weight
Last edited by penmage; 01-29-2013 at 02:49 PM.
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01-29-2013, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Davis, Ca
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Height: 5'
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Mine increased as well.
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01-29-2013, 03:24 PM
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Dukanista
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Denver
Posts: 2,547
S/C/G: high263/current257/ticker/198
Height: 5'7"
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I like the new one. At 5'7", it puts my current BMI down .2, and I also get an extra pound at the borders between obese/overweight and overweight/normal.
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01-29-2013, 03:44 PM
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I can, I will, I do
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 550
S/C/G: Goal: 130
Height: 5'6"
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According to this I could weigh as little as 115 and still be considered normal... idk about that.. maybe.
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01-29-2013, 03:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Newfoundland
Posts: 635
S/C/G: 335/see ticker/135
Height: 5'7 -171ish cm
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Meh still says im obese as a size 10 so don't put much stock in it. Sure I'm a fat 10 but well into the obese? I don't think so lol
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01-29-2013, 04:29 PM
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Dukanista
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Denver
Posts: 2,547
S/C/G: high263/current257/ticker/198
Height: 5'7"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CherryQuinn
Meh still says im obese as a size 10 so don't put much stock in it. Sure I'm a fat 10 but well into the obese? I don't think so lol
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Your bones must be made of lead if you are a size 10 at 211 lbs! Seriously, that is impressive - you must work out a LOT! I am the same height as you, and when I got down to 198, I was still a 1X top and size 14 or 15 jeans.
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01-29-2013, 04:32 PM
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Melissa
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,367
Height: 5'6.5"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by April Snow
Your bones must be made of lead if you are a size 10 at 211 lbs! Seriously, that is impressive - you must work out a LOT! I am the same height as you, and when I got down to 198, I was still a 1X top and size 14 or 15 jeans.
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I read somewhere else that she has an apple shape?
It's all in how you are built too.
I wear a size 10 and can wear it between weights 175-195. Though at 195 I was feeling squeezed. And my shape now in my mid-40s is straight up and down (or at least I feel like it - waist is 35 and hips are 42).
Melissa
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01-29-2013, 05:20 PM
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Starting over sucks.
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 2,245
S/C/G: 485/445/250
Height: 6'1
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Mine drops slightly, which is good, because I am quite tall
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01-29-2013, 05:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Butte County, CA
Posts: 2,357
S/C/G: 202/ticker/135
Height: 5'2"
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It doesn't pay to be short. All of a sudden I am obese again. Rats!
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01-29-2013, 05:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 307
S/C/G: 191/171/153 now 185/185/155
Height: 5'3"
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I thought it was just me. I went up too, bah! Eyes closed, ears plugged...I didn't see it, I didn't see it, I did't see it....!
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01-29-2013, 05:54 PM
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Melissa
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,367
Height: 5'6.5"
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Well, it's almost good for me. If I say I'm 5'6" I will still be overweight at 160, but if I put in 5'7" I will be JUST within normal BMI. I'm in between these heights, so it's probably not moving me into the "ok" range even with a slight change for the better for me.
But I don't much stock in those arbitrary lines and neither did the scientist as he called the middle area fuzzy and the line arbitrary.
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01-29-2013, 05:58 PM
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F - Yeah, I'm doing this.
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 1,107
S/C/G: 297/*Ticker*/175
Height: 5'10"
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Mine drops too, no complaints here
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01-29-2013, 06:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Newfoundland
Posts: 635
S/C/G: 335/see ticker/135
Height: 5'7 -171ish cm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by April Snow
Your bones must be made of lead if you are a size 10 at 211 lbs! Seriously, that is impressive - you must work out a LOT! I am the same height as you, and when I got down to 198, I was still a 1X top and size 14 or 15 jeans.
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Its a combination of things. I don't work out a lot per se but I have a decent amount of muscle mass (genetics? walking? dancing?) and as well after loosing the amount I did a percentage of that 211lbs is slack skin. It doesn't hang but im very squishy and wrinkly in some areas. Also my weight is very evenly distributed around my body. I don't have one big trouble area so much as everywhere is a problem :P As well some people have a tendency, not saying you did this, but some girls and guys overestimate their height. I have people on a daily basis argue with me til they are blue in the face that I'm 5'11-6 feet tall cause they think themselves 5'7 and I'm like half a foot taller than they are lol so I think thats part of the reason I'm a smaller size than a portion of the '5'7' girls.
@berryblonde if you mean me by the apple shape thing, I'm large chested but not apple shape. My chest and hip measurements are the same with my waist 8 inches smaller than both. So hourglass/banana type deal. On top I take large-xl depending on the make and a size small/medium mens t shirt.
It weirds me out to that im that size at this weight but I guess its just how I'm built. I know some people probably think I'm lieing or fooling myself but I got out of a taxi other day with a pair of 12s on and I had to grab them as they were on their way to the ground. Would of been a rather embarrassing sight.
I'm not a smoothed out flat size 10. I got rolls and bumps and a belly, I look very different than a toned size 10 or a size 10 that didnt get there through luck in a body shape lottery lol I'll probably be a size 6 before I look flat.
Last edited by CherryQuinn; 01-29-2013 at 06:28 PM.
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01-29-2013, 06:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 312
S/C/G: 160/123/???
Height: 5'7
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Mine went down by 0.08 points.
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