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Originally Posted by juiceman11
Good morning to you all. Came to work today and my truck read -15°F. Record for us.
Yesterday I posted the questions about BMI along with Rulemom, who is actually 45 min from me. I only posted to get some other opinions on what people here on IP thought of BMI. I disregard the number personally.
Even when I was an athelete and at 10% bodyfat, I was still considered to be overweight to obese by this number. I am just trying to figure out what my end goal really should be. At that time I was 210-220#.
I had just seen so many peoples tickers with BMI included on them. Did not mean to stir the "pot", just thought I would get some opinions and I thank everyone that shared a comment.
I will keep going and see what happens and where I end up. As far as clothes being baggy and not purchasing more until the end, we will see.
Thanks for all the additional comments. I have WI #5 today and am feeling good about it. Stay warm and have a great IP day!
I've been trying to follow this BMI discussion, mostly 'cause I don't really know much about it... in fact, I don't think I had ever heard of BMI 'til I started visiting this forum... for what I have in my signature, I just used an online BMI calculator for the weight I want to be, 123 lb... otherwise, it didn't mean much to me... so, what should mean more to me?.. body fat percentage?.. in that case, should I forget about a particular weight & just concentrate on that %age?.. works for me, I only set that goal weight 'cause I remembered weighing somewhere around there when I was at my fittest, many years ago... plus, my son's birthday is January 23 (1/23), yeah, I know, not the most scientific of reasons... so, using an online body fat percentage calculator, & taking a WAG (wild a** guess) at my current weight, I come up with 32.5%... according to the same website,
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"For women between age 20 and 40, 19% to 26% body fat is generally good to excellent. For women age 40+ to 60+, 23% to 30% is considered good to excellent. For men between age 20 and 40, 10% to 20% body fat is generally good to excellent. For men age 40+ to 60+, 19% to 23% is considered good to excellent."
I'm getting close to good, if that's correct... another chart I saw said 24.0 to 35.9 is "Normal" for my age (61).. don't think I've ever been called Normal before!.. but there you have it... anyway, this is all pretty interesting to be learning about... thanks,
juiceman11, for stirring up the discussion...
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