As a very short person (5'0'') I couldn't agree more. While, yes I've known that I am overweight, there was no way I was obese. I don't think I'm in denial, but even at my highest weight of 160, I still wore a size 10 without a big spare-tire flowing over the pants. Yet my BMI indicated that I was obese. Really, I'm not in denial, overweight yes, obese no.
My current BMI puts me at overweight, but my BAI puts me smack in the middle of healthy. My husband says I carry my weight well, which he meant to make me feel better, but I've known I've had work to do.
Heck, although my goal is 125 (barely a healthy BMI), I might just stop at 133 which is the weight I last felt really healthy and fit. According to BMI I could drop down to 95lbs and still be "healthy". In high school I was between 98-105 and I was tiny. Looking back I looked sick.
And I know that BMI shouldn't mean anything to me, but the truth is, it does. I feel I need something to look at in order to say - you did it. Or at least to not say "overweight".
Sorry for the rambling, but this new calculation just made my day!