[tootoot]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_...al_index.shtml
ladies i am well and truly in awe of myself i have gone from:
Your BMI result is:

45.31

You are very obese and your health will benefit from specialist medical and dietary advice - especially before embarking on any kind of exercise regimen.

drum roll please.....Your BMI result is:

29.74

You are in the overweight range.
im at last just overweight.i like this bmi site as the other one i check doesnt say very obese it says morbidly obese which i always found very insulting
give it a try ladies maybe you too will get a wee surprise

[MadamDotty]

Well done Toot, you're doing such a great job

[Dippy Chip]

Well done, Toot! I can't wait 'til I'm only 'overweight'!

You rock!!

janey

[YP1]

I can't either. I don't "feel" obese now, just overweight, but my BMI is still stuck in the 30s. On the other hand, I came across a website talking about measuring obesity by looking at your waist measurement - and I'm finally below the measurement it gives for obesity!!! I think I'll take that as confirmation of how I'm feeling right now rather than BMI, and claim to have lots of muscles skewing the calculation

[tootoot]

thank you ladies
YP i know what you mean about how you " feel" ........thing is i still feel very fat, i cant think of myself as slimmer, i dont know why, maybe because i spent so long being fat, even when i look in a mirror i still see myself as very fat
we have new staff at work and every one of them say - Kim you are no where near fat, then i have to tell them but yes i am, i think thats where a class comes in handy as you have the psyche side of the fat talked about too

[lysady]

Well done!! *doing the happy dance for you *

[tootoot]

the happy dance is good.............it burns the calories beats the foxtrot

[veggie]

Toot's my HERO Just checked mine 46.25 last year I got to 40.23.

[YP1]

Originally Posted by tootoot

thank you ladies
YP i know what you mean about how you " feel" ........thing is i still feel very fat, i cant think of myself as slimmer, i dont know why, maybe because i spent so long being fat, even when i look in a mirror i still see myself as very fat
we have new staff at work and every one of them say - Kim you are no where near fat, then i have to tell them but yes i am, i think thats where a class comes in handy as you have the psyche side of the fat talked about too

I think part of the reason I feel "thin" is because I'm the thinnest I've been for about 10 years. I'm 27 now, so pretty much the thinnest since I stopped growing. (or did I ever stop growing - maybe that was the problem!). Anyway, my BMI is about 31.7 now, so it's not too far off the magic 30 mark (it started off at over 38). I feel so much better than I have done in recent memory that I can really feel the difference.

And I bought size 16 jeans and top in Debenhams sale today, which also convinces me I'm nowhere near as fat as I used to be! (they just about fit by the way, I didn't just buy them on the off chance...)

I suppose it varies from person to person, and it helps that I'm generally positive and optimistic, focussing on the good things rather than the fact that I am undoubtedly still overweight. Or at least I focus on the good things until I see a photo of me...