To think a BMI of 22 isn't 'unrealistic'?

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BellyWibbles · 24/11/2024 13:14

I know BMI is quite outdated but ive found it a helpful reference to progress.

My current BMI is 23 (down from 40)

Someone has just told me on another thread I need to be realistic about maintaining and I should go back up to BMI25

That makes no sense to me, that is the very cusp of being overweight.

A BMI of 22 is in the middle of the healthy range and nowhere near underweight.

And gives me a little wiggle room for gaining without being medically classed as overweight again.

At 25BMI just 2lbs would have me back in the orange zone!

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WrylyAmused · 24/11/2024 13:20

Going from BMI 40 to 23 speaks to a fair degree of commitment to the weight loss.

So if you're prepared to stick with the changes and commitments you need to maintain, 22 doesn't sound at all unrealistic.

If you were using weight loss injections and will stop soon or have already, that might well affect how realistic it is, as you'd probably need to change more of your triggers and relations to food in order to maintain, and it might need significant willpower and developing new habits.

But it sounds like a great goal, good luck with it and congratulations on your progress so far!

MatildaTheCat · 24/11/2024 13:18

Why do you feel the need to listen to a random person on a thread who has a different opinion to you? You’ve done an amazing and difficult thing to lose so much weight. A BMI of 22 is, as you say, bang in the middle of the healthy range.

Listen to your own thoughts and opinions on your own body and find a way of maintaining your weight as this is harder than losing in my experience. I’m the same BMI and after I lost weight about 18 years ago I read that daily weighing was the key to maintaining and so I’ve done it ever since. Many will disagree.

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