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Original poster

BMI calculator - a really interesting site

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 21:06

I love this site lots to mess about with BUT....

I find it cannot possibly be true

I am the heaviest i have ever been with a bmi of 22 . i look bad and flabby with horrid arms but according to these sites this is healthy.

Anyone else just find these things wrong? Some people probably look fab at this bmi but for me i look hideous... I do not understand them...

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MrsDiorKeanuReeves · 07/05/2007 21:07

Link?

Original poster
NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 21:24

/link{http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm\whoops!}

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Original poster
NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 21:25

whoops again!

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Beauregard · 07/05/2007 21:25

whoops!

Beauregard · 07/05/2007 21:26

x

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 21:28

i like the bit about 'peoples ideal weight' that says what people ideally think looks nice

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CarGirl · 07/05/2007 21:31

It says I am underweight at on the 10th percentile but my BMI is 20.3????? I am def not underweight I'm about right?

dinny · 07/05/2007 21:31

it is American site - mine comes out as 19th percentile at 9 and a half stone and 5 foot 6. clearly wouldn't be as low in UK, iykwim!

great link though!

mustrunmore · 07/05/2007 21:32

I'm obese But that is true
Have you read all the reearchthough, that alot of people with good BMI's still have too much internal fat round their vital organs, to a dangerous level, so they are researching a better way to calculate your health/fat levels etc.

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 22:10

actually i had to have a medical recently and she said 'forget bmi you now have to have a 5" difference between waist and hip measurement'

i do ....sadly ........

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dinny · 07/05/2007 22:11

my sister just had a BUpa medical and her body fat was 18% >

dinny · 07/05/2007 22:12

why 'sadly', notanotter?

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 22:13

because i hate hips and would rather be a straighter shape than all waist and hips....not a look i like

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mustrunmore · 07/05/2007 22:17

Just measured. I do have a 5" diference, but it doesnt make me fel any better! And I have no figure, even with that. I'm not convinced that its a valid thing to say!

dinny · 07/05/2007 22:17

God, I am opposte - really narrow hips and then straight up and down (and no boobs either now stopped bf) - we are never happy with what we have - would LOVE waist/hip look!

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 22:18

i always think hips would look smaller if i did not have such a waist.....

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dinny · 07/05/2007 22:18

alhough I have just worked out I do have a 5" difference, I don't look nice shape at all - definite apple here!

dinny · 07/05/2007 22:19

it always looks better to put on weight on your hips rather than upper body though - you are the ideal shape health-wise too.

Jelley · 07/05/2007 22:20

How many pounds is 9 stone?

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 22:21

YEAH????????????????????????????????????

I dont think so dinny!!!!! At least upper body just lovely big boobs !

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dinny · 07/05/2007 22:21

Jelly - 126

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NotanOtter · 07/05/2007 22:21

126 lbs jelley

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dinny · 07/05/2007 22:21

Notanotter - I get fatback if I put on weight - vile

kittypants · 07/05/2007 22:23

if i stood on my head id have the perfect figure,my bums bigger than my non existant boobs!

Jelley · 07/05/2007 22:23

Thanks.

That makes me 19.2 and "normal"