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BMI calculator

11 replies

Cocobear · 12/02/2008 21:57

Kinda depressing and inspiring at the same time. So go on, calculate your BMI

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bookwormmum · 12/02/2008 22:02

Overweight

Cocobear · 12/02/2008 22:06

I'm smack on the borderline. Just make yourself a couple inches taller and see if that helps! Maybe that's what they mean by heels making you look slimmer...

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bookwormmum · 12/02/2008 22:08

My Mum commneted today that trousers and boots made me look slimmer!

I'm 5.7 and I currently weigh in at 160lbs (plus have gone up to a 14) so I know I'm a tad overweight. Not too bad though.

JackieNo · 12/02/2008 22:08

YOu need the Lighterlife BMI calculator - has a v depressing 'picture' of what that height and weight looks like.

bookwormmum · 12/02/2008 22:11

I feel even worse now

Cocobear · 12/02/2008 22:15

Ahhhh, that's horrible, JackieNo!!
Bookwormmum, amazing. I'm 5'8' and exactly the same weight. The good news is we aren't THAT far off a healthy BMI. Apparently.

Just don't look at the pic on that lighterlife one.

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Cocobear · 12/02/2008 22:16

Sorry, x posted. My warning came too late, I take it.

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JackieNo · 12/02/2008 22:17

Sorry - it's a bit scary, isn't it. Just as scary if you take the weight right down.

bookwormmum · 12/02/2008 22:27

Maybe if I get my haircut shorter it'll make me lighter .

Th irony is that when I was a teenager/early 20s I had problems maintaining the minimum weight to be healthy and I ate like the proverbial horse. Would've eaten the horse too had I been given the chance and probably come back for seconds. I wonder if I was ever the perfect height/weight ratio? .

Cocobear · 12/02/2008 22:32

According to the calculator, we passed it back around the 140 mark!

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nobodysfool · 12/02/2008 22:38

I have had great fun with the lighter life calculator.You can make the marshmellow man from Ghostbusters if you try!

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