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What's Your Body Mass Index (BMI)? (1 Viewer)

What's Your Body Mass Index (BMI)?

  • Below 18.5: Underweight

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • 18.5—24.9: Normal

    Votes: 54 42.2%
  • 25.0—29.9: Overweight

    Votes: 42 32.8%
  • 30.0 and Above: Obese

    Votes: 31 24.2%

  • Total voters
    128
5 7, 180. 28.5

Ideally I would be 165/170 and i would still be overweight. A little heavier these days due to not working out as much as I should,  traveling too much for work, .. at least i can admit i have been a slacker for the last several months..

159 is the top end of normal down to 118. I would have to deathly ill to be 118 and 159 would be tough to pull off and not be super thin. As an adult, i was 160 after a divorce 15 years ago and I was told I looked like I was sick :shrug:

I have never thought of BMI as reliable in and of itself.

 
 38.7 :porked:

probably higher because I’m closer to 5’9” but I think 5’10” sounds so much taller even though it’s only an inch 

 
I also heard from a healthcare professional that maintaining BALANCE is a real key as we age. Two small ways to combat that is by putting on your socks while standing up and drying off your legs after showering by lifting and toweling one at a time rather than drying your legs/feet with both feet on the ground.

eta: Of course yoga is best for this. 
I don't think I've ever considered not putting socks on standing up. Do people sit down to put socks on?

 
Height: 5 feet, 10 inches

Weight: 182 pounds

Your BMI is 26.1, indicating your weight is in the Overweight category for adults of your height.

For your height, a normal weight range would be from 129 to 174 pounds.

To Mac’s point, I think that BMI is bad but also agree with roboto that most people are just flat wron* that they can’t lose more weight.  I’m down to 182 and look ok but I know I have 10-15 ponds of fat just around my midsection I need to lose.  I figure 160 is doable and even then I wouldn’t be ripped. 

 
49 (down from 53 a couple months ago). 

I’m almost done with my pre-bariatric surgery requirements (my insurance requires 6 months of nutrition classes among other things). I’ll be having gastric bypass surgery hopefully late January or early February. 

 
This is worthless.  I'm quite sure if I weighed the minimum acceptable "normal" for my height I would be dead of starvation

 
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You might want to start losing some weight if your body fat % is higher than your BMI.  :grad:
:lmao:  

 i’m trying to figure out if this is even possible and if so what that person would look like. 

 
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49 (down from 53 a couple months ago). 

I’m almost done with my pre-bariatric surgery requirements (my insurance requires 6 months of nutrition classes among other things). I’ll be having gastric bypass surgery hopefully late January or early February. 
Serious question, hopefully this doesn’t come across as rude...

 If you are making progress losing weight without the surgery does that cause you to reconsider going under the knife? 

 
Serious question, hopefully this doesn’t come across as rude...

 If you are making progress losing weight without the surgery does that cause you to reconsider going under the knife? 
Not at all. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life. I’ve lost weight multiple times just to gain it back and then some. 

I forget the exact numbers, but somewhere around 80% of gastric bypass patients keep the weight off permanently, versus 10% that keep it off after losing through normal dieting. 

Also, I’ve recently lost a little weight, going from 396 to 377, but I still have a long way to go (I’m 6’ 1” btw). 

 
Not at all. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life. I’ve lost weight multiple times just to gain it back and then some. 

I forget the exact numbers, but somewhere around 80% of gastric bypass patients keep the weight off permanently, versus 10% that keep it off after losing through normal dieting. 

Also, I’ve recently lost a little weight, going from 396 to 377, but I still have a long way to go (I’m 6’ 1” btw). 
Thanks for answering. Best of luck!

 
:lmao:  

 i’m trying to figure out if this is even possible and if so what that person would look like. 
I was right about there 4 or 5 years ago.   

both were up in the low 40s, I was (still am) 6ft3 and then was a few pizza slices shy of 360#.    

And to your above question to @RJS113 -- same answer he gave applies to me.   I'd go up and down as an adult between 240 and was at my biggest near 360  in 2013/2014.  I'd lost 75# or more on  4 separate occasion in the past 15 years.  of course, to do that more than once, you have to put it all back on.  Which I did.   over and over again.  I dropped back "down to" around 300# naturally and decided at that point I wanted to keep losing and never put it back on again.  I had bypass surgery in the summer of 2015.  Best decision I ever made.  Like it was drilled into my head -- bypass surgery is not a silver bullet -- you have to change your outlook and relationship with food forever.  

With most people who are really overweight (save for the small % of people with endocrine or other issue), there's probably a huge mental portion to address as well.    If you're intent on eating the same way, you can put all your weight back on post surgery.   But the procedure is a huge tool in helping you get healthy.   I now have to make smart diet choices and exercise like anyone else who's trying to maintain health or lose weight.   but when you're 100# or more away from your target, it's very easy to feel defeated no matter what you do week to week.    
 

 
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Serious question, hopefully this doesn’t come across as rude...

 If you are making progress losing weight without the surgery does that cause you to reconsider going under the knife? 
I used to be a large man. Prob 290lbs. I was never thinking surgery, but once I set my mind to it, I dropped over 100lbs in less than a year in my 20s. 1200 calories / day, treadmill an hour each weekday and two hours each on Sat and Sunday. I never once stopped, never once cheated, and it melted off. 

Now once I started doing this everyone had to ask me what I was doing. I found out very quickly that diet and exercise wasn’t the answer anyone wanted to hear. I got tired of having to answer the question only to hear “ohhh but I could never give up my bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit every morning.”

 
5'11" 176= normal BMI  :)

My weight fluctuates though, at my lowest in a while.  It's amazing how much better I feel just by losing 10-12 pounds.

My highest weight was 202.  I can tell the difference at 176 as opposed to 188, which has been my high weight in more recent times.

I can jump from 175 to 188 in a heartbeat it seems.

 
This is worthless.  I'm quite sure if I weighed the minimum acceptable "normal" for my height I would be dead of starvation
I was somewhere in the middle when I ran a marathon a couple years ago. I was disgustingly skinny at 6'1 165-170. I have stayed between 180 and 190 since, just depends if I'm on a strength heavy or run heavy cycle. And according to this stupid calculation that is either barely normal or over weight. So dumb. 

 
6-1 210lbs  27.7 :confused:   I have worked out 4-5 days a week forever.

 32-34 pant size. No gut.. If I crunch hard enough I can see a little bit of abs.

I guess I am obese.
How old are you? I'm just curious. Do you still weight train currently (and regularly?).

Just kind of curious how men do when they get older. I lifted weights religiously 4 days a week (a push/pull split) and pounded protein shakes daily, from about age 23 until around 38-40. On non weights days I was always running, or playing B-Ball or Tennis.

I pretty much quit any kind of regular formal exercise sometime around 40. I'm 56 now and still don't do much of that (5-6 weeks of weights in the summer here and there). Still pretty active (in a "yard work" kind of way) but have never found the motivation for regular exercise that I used to have. So little free time now as it is and admittedly lazy. I was so disciplined when I was younger, never missed a workout. I admire older people who can maintain that discipline.

I have a decent home gym set up too: finished basement, stereo system, 310 lb Olympic weight set, Weider Olympic bench with squat rack and lat/tri attachments, tons of dumbbells, sit-up bench, 2 stair-masters, heavy duty treadmill, and an elliptical machine. It's all very convenient to pile #### on.

 
Also my one piece of advice, don’t drink your calories people. I’m sure that won’t fly with the beer people here, but it’s such a waste overall. I haven’t had anything other than water or black coffee in many years. 

 
I was right about there 4 or 5 years ago.   

both were up in the low 40s, I was (still am) 6ft3 and then was a few pizza slices shy of 360#.    

And to your above question to @RJS113 -- same answer he gave applies to me.   I'd go up and down as an adult between 240 and was at my biggest near 360  in 2013/2014.  I'd lost 75# or more on  4 separate occasion in the past 15 years.  of course, to do that more than once, you have to put it all back on.  Which I did.   over and over again.  I dropped back "down to" around 300# naturally and decided at that point I wanted to keep losing and never put it back on again.  I had bypass surgery in the summer of 2015.  Best decision I ever made.  Like it was drilled into my head -- bypass surgery is not a silver bullet -- you have to change your outlook and relationship with food forever.  

With most people who are really overweight (save for the small % of people with endocrine or other issue), there's probably a huge mental portion to address as well.    If you're intent on eating the same way, you can put all your weight back on post surgery.   But the procedure is a huge tool in helping you get healthy.   I now have to make smart diet choices and exercise like anyone else who's trying to maintain health or lose weight.   but when you're 100# or more away from your target, it's very easy to feel defeated no matter what you do week to week.    
 
If you don't mind me asking, I'm just curious, what were your issues with food? Was it what you ate? Or how much you ate?  Did you think about food a lot? I've personally never really cared about food and my dietary habits are terrible. Even when I was younger and exercised I still ate more than my share of wings and ice cream, and drank more than my share of beer. To this day I rarely eat vegetables, or even fruit for that matter. I just find it interesting how the body performs differently for different people.

 
How old are you? I'm just curious. Do you still weight train currently (and regularly?).

Just kind of curious how men do when they get older. I lifted weights religiously 4 days a week (a push/pull split) and pounded protein shakes daily, from about age 23 until around 38-40. On non weights days I was always running, or playing B-Ball or Tennis.

I pretty much quit any kind of regular formal exercise sometime around 40. I'm 56 now and still don't do much of that (5-6 weeks of weights in the summer here and there). Still pretty active (in a "yard work" kind of way) but have never found the motivation for regular exercise that I used to have. So little free time now as it is and admittedly lazy. I was so disciplined when I was younger, never missed a workout. I admire older people who can maintain that discipline.

I have a decent home gym set up too: finished basement, stereo system, 310 lb Olympic weight set, Weider Olympic bench with squat rack and lat/tri attachments, tons of dumbbells, sit-up bench, 2 stair-masters, heavy duty treadmill, and an elliptical machine. It's all very convenient to pile #### on.
53, I have a full gym in my basement as well with dumbbells from 25-75.   I knew a guy who owned 3 Power House gyms and he consolidated to one and had a bunch of equipment left over.  I bought a bunch of stuff from him for pennies on the dollar.  Full squat rack system with lat pull down ,low row, tricep pushdown. Combo leg extension-leg curl machine, preacher curl, seated calf, hyper-extension-roman chair for lower back and abs.  gym quality stair climber and a Schwinn Air-Dyne. and over 500 lbs of free weight.

As I get older I just concentrate on light weights, more reps faster workouts. I still squat but only do 135 for 15-20 reps a set..then super set it with other leg exercises.   I never bench anymore but do incline dumbells presses only going up to 45lb dumbbells for 15-20 reps again super setting with light flyes or whatever. I worked out with my buddt a few months ago and he was pounding 315 on the bench..so I put 225 on after a good warmup and got 5 reps..i used to be about to get 10-12 easy.   Just don`t want to get injured.

The 65-75lbs dumbbells are covered in dust as are many of the 45lb  plates as I never use that much weight anymore. did the push-pull for years but now am on a 4 day split that works well for me basically hitting one group hard a day once a week.

I workout from 6am to 7am 4-5 days a week and walk my dogs 3 miles a night.  If I don`t get my workout in first thing in the morning it seems like I never get it in as something always comes up.  I hate working out at night as I can`t sleep after.

 
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Mine is 99.7 because i'm only 3 foot tall. :)

Unfortunately mine was over 30 the last time I checked.  I'm 5'9 1/2" and weigh 222.  I've always carried weight well because I'm broad shouldered and have thick legs, but as I get older that probably no longer applies as much.  I just got a sudden urge for pizza.

 
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:hifive:

BMI is an awful measure of health/obesity.  i have 16% body fat and am probably in the best shape of my life.  IMHO it really screws with people's minds.  at my height, 5-11, 133-179# is "normal".  at 133# i would look like a skeleton.  that's 52#'s less than i weigh now.  that's crazy.

 
If you don't mind me asking, I'm just curious, what were your issues with food? Was it what you ate? Or how much you ate?  Did you think about food a lot? I've personally never really cared about food and my dietary habits are terrible. Even when I was younger and exercised I still ate more than my share of wings and ice cream, and drank more than my share of beer. To this day I rarely eat vegetables, or even fruit for that matter. I just find it interesting how the body performs differently for different people.
Nope, don't mind at all.  I always knew how to eat healthy.  but actually executing on that was very hit and miss.  

I'd say it was probably 66% volume and 33% eating ####.   And, there is genetics at play here, too.  Without unearthing another complete side story that would take too long to get into for this thread, as an adult in my 30s I came to find out that I had a lot of family I didn't know about previously.   and, in a very twilight zone-esque scenario, I found of this entire huge family I was just learning about, I had 5 uncles (all fairly close to my age, youngest of the 5 being only a couple years older than me and the oldest being about 12 years older than me) -- all 5 of them are between 6ft2 and 6ft 4 and all of them were north of 300#s.    I don't blame genetics for poor choices I made, I only bring it because I think it's a small piece here and there is more going on with weight and peoples physiology than we may know about.   

I was able to do well with diet and exercise for periods of time but for whatever reason, I was never able to sustain it long term.   If I knew why I probably would have never gotten to be a lardass in the first place.   But, surgery made my body get in line with what my I knew I  wanted , but could never sustain long term.  Now I can.  on the 2 or 3 occasions since surgery where I've eaten too much garbage food (carb-heavy and sugary food are the big ones), I get physically sick and it's an immediate reminder of "hey stupid, what are you thinking?".  Where before it was the fat devil on my one shoulder saying "holy hell that was delicious, do that again soon".   

I know a lot of people look at bariatric surgery as a copout or an easy solution for mentally weak people.  That's fine and I won't try to convince anyone otherwise -- Even being a success story with it, I don't disagree entirely with that.  But, the way I saw it -- as being north of 40 and with a young kid, I wanted to stop fighting myself all the time over something that was so obviously detrimental to my health.   The same way people use anything as a crutch -- food, booze, gambling, you name it....if you're getting yourself healthier -- I won't begrudge the path you take to get there.    

 
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Euell Gibbons died at 64.  Sometimes what's in the genes is the most important factor in longevity.   George Kennedy was fat all his life and he lived to be 91.

 
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:lmao:    :lmao:   First off, I'm not seeing that weight until at least 6 months after I'm dead.

Secondly, I saw my dad - of similar size - diet himself down to 210 pounds. He looked like death warmed over; sunken cheeks, etc. Forget that.

Even though I have a mechanical aortic valve with my high BP under control, I'm not a total slug and do yoga 3-4 times a week with occasional walks in the woods to take pictures. I'm doing OK IMO.
6’2” and 144lbs is silly 

 
Yikes.  I'm overweight at 27.3. I'm relatively fit and don't really see a way to cut that 17 lbs since it's all IPA. Nothing really can be done about that. Maybe I can have a leg amputated or something.   

 
6-1 210lbs  27.7 :confused:   I have worked out 4-5 days a week forever.

 32-34 pant size. No gut.. If I crunch hard enough I can see a little bit of abs.

I guess I am obese.
this is me at 5-11 185.  i've dipped to 182 over the last few weeks and have actually noticed the shadow of abs, simply while standing.   :eek:  

 
53, I have a full gym in my basement as well with dumbbells from 25-75.   I knew a guy who owned 3 Power House gyms and he consolidated to one and had a bunch of equipment left over.  I bought a bunch of stuff from him for pennies on the dollar.  Full squat rack system with lat pull down ,low row, tricep pushdown. Combo leg extension-leg curl machine, preacher curl, seated calf, hyper-extension-roman chair for lower back and abs.  gym quality stair climber and a Schwinn Air-Dyne. and over 500 lbs of free weight.

As I get older I just concentrate on light weights, more reps faster workouts. I still squat but only do 135 for 15-20 reps a set..then super set it with other leg exercises.   I never bench anymore but do incline dumbells presses only going up to 45lb dumbbells for 15-20 reps again super setting with light flyes or whatever. I worked out with my buddt a few months ago and he was pounding 315 on the bench..so I put 225 on after a good warmup and got 5 reps..i used to be about to get 10-12 easy.   Just don`t want to get injured.

The 65-75lbs dumbbells are covered in dust as are many of the 45lb  plates as I never use that much weight anymore. did the push-pull for years but now am on a 4 day split that works well for me basically hitting one group hard a day once a week.

I workout from 6am to 7am 4-5 days a week and walk my dogs 3 miles a night.  If I don`t get my workout in first thing in the morning it seems like I never get it in as something always comes up.  I hate working out at night as I can`t sleep after.
Very impressive that you still work out like this. I envy/admire you your motivation/discipline. 5 reps at 225 is great at age 53 IMO. During my episodic return to weights for a few weeks in the summer I might work my way up to a few reps at 150 😂.  I used to warm up with that and I just find it defeating, even though my max bench at the height of my weightlifting was only 260. I have a history of recurrent shoulder dislocations and kind of long arms so I never expected a great bench (but I always wanted 300). Don't know how you managed to maintain the discipline needed to work out continuously to your age. Kudos to you.

 
:hifive:

BMI is an awful measure of health/obesity.  i have 16% body fat and am probably in the best shape of my life.  IMHO it really screws with people's minds.  at my height, 5-11, 133-179# is "normal".  at 133# i would look like a skeleton.  that's 52#'s less than i weigh now.  that's crazy.
Speaking of screwing with people's minds, getting an accurate assessment of body fat % seems impossible. 

I bought a scale a month or so ago, shows me at 21% body fat 

I did the egg test a couple years ago (I look and run/bike/lift pretty close to where I was then), shows 5.5% body fat. 

The Navy test (go Army) http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy shows 8%

I suspect 8 is closest but who knows really?

Fwiw, BMI is 24 so high side of normal.172-177, 6'0, waist size 30. 

 
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Speaking of screwing with people's minds, getting an accurate assessment of body fat % seems impossible. 

I bought a scale a month or so ago, shows me at 21% body fat 

I did the egg test a couple years ago (I look and run/bike/lift pretty close to where I was then), shows 5.5% body fat. 

The Navy test (go Army) http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy shows 8%

I suspect 8 is closest but who knows really?
I've had consistent readings with the hand held. Calibration risk, but it's usually within 1% or so of the caliper. 

 
Euell Gibbons died at 64.  Sometimes what's in the genes is the most important factor in longevity.   George Kennedy was fat all his life and he lived to be 91.
Honestly it’s thinking like this that we have to fight against.  There’s always outliers in every metric. 

 
Also my one piece of advice, don’t drink your calories people. I’m sure that won’t fly with the beer people here, but it’s such a waste overall. I haven’t had anything other than water or black coffee in many years. 
This was a game changer for me, too.  If you drink soda or sweet tea every day,  you can drop 2-6 pounds a month simply by switching to water. 

 
Not at all. I’ve struggled with my weight my entire life. I’ve lost weight multiple times just to gain it back and then some. 

I forget the exact numbers, but somewhere around 80% of gastric bypass patients keep the weight off permanently, versus 10% that keep it off after losing through normal dieting. 

Also, I’ve recently lost a little weight, going from 396 to 377, but I still have a long way to go (I’m 6’ 1” btw). 
Good luck RJS113.  

 
Very fortunate genetically - 6”4 and weighed 182 this AM , BMI is 22.5.  Worked out regularly and played hoops mutiple times a week but pretty much stopped all exercise completely 8 years ago when the kids happened.  I’ve countered the lack of exercise with much smarter eating, cutting way down on alcohol, sugar, pasta and bread.  95% of what goes into my body is lean meat, vegetables, or THC.  Also agree with the poster above who preaches only drinking water.  No juices, soft drinks, or energy drinks in our fridge these days.  Just water, IPA, and wine.  

 
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Very fortunate genetically - 6”4 and weighed 182 this AM , BMI is 22.5.  Worked out regularly and played hoops mutiple times a week but pretty much stopped all exercise completely 8 years ago when the kids happened.  I’ve countered the lack of exercise with much smarter eating, cutting way down on alcohol, sugar, pasta and bread.  95% of what goes into my body is lean meat, vegetables, or THC.  Also agree with the poster above who preaches only drinking water.  No juices, soft drinks, or energy drinks in our fridge these days.  Just water, IPA, and wine.  
DAMN.  We’re the same height but I can’t fathom being 182.  But maybe it’s just that I’m fatter than I realize. 

 
Very impressive that you still work out like this. I envy/admire you your motivation/discipline. 5 reps at 225 is great at age 53 IMO. During my episodic return to weights for a few weeks in the summer I might work my way up to a few reps at 150 😂.  I used to warm up with that and I just find it defeating, even though my max bench at the height of my weightlifting was only 260. I have a history of recurrent shoulder dislocations and kind of long arms so I never expected a great bench (but I always wanted 300). Don't know how you managed to maintain the discipline needed to work out continuously to your age. Kudos to you.
My shoulder and just getting older is the reason why I quit lifting heavy. Even when I did the 225 the last 2 reps did not feel right...I am pretty sure if I tried to force another 1-2 something would have popped or torn. Same thing with chin ups..that used to be my favorite exercise. Always started my back workout with 5 sets of chins. Always got about 15 the first set, then 12, then 8 and down.  When you weight over 200 chins are not that easy.   Then it started hurting my shoulder about 10 years ago so I gave them up.

I am been working out in some form since I was 20 and have never really missed more than a couple of weeks since..even on vacation I try to at least walk a few miles and do body weight stuff.   If I miss a week or more I really start getting grumpy and feel like crap.

As you age though you need to make adjustments. I just try to maintain now and stay as cut as possible for my age and love of beer.

Other than beer a couple time a week the only thing I drink is coffee and about try to get around 100 ounces of water a day.  Don`t know why but that is the hardest part for me. I have no problem pounding down 7-8 beers but a tough time drinking 7-8 waters.

Eat pasta or pizza maybe once a month.  Eat lots of lean proteins and vegetables, oatmeal 3-4 times a week for breakfast.

 
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Speaking of screwing with people's minds, getting an accurate assessment of body fat % seems impossible. 

I bought a scale a month or so ago, shows me at 21% body fat 

I did the egg test a couple years ago (I look and run/bike/lift pretty close to where I was then), shows 5.5% body fat. 

The Navy test (go Army) http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy shows 8%

I suspect 8 is closest but who knows really?

Fwiw, BMI is 24 so high side of normal.172-177, 6'0, waist size 30. 
at 8%, you would be RIPPED.

that navy calculator was nearly identical to the fancy scale at my gym

body fat % pics

 
I used to #### on BMI since I was on the low range of the average American, but normal on the BMI scale.  Until I went to Japan.  Then my image of fit, trim American got thrown for a loop.    We're a fat country.  Don't compare yourselves with your neighbors to define healthy weight. For a very small minority of people, BMI is a little misleading, but if you aren't winning bodybuilding competitions, then BMI is fine.

 
6'2" 280

35.9

Ouch. I was right around 252 for a long time and then when I lost my job last year and started a new one I've ballooned and platued again. Little wonder as I don't excercise and my diet is terrible. Gonna be 45 later this month and it's clearly passed due in doing something about it. (I type this while I wait to pick up a pizza from Pizza hut). :Bag:

 

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