I Fucking Hate BMI

[partiallysunny]

Got my Wellness screening results. While everything else is great (good cholesterol, good glucose, good blood pressure), my BMI has a giant red exclamation point next to it.

Fuck you!

[Chirp]

I'm checking the "shit BMI but otherwise healthy" box on the Things That Are Freakishly Similar Between PS and Chirp worksheet.

Those screenings are annoying. My employer started doing them a few years ago and I fail on the BMI every damn time.

[Muddled]

My BMI ignores the fact that I have no muscles. He's not really very smart.

[partiallysunny]

Oh, you're keeping the spreadsheet now?

:: crumples up paper::

[partiallysunny]

I'm taking comfort in the fact that when the technician/nurse weighed me, she started with the 100 pound weight and was startled when she had to go up to the 150 pound weight. She gave me a once over with a puzzled look on her face.

[captainmel]

BMI never accurately reflects health. Science.

[captainmel]

Plus, why the fuck does it matter if all the important bits are healthy?!?

[gault]

I try to console myself by saying if all my loose weight loss skin was taken off, my BMI would go down about 4 points.

There there, self-esteem. Once you can afford that tummy tuck, all will be well!

I'm on the captainmel team.

[starrieskies]

BMI is stupid. I carry my weight a little (ok, a lot) differently than most people and have always weighed more than most people think, my BMI will never ever ever be in what is considered a healthy range. My body's not made that way, but I'm not completely unhealthy.

I checked this morning, my current BMI is 29 (one point from obese). Fuck BMI, he knows nothing.

[partiallysunny]

I love all the hair pets.

I won't lie, I'd love to loose 20 pounds and be at my pre-pregnancy weight, but... I keep gaining and losing the same 10 pounds and right now I'm on the high side of that 10 pounds.

But calling me obese is a little much!

[partiallysunny]

And even after those 20 pounds are gone, I will still be considered overweight by BMI standards.

Grrrr.

[gault]

Aug 14, 2013 12:44:04 GMT -5 starrieskies said:

BMI is stupid. I carry my weight a little (ok, a lot) differently than most people and have always weighed more than most people think, my BMI will never ever ever be in what is considered a healthy range. My body's not made that way, but I'm not completely unhealthy.

I checked this morning, my current BMI is 29 (one point from obese). Fuck BMI, he knows nothing.

Starries, my BMI is about 29 right now, as well. I don't remember what your body type is, but I'm REALLY hippy and pear-shaped carry mine in hips and thighs.  Good times.

20 pounds ago it was like 26.5. That's where I aim to be again...but it's still overweight.  However, I looked damn good.  F U, bmi.

[captainmel]

Aug 14, 2013 12:57:06 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

And even after those 20 pounds are gone, I will still be considered overweight by BMI standards.

Grrrr.

Obese describes the people that have to go to the zoo for an MRI because they dont fit in the people MRI. You are not obese.

[margarita]

BMI is a lying liar who lies!

You are healthy, and you look great!

[partiallysunny]

Aug 14, 2013 13:07:00 GMT -5 margarita said:

BMI is a lying liar who lies!

You are healthy, and you look great!

You're only trying to get in my pants.


My BMI is 34. It would be 30 if I was at my happy weight.

[Deleted]

I hear you. I'm considered slightly overweight on that stupid BMI scale. It's dumb.

[margarita]

Aug 14, 2013 13:17:57 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

Aug 14, 2013 13:07:00 GMT -5 margarita said:

BMI is a lying liar who lies!

You are healthy, and you look great!

You're only trying to get in my pants.


My BMI is 34. It would be 30 if I was at my happy weight.

LOL.

I mean it, PS! But the bolded is still true!
How YOU doin'?

[partiallysunny]

Aug 14, 2013 13:19:24 GMT -5 doglove said:

I hear you. I'm considered slightly overweight on that stupid BMI scale. It's dumb.

Well this seals the deal. You're hot, so BMI has to be dumb.

[bowies]

I hate the reliance on BMI for "wellness." It was a faulty concept at the jump. I can see it being a small factor in determining health, but one size doesn't fit all. The human body is more complex than a simple math equation can account for. Where's kuus? She can provide more specifics as to why BMI is a giant turd.

[captainmel]

I just ate two giant bowls of mushroom ravioli.

[margarita]

My BFF is a marathon runner. She's in the best shape of her life and looks incredible. According to BMI, she's 'obese.' lol

Ridiculous.

[tiramisu]

BMI comes from a calculation life insurance companies did as part of their underwriting process. Somehow it got generalized. Then, more recently, they changed the ranges for what is considered overweight and obese. It's all bullshit.

My doctor doesn't discuss weight with me and doesn't talk to me about BMI. Thank goodness. I'm definitely overweight according to the BMI charts.

[captainmel]

I can't remember the last time I actually looked at the number the scale said. I don't own one and I look straight up at the ceiling every time I go to the doctor. I don't need to know.