GotchiGirl96
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My BMI is 13.0
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BMI Scale...
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RachelGotchi
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Alot of factors play into BMI. (Trust me, I used to be a health nut) If you have alot of muscle mass, you are more likely to be overweight, because 3 pounds of muscle is about half the size of one pound of fat. Also, your bone density means alot, too. Measure your wrists. If they are 7 inches around, you have dense bones, which means it's uniform to have a larger BMI. If your wrists are 6 inches around, it means you should have a pretty accurate BMI (assuming you have an average amount of muscle mass). If your wrists are 5 inches around, you should expect a lower BMI.
A BMI system cannot tell you how large or small you are. If you have dense bones you are supposed to take off 10% of your BMI and if you have skinny bones you're supposed to add 10%.
My BMI? 25.7. My wrists measure 7 inches around; That means my uniform BMI would be somewhere around 22.
A BMI system cannot tell you how large or small you are. If you have dense bones you are supposed to take off 10% of your BMI and if you have skinny bones you're supposed to add 10%.
My BMI? 25.7. My wrists measure 7 inches around; That means my uniform BMI would be somewhere around 22.
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tamaMamita
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im 15.1 i was underweight when i was born. I'm very small
tenniswinner
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18.7 o.o'
That's awful close to underweight... *stuffs face with smarties* xD
That's awful close to underweight... *stuffs face with smarties* xD
GotchiGirl96
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You think that's bad??? My BMI is 13.0!!! I'm actually 5 pounds underweight!
*LoVeLy.SwAn.23*
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Really? I thought it was the oppisite
I checked other ones and it said I was like 20, ew.
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meowbark
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25.0
Happy? Im overweight. I barely look it though.
Happy? Im overweight. I barely look it though.
mashed_potato
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I got 18.4 .
GotchiGirl96
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BMI isn't always accurate. I'm sure you're fine. But if you are concerned, don't be afraid to talk to your doctor.
tamtamkitty07
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Mine was 20.4, but BMI scales are FALSE.
The BMI scale was invented a long long time ago, it wasn't accually invented for weight, it was invented for some sort of math thing. The government thinks they can tell if the population is fat or not but how much people weigh and how tall they are, this is not true.
Some people just have different genes than other people, and some people were just born like that. Some people may have a high metabolism, some may not.
Overall I don't believe in the BMI scale, because every one is born differently. It all just comes down to your genes, the food you eat, metabolism, etc. Height and weight have nothing. Some people may be very muscular which adds up on weight, while they are short, and the BMI could take that as being overweight, while really they're just athletic and short.
Don't take it seriously, that's all I'm trying to say.
The BMI scale was invented a long long time ago, it wasn't accually invented for weight, it was invented for some sort of math thing. The government thinks they can tell if the population is fat or not but how much people weigh and how tall they are, this is not true.
Some people just have different genes than other people, and some people were just born like that. Some people may have a high metabolism, some may not.
Overall I don't believe in the BMI scale, because every one is born differently. It all just comes down to your genes, the food you eat, metabolism, etc. Height and weight have nothing. Some people may be very muscular which adds up on weight, while they are short, and the BMI could take that as being overweight, while really they're just athletic and short.
Don't take it seriously, that's all I'm trying to say.
FireCracker
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20.3
Im Not Fat
Im Not Fat
WhereEaglesDare
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I'm 22.7. I need to lose, though. It says normal weight, but I want to weigh about 10 pounds less.
cluck_cluck_chicken
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17.2. I'm 13 and really tall legs. that was not my guess. i thought i would be a 20
fluffums
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My BMI is 17.5. I'm not overweight, but I think I just look fat. Especially my legs.
Rey Mysterio
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My BMI is 14.1... x.x I'm really small and thin- everyone says I'm really skinny. xD
TamaGirliey
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Body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet Index is a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing "social physics".
Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of their height. The formulas universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/m2. Body mass index may be accurately calculated using any of the formulas below.
BMI = height (kg2) / height2 (m2) or BMI = 703 x weight (lb2) / height2 (in2) or BMI = 6.35 x weight (stone) / height2 m2
BMI can also be determined using a BMI chart, which displays BMI as a function of weight (horizontal axis) and height (vertical axis) using contour lines for different values of BMI or colors for different BMI categories.
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Ahem, yes, the above was taken from Wikipedia.
Anyway, I, for one, find this BMI calculator to be completely false, or the majority of TTers posting in this topic are deathly underweight. Although that calculator says my BMI is 20.6, which it is, I still find it to be false. I really hope that none of you have a BMI of 13.0 for real, because 18.5 and below is underweight. So unless you are something like five feet, three inches and 75 pounds, don't take your calculation literally.
*coughs* Yeah, I'm done here now I think. XD
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Eck, no, I wasn't done. Here's the normal/underweight/overweight/etc. chart thing;
BMI-------------Category
Below 18.5<->Underweight
18.5-24.9<->Normal Weight
25-29.9<------>Overweight
30-39.9<-------->Obese
Above 39.9<--->Morbidly Obese
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Rey Mysterio
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I'm 4"9 (I grew!) and 65lbs- should I worry? xD
tamtamkitty07
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Finally, some quotes that post and agrees with me! Thanks for the reasearch by the way.
And also, random thought.. If you were THAT dealthy underweight, surely your parents/friends would have talked to you or said something, assuming you were anorexic(sp?) or something, thinking you needed help.
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