Unhealthy fixation on BMI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most Americans are way too fat. If their bmi is 26 or 30, they are too fat.

If you can run a 10k in 40 minutes and work out every day, and still have a high bmi, you’re probably fine. Otherwise you’re probably fat.

Man, I ran track in high school and jog regularly as an adult, and I've never run a 40 minute 10k. I don't think that's a reasonable minimum fitness measure for middle aged women!

[Anonymous]

I do think having separate BMI scales for men and women is a must.

The scale as is is pretty spot on if determining if women are overweight. Men, not so much. Any man with a decent amount of muscle, not taking body building, but just regular casual weight lifting and keeping in generally good shape can easily be over the heathy BMI limit without being or looking overweight at all. Men and women are built differently, even a man’s bones are much more dense and heavy. Plus significantly more muscle mass which weighs more.m

[Anonymous]

I'm leaving this here. It's a really a good video on how Atherosclerosis happens and reversing it. It claims a lot of lives.

Very in-depth on the mechanics of it and the presenter is an MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do think having separate BMI scales for men and women is a must.

The scale as is is pretty spot on if determining if women are overweight. Men, not so much. Any man with a decent amount of muscle, not taking body building, but just regular casual weight lifting and keeping in generally good shape can easily be over the heathy BMI limit without being or looking overweight at all. Men and women are built differently, even a man’s bones are much more dense and heavy. Plus significantly more muscle mass which weighs more.m

Yes, my ds has like 10% body fat and his BMI is 24! Just seems crazy. He's the fittest looking person I know, and is active 5+ hours/day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm leaving this here. It's a really a good video on how Atherosclerosis happens and reversing it. It claims a lot of lives.

Very in-depth on the mechanics of it and the presenter is an MD.

It's super overwhelming. My BMI is 28, I am a formerly perfectly great lower weight person who gained a lot at 40+. Losing weight feels like climbing Mount Everest to me. I gain 1, I lose 2, gain 2, lose 4, and repeat...It's physically and mentally horrible. I think most people are aware of this guy's solutions. It's just very hard to implement with consistency.

[Anonymous]

Are you heavy into soda or diet soda?

That can nullify everything.

Your liver sees it and with all the artificial crap in it, it doesn't know what to do, so it spends all it's time working on that and let's everything else flow through.

Once I dropped my soda addiction (and it was hard as hell to do), the pounds started to fly off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you heavy into soda or diet soda?

That can nullify everything.

Your liver sees it and with all the artificial crap in it, it doesn't know what to do, so it spends all it's time working on that and let's everything else flow through.

Once I dropped my soda addiction (and it was hard as hell to do), the pounds started to fly off.

I don't drink soda, juice, alcohol. Just water, coffee, occasionally kombucha.

[Anonymous]

What about measurements? What about using a scale that shows body fat percentage or a caliper?

I used to just go by how my clothes fit and what size I wore. Sizes are vanity sizing now.