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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is in the BMI of healthy weight. But do as you wish OP. It's about what makes you feel good. But at the same time, and epiphany of your actual weight is a bit dramatic, 115 is fine as well.[/quote]

This is the problem and very typically American of you to say.  It is not healthy to be 135 and 5'2". That is fat. If she had 5 more inches she would be a healthy weight. BMI is a joke, her BMI is at the high end of "normal" which any healthy person knows is no where near what one should be tipping the scales at

OP, yes you are overweight.  I assume you are a fairly young woman. Wait until you get older, 135 is going to quickly turn to 155...and then the motorized cart at the grocery store.[/quote]

OP here.  I agree with 12:54.  My weight is abnormal, and I'm desperately trying to avoid the motorized cart.  I'm 5'2" and 135 lb, and I have metabolic syndrome -- borderline diabetes, high triglycerides, high cholesterol.  I am a very muscular athlete (always have been), but I am still too fat.  I finally "woke up" and realized that gaining 20 lb of fat since starting college is not OK.

My plan is to make more frequent exercise a top priority (despite being busy at work and having little kids that are always sick, etc.), eat 1-2 cups of non-starchy, no-fat vegetables with every meal, use myfitnesspal.com to track calories, and weigh myself frequently.

My weight crept up 4 lb in the past 3 months after my scale broke.  I stopped keeping track of my weight.  It is so easy to gain weight in our society.  Too little time and lots of high calorie foods everywhere. [/quote]

Since you have metabolic syndrome it is important to control weight but you should also know that there's a large genetic element to this as well.  Even when you lose weight you need to keep on top of your cholesterol and perhaps take medication for it because the risk can occur in the absence of being overweight.[/quote]

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