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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes I feel the same. I had my second baby 10 months ago and I'm having a harder time dropping the weight and it's sooo frustrating. My husband doesn't say anything mean but I know he'd like to have the old me back. He's supportive of me going to work out and eating healthier. More than anything, the pressure is coming from myself. I had always been lean and slim and I just don't feel like myself and don't like what I see. I'm 5'9" and used to hover between 130-140. After the first baby I dropped all the weight but when I went back to work (1 year off), I got a car, I started going out for daily coffee breaks with colleagues and 10 lbs crept back on. Then I got pregnant again and gained a bunch of weight and now I'm losing it but still sitting at 160 and I hate it. My BMI is in the healthy range, but scree that because I just don't like what I see. [/quote]

BMI is a horrible and mis-leading indicator of being healthy. For adults, you should use body fat percentage. It is much more accurate.

Consider this:

A football player, someone who works out and is in top physical shape such as Darren Sproles, since he is a little shorter... He is 5'6, 190. He is ALL muscle and in great shape. But, BMI would consider him obese.

The problem with BMI is that it doesn't account for the fact that muscle ways more than fat. When people start working out, the start to gain muscle, and so their weight doesn't drop. They get discouraged because they are focused on the number on the scale. Instead, measure body fat percentage, take before and after photos.[/quote]

You're right, for professional athletes/body builders, it's off. For your average joe (like me) it's more useful. [/quote]

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