Anonymous wrote:This finally helped me get over my BMI issues. My BMI was close to and hovering around 24/25 depending on water gain, period cycle. I’m tall and lean looking and yet always felt borderline overweight at doctors because of the BMI and my weight and was fixated on the fact that people who seemed haveoer looking to me had bmi in 21/22 range. Turns out, I’m only 22 percent fat and the majority lean body mass. My trainer said what matters is the body fat, not weight or BMI. I’m 5’8 and 155 but 122 of that is lean muscle. I’m not afraid the the number any more! Just putting that out there for the haters that comment people with higher BMI are overweight all the time
I have a story that goes the other way. My BMI is 22 but I average 30% body fat, much higher in the belly, lower in the limbs. So I know how important it is for me to lift or focus on fat loss, not weight loss.