BMI and Target Weights!

[stivesliz]

This is a bit tricky but I would appreciate any advice.

I am hopefully on my way to target but even the target weight I have set will keep me in the 'overweight' range on THAT graph!

I started off at 17.5, am now 13.7 1/2 and my target is my 5 stone award which will take me down to 12.5. The upper recommended weight for my height is another stone beneath that but I think even my target weight may be pushing it.

When I was a youngster people used to say that you could be 'heavy boned' but am not sure if this was fact or urban myth. Whilst I am no Kate Moss , most people are shocked when I say I want to lose another stone ( I dont mention that I technically NEED to lose 2 stone!) and I am inclined to agree that anything less than that stone would make me look at bit scraggy.

Does anyone else feel the same about these graphs and guidelines? x

 

[michmick]

Hi, I wouldn't worry too much about the BMI, more about your comfortable target. When I'm at target I'm still at the very top of the "normal" range but I think if I lost any more I'd be too skinny. I think you've got the right idea!

 

[mrsthunderbolt]

I know exactly what you mean, I am still 2 stone 9lbs away from my target which funnily enough is 12 stone 5lbs. It is only just inside my healthy weight range & I could technically go down as low as 9 stone 3lbs which I think would look awful.

People don't believe I am so far away from my target or that I am a size 16 now.

 

[MrsScandude]

My BMI chart says that for an ideal weight I should lose about another 6 stones - and I've already lost 9! Sod that for a game of soldiers. I want to lose about another 3 stones and that should get me to a size 12/14. I'm not large built, in fact I'm quite petite, but that'll do me fine and as far as I'm concerned that's MY ideal weight!

 

[stivesliz]

Well even at my slimmest - before kids and life got in the way - I was still a size 14 and am a 16/18 ish now. I will NEVER be a size 10 so am not bothered about that - I think now I am the ripe old age of 44 I have come to accept that and that feeling good and what is statistically 'right' is 2 different things x

 

[tallsarah]

One of the joys of SW is that you decide on your target weight and if you want to change it when you get there you can.

 

[stivesliz]

Thats true - they are very non judgemental x

 

[Ally89]

My target takes me to the top on normal BMI, i'm going that far so my doc will take me off my tablets even though at this point i think i'd look weird at that 11 stone but shall wait and see, my ideal weight is actually 10 but 11 will put me in BMI, depending how happy I am at 11 will depend if i put some on/lose some more.

 

[kingleds]

Hey Liz, someone asked the same thing yesterday in off topic. Maybe Starlight could combine the 2 threads? Its a really good discussion i think.

 

[evilpenguin]

Oh sorry I never saw that this had been posted in here. I was talking about the same thing in off topic, oops!

 

[stivesliz]

Hey Liz, someone asked the same thing yesterday in off topic. Maybe Starlight could combine the 2 threads? Its a really good discussion i think.

Good idea x