What's your BMI?

[FriarJ]

Age should be taken into account. I'm 6' 2" 215. I would have to lose 35lbs to not be considered overweight. There is not a chance in hell of that happening anymore at my age.

 

[husky429]

5'10 150 with the greasiest jumper on the 'yard

 

[Travelman6]

I am right on the cusp of "normal" and overweight at 6"1...190 pounds.

To make me feel better, I watch "My 600 Pound Life." I feel terrible for those people, but it certainly makes me feel fit no matter what my current weight.

I watch that too. While I feel bad for some people on that show and am amazed by the turnaround some make, others are just horrific.

 

[boba]

Seriously. I'm 6'2" and I can't imagine being healthy at 150 lbs. I couldn't imagine even getting a date at that weight.

That said, I'm solidly obese, but with good bloodwork. And at 65, the only way I'm going to be seeing "overweight" (which for me is under 210) is a long bout of cancer, lol.

That was my number when I entered Boot camp (74" / 148lbs) oh so many years ago. I was one of the few who put on weight going through basic training, left at about 160lbs.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Before covid I would have been 18.5 or less. Now 18.5-24.99. I've gained about 15-20 pounds this year. Not sure on the amount exactly...I just bought a scale because I started to notice. I had been the same weight since like HS...now I'm 38.

 

[Leebo]

Guys that are ripped super athletes are going to appear as overweight.

So we've got 50% skinny guys and 50% ripped super athletes here.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

How many extremely obese guys can dunk?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Jesus. Not being obese isn't even my goal. My goal is just to be less obese.

I don't like this quiz. Why aren't you asking what we got on the LSATs or something?

I second this! That was the only way I even got in.

 

[Dogdeacon]

So we've got 50% skinny guys and 50% ripped super athletes here.

Yes, there is no possible way that BMI's of 18.5 to 24.99 represented the median of the boneyard even 20yrs ago and it is a lot of the same folks that many years and lbs later. Either people are giving themselves benefit of doubt or its like a high school reunion where only the successful show up to brag.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

For the last 20 years my doctor has been telling me to lose 10-15 lbs. In that same time he's gained at least double that.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

National Geographic published a picture of a 360lb., 5 ft tall Polish Olympic weightlifter showing off his 45 inch vertical leap. I wonder where he'd fall on this chart.

 

[boba]

Yes, there is no possible way that BMI's of 18.5 to 24.99 represented the median of the boneyard even 20yrs ago and it is a lot of the same folks that many years and lbs later. Either people are giving themselves benefit of doubt or its like a high school reunion where only the successful show up to brag.

Unlike that PC troll, I was able to drop 35lbs in the recent past, all I had to do is move from NYC to Baghdad by the Bay. Something out here is better. So 74" and 178 lbs is 23/24 BMI. Am I able to schlep a 65lb pack 22 miles a day up and over Sierra passes for 30 days? That would be no, but I weigh the same now as when I could do that activity. BMI just is a rough estimator of health, and I plan on dying as soon as possible.

 

[Matrim55]

Am I able to schlep a 65lb pack 22 miles a day up and over Sierra passes for 30 days? That would be no, but I weigh the same now as when I could do that activity.

How many cell phones tho?

 

[uconnfan68]

How many extremely obese guys can dunk?

William “The Refrigerator” Perry could.

 

[Deepster]

Note that @temery said that the age poll posted a few weeks ago was off significantly based on his information (i.e., the demographic here is much older on average than represented in that poll). If that same dynamic occurs here, I imagine the results would be similarly skewed.

And @Deepster will absolutely contest any result that doesn't show a plurality with BMI over 30.

My current BMI is 30-31 right now and I feel very comfortable. My goal is an additional 10 lbs off by year end and then I’d be 28-29 or so and that’s fine with me.

That said. No way this poll contains honest answers.

 

[8893]

My current BMI is 30-31 right now and I feel very comfortable. My goal is an additional 10 lbs off by year end and then I’d be 28-29 or so and that’s fine with me.

That said. No way this poll contains honest answers.

I've been floating between 25 and 28 the past year or so. For around three years prior to that I was holding around 24 and friends and family were constantly asking if I was okay and if I had intended to lose the weight.

Shortly after turning 50 I hit around 32, which is the highest I've ever been. Then I started a slow, year-long downward march that bottomed out around 24; and during Covid I've crept back up around 15 pounds, largely due to increased booze consumption.

I think my sweet spot is around 25-26.

 

[Biteymax22]

Don’t know what is normal but if your BMI is 25 and your body fat is 15...that’s very good

if your BMI is 39 and your body fat is 29. U got issues

Right in the middle of your two examples. 30 and 20.

 

[Greedo]

Unlike that PC troll, I was able to drop 35lbs in the recent past, all I had to do is move from NYC to Baghdad by the Bay. Something out here is better. So 74" and 178 lbs is 23/24 BMI. Am I able to schlep a 65lb pack 22 miles a day up and over Sierra passes for 30 days? That would be no, but I weigh the same now as when I could do that activity. BMI just is a rough estimator of health, and I plan on dying as soon as possible.

Ha I’m the same weight I was when I could run a 5 minute mile in high school. Now if I jog for 5 minutes I get winded.

 

[QDOG5]

5'10 150 with the greasiest jumper on the 'yard

Size/weight of my last BM.

 

[JohnFSilver]

BMI went from 35 to 29.6. No longer a fat butt former sportswriter. Just an overweight former sportswriter. Feels phenomenal.

BMI is a horrible metric. I would do a body fat percentage Lean muscle is good for you. I still go work to do, but have had fat melt away. It is hard to do.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Don’t know what is normal but if your BMI is 25 and your body fat is 15...that’s very good

if your BMI is 39 and your body fat is 29. U got issues

If you are a man with 15% body fat you are probably very lean. I want to get to 20% BF. Anything less than that you are in athlete range. Elite athletes are under 12%.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

That said. No way this poll contains honest answers.

I think if you bump it up against the “how old are you” poll it makes a decent amount of sense. Largely college-educated and almost half the board is under the age of 40. That’s a demographic in which I’d guess these results make sense.

 

[NJHusky]

Right in the middle of your two examples. 30 and 20.

I’m not in the fitness or healthcare area but that seems reasonable to me. I haven’t had a body fat check in years but when I monitored it, my goal was about 15%. (but that was in my 20’s.).

Imo body fat is a much better indicator of health than BMI. PRE COVID when I was traveling a lot my weight got up to 210. I’m now back to 195-200 which is much better at 6’3. Some of that is muscle loss from gyms not being accessible but I’m sure more is from eating better at home. I miss the days when I had to work to keep my weight up for sports!

there are lots of studies showing that caloric restriction increases longevity so I don’t think any of us have to worry about our body fat getting too low.

 

[Deepster]

I think if you bump it up against the “how old are you” poll it makes a decent amount of sense. Largely college-educated and almost half the board is under the age of 40. That’s a demographic in which I’d guess these results make sense.

Nah. Not buying it. Right now there are 81/202 in the 18.5-24.9 range. And 9/202 in the 35.39.9 range.

The average male is 5'9" per the web. That means there are 9 times the people here that are 5'9" 155 than there are 5'9" 250 range. Nope. I've met a lot of these people and they're not wearing size 28 pants.

 

[NJHusky]

If you are a man with 15% body fat you are probably very lean. I want to get to 20% BF. Anything less than that you are in athlete range. Elite athletes are under 12%.

I guess it depends on your definition of very lean and age. U can find other photos with diff ref points