BMI calculator

[fleetfootmike]

There's a handy BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator in both metric and imperial at http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm - for the mathematically minded, the formula is

BMI = Weight in Pounds / (height in inches * height in inches) x 703
or Weight in kilos / (height in metres * height in metres)

I'm now at a BMI of 28. My target weight gives me a BMI of 23.6

Comments

[stealthgoth.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Am at 24 at the moment, which is still ok. Want to reduce it though to get a bit of a buffer.

[vaurien.livejournal.com]

Eek. 29. Only just not obese by that measure, then.

And it's 13.5st to get out of the overweight bracket. I'm not sure that's feasible as a target. I was last that size as a teenager. Hmm.

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

I was last under 14 stone in my final year at Uni.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

25ish - which is where I've been for the last decade.

I'm 5'6", and although I was a mere 8 stone in my University days, in recent years I wander about between 11 and 11.5 stone. Every now and then someone says "gosh, you do look thin!" or "Oh good, you're putting on some weight!". These comments appear to have no correlation at all with my actual weight, and everything to do with which jumper I'm wearing. =:o}

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

You're shrinking down to nothing!!! Congratulations on doing so well on your diet. I'm having to take it easy on the food and work out extra hard to undo a few chocolate Christmas truffles. (Don't ask me how many a few is, but they were delicious.)

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

You will find http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm fascinating.