Body fat and BMI numbers - Page 2

mreid · 02-21-2015, 07:47 AM

I'm 6' 4" and 225. That's a 27 and considered overweight. I would have to be 205 to tick into the normal range and I'd be a string bean. Come to think of it, I'd better start losing if I want to fit in the 904...

Slider79SC · Slider79SC's Garage

As I sat in my Doctors office for my first visit with him, he walks in with his head down in my chart and says to me "we need to discuss you BMI", then he looks up at me and says "never mind"...

At 5'10" 185lb and at 10% body fat the BMI chart listed me as overweight.... hahaha stupid chart.

cantdrv55 · 02-21-2015, 09:27 AM

My BMI is 33. I am fat.

GWN7 · 02-21-2015, 10:04 AM

I'm also a 27. The chart says I should weigh 169 lbs. Last time I weighed that was 25 years ago when I got divorced.

Last Aug I was 235. Now I'm 188. Goal is 175 by spring (up here that might be July so I will make it)

911dean · 911dean's Garage

BMI = Joke. While I need to lose weight to get to 10% body fat, I'm currently 5' 10" 225# and under 20% body fat. BMI just doesn't work for me. My last good health check at work, which includes fairly comprehensive blood work, said my numbers were all very good except BMI.

Tervuren · Tervuren's Garage

Btw, I'm 6'2', and a great weight range for me is 175-185lb.

Jerome74911S · 02-21-2015, 02:47 PM

My BMI is 23.2. Ten years ago it was 23. I'm gaining weight.

masraum · 02-21-2015, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerome74911S

My BMI is 23.2. Ten years ago it was 23. I'm gaining weight.

What a fat bastard? How do you pee?

Jerome74911S · 02-21-2015, 02:54 PM

^^ Peeing is easy, it's the aim that gets to be a problem.

Tobra · 02-21-2015, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jerome74911S

My BMI is 23.2. Ten years ago it was 23. I'm gaining weight.

Maybe you are getting shorter

Arizona 911 · Arizona 911's Garage

I'm 6'5" and 216 pounds. My BMI is 25 and considered overweight.

jyl · jyl's Garage

About body fat numbers. There are electronic devices to measure body fat, you may have seen them at your gym, and they are not accurate at all. As a result sometimes people think they have 15% or 18% body fat and they don't.

For a man: 20% body fat looks okay, most would say you look trim and fit. 15% means a distinct six pack. 10% is veins, cording, most muscle groups clearly delineated. Below 10% is body builder or pro road cyclist or top level marathoner or anorexic or guest at concentration camp. Above 20% means you can pinch 1" (or more) at your midsection. If you can grab a handful there, you're over 30%.

I got curious and played around with a Bmi calculator. Right now I'm 27.3 and definitely at my, err, winter weight. At 25.8 (-10 lb) I look nice and trim. My goal corresponds to 24.4 (another -10 lb), I'd be distinctly lean, although still borderline overweight by the standard BMI charts. As an adult, I've never been lower than 23.6. I have a medium build but significant weight in my thighs and butt from cycling.

Slider79SC · Slider79SC's Garage

jyl is correct, it is very hard to get below 15% body fat and especially to maintain it. Most men are above 20+ and don't think that they are.

When I was at 10% I was at the end of a 12 week "cutting diet" (hate the word diet) for a vacation. I had my body fat measured using a BodPod machine which is very accurate. It measures all your bodies tissue and tells you what weights each tissue type represents.

And yes, at 10% I was quite vascular and you could see striations on top of my striations... hahaha

Wife said it was too much and asked me to gain 10 pounds back after vacation...