Showing posts with label BMI Weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BMI Weight. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

A Little Weighty Maths

I measured my height today and went to a Body Mass website to see what BMI I was and out of curiosity, what weight I would need to be in order to fall into the lower categories.

(I am assuming that there is no possibility that I will grow a few extra inches)

Current height = 68"
Current weight = 220.2lb
Current BMI = 33.4 (obese)

If I get my weight down to 196lb then I fall into the "overweight" category with a BMI of 29.8.
If I get my weight down to 164lb then I fall into the "normal" category with a BMI of 24.9.

I kind of wish I hadn't done this calculation as "normal" seems dauntingly far away. I can see "overweight" being achievable though.