I’m four pounds over my “ideal” BMI, but my family doctor says my weight is just fine for a 75 year old. He said seniors who are SLIGHTLY overweight live longer.
Calculated BMI is just an estimate and completely useless. If you have not been weighed floating in a neutral buoyancy tank, you do not know your real BMI.
I would like to get down to that. Sigh. I know it is supposed to be exaggerated, but it is possible if she is fit (i.e., more muscle than fat). You can weigh more but be smaller because muscles take up less space than fat.
Homer Simpson probably weighs more than Kathy, and I found a reference that said “he wants to gain weight to go on disability. when he weighs in, he weighed 239 pounds”. However, I always thought Homer actually weighed more than they said he did.
Kim Metzger Premium Member over 6 years ago
Fake pounds?
cabalonrye over 6 years ago
She isn’t large enough to weight that much.
danedsmith55 over 6 years ago
Must be all in the towel, better drop it
garcoa over 6 years ago
Put on a “few” extra pounds over Christmas, I see.
Map_One over 6 years ago
BMI is a state of mind…and completely inaccurate.
sbwertz over 6 years ago
I’m four pounds over my “ideal” BMI, but my family doctor says my weight is just fine for a 75 year old. He said seniors who are SLIGHTLY overweight live longer.
JanBic Premium Member over 6 years ago
Calculated BMI is just an estimate and completely useless. If you have not been weighed floating in a neutral buoyancy tank, you do not know your real BMI.
contralto2b over 6 years ago
I would like to get down to that. Sigh. I know it is supposed to be exaggerated, but it is possible if she is fit (i.e., more muscle than fat). You can weigh more but be smaller because muscles take up less space than fat.
chromosome Premium Member over 6 years ago
Homer Simpson probably weighs more than Kathy, and I found a reference that said “he wants to gain weight to go on disability. when he weighs in, he weighed 239 pounds”. However, I always thought Homer actually weighed more than they said he did.