BMI ideal?

[frankie456]

Hi, I’m new to this~joined yesterday~ and am trying to figure it all out. I know what my goal weight is but what is the ideal BMI? Thanks. 🙂

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Frankie456. An ideal BMI for someone who is not very, very muscular is about 18.5–24.9 kg/m2.

[bufight]

Wouldn’t body fat percentage be a better indicator of overall fitness for a muscular build? So many of today’s top tier athletes would be considered obese by BMI standards.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, bufight. Very true! We selected the standard BMI measurement here to match the folks who joined. Measuring body fat is rather more involved, and may very well be an option for us in the future.

[Tish52]

Hi I joined today, is there anywhere on the site that will let me know what my ideal weight is, and what my BMI is for my current weight, thank you.

[DaisyDew]

Hi Tish 😉

I don’t know if this website has a statistical chart to show you what your ideal weight should be, however, you can keep track of your daily weight and BMI through this website.

After you have logged into the website: At the top of the ‘Home-Page’ click on your Username: It is right after: “Hello”
This gives you your ‘Members’ page — if you haven’t filled-in the required information for your ‘Profile’ do that now. 🙂

If you want to upload a pic of yourself — click on ‘Change Avatar’. I’m positive you know what an Avatar is — but in case . . . An avatar image is the small square photo image that appears next to a person’s post. Just follow the instructions.

After doing all of the above — on your ‘Members’ page you should have all the pertinent info: ie., FROM-HEIGHT-WEIGHT-MY AGE IS-GOAL and your HOBBIES.

Now: Near the top of the page are selections: Home; Apps; Recipes . . . etc., Click on: Apps
You now have four choices: Click on “Progress Meter” — in the progress meters square, it will show your indicated ‘Weight’ and your ‘BMI’. Whichever is DARK BLUE – that is the ‘selected’ information – if you want your BMI, just click on “BMI” and there it is.

Each day (from this app) you may ‘update’ your BMI by imputing your new weight information. It doesn’t have to be in ‘whole’ numbers either — you may impute (for example): 185.50 then click on “Update” (Note: you may update from the ‘Members’ page also.)
After weeks/months you are able to ‘toggle’ thru’ the dates by using the ‘From’ and ‘To’ areas. You may also do this by using the ‘arrows’ on the side of the Progress Meter — the arrow on the left takes you back and the arrow on the right . . . etc.

The BMI meter at the website is ‘kind-enuff’ NOT to put us in the categories of being either – overweight or obese – but it you would like to know the medical category you are in, you may go to:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/BMI/bmicalc.htm

Just copy the above link and paste it into your browser and follow the instructions given.

I hope this has been helpful for you!
Good Luck!

Janie
PS With regard to you wanting to know what your “ideal weight” is, go to the following link and scroll almost to the bottom of the page. There is a chart there — ‘Pink’ is for girls and ‘Blue’ is for boys. Of course, I know you knew that. 😛

Just copy and paste in your search engine (browser):

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/obesity/how-much-should-i-weigh.php

Have a great day! 😛

[Tish52]

Hi DaisyDew, Thank you so much for replying so quickly, you have been a great help.

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