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Calculate your BMI here from National Institute of Health

Mindy D — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:49:56 GMT

From the National Institute of Health, you can use this calculator to check your body mass index.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiWzY6r2MHuAhUFQ6wKHXRjC_MQFjAAegQICRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhlbi.nih.gov%2Fhealth%2Feducational%2Flose_wt%2FBMI%2Fbmicalc.htm&usg=AOvVaw2GG5yeerfnhuFW6vs6lzaI

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BirkiLady — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:14:25 GMT

23.2 = Normal. I already knew that, but it was a good recheck! Most PCP's provide that information to their patients OR tell them to loose weight!

I've never been on a diet, yet my sister is a life-long member of Weight Watchers. She'll eat any dessert in sight, then wonder why she has no waist, wide hips, big tush and thick thighs. She doesn't seem to get the connection.

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Mindy D — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:14:59 GMT

@BirkiLady wrote:
23.2 = Normal. I already knew that, but it was a good recheck! Most PCP's provide that information to their patients OR tell them to loose weight!

I've never been on a diet, yet my sister is a life-long member of Weight Watchers. She'll eat any dessert in sight, then wonder why she has not waist, wide hips, big tush and thick thighs. She and Oprah don't seem to get it.

@BirkiLady @I have such a long way to go. I'm glad for you.

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tampalady — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:18:26 GMT

I am overweight...thanks for calculation. I am 26, not much over but enough.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:19:56 GMT

@Mindy D

I tried it several times entering 5'3" and 110 lbs. and when I hit 'compute BMI' it keeps saying that my BMI is "NaN.NaN", with no explanation for what that means that I can find, HELP!

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software — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:23:19 GMT

I use Medicare insurance and read all the fine print on every EOB I receive

My weight hasn't changed in several years but one 1 EOB I'll see a note that I'm over the BMI, then another will say I'm within the normal range

I'm healthy, I don't care about an arbitrary index

Re: Calculate your BMI here from National Institute of Health

NickNack — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:28:28 GMT

@KingstonsMom wrote:
@Mindy D

I tried it several times entering 5'3" and 110 lbs. and when I hit 'compute BMI' it keeps saying that my BMI is "NaN.NaN", with no explanation for what that means that I can find, HELP!

@KingstonsMom I entered your height and weight, and your BMI is 19.5.

Mine is 22.

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BirkiLady — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:29:32 GMT

@Mindy D Best wishes. Sorry I'm unable to give any tips, but friends swear drinking LOTS of water and eating a lot of fruits and veggies does wonders, along with daily walks.

I've seen their results . . . and walk often with them since I love to walk daily and prompt them to do so. They have literally "shed" the lbs by giving up sweets for fruits, a healthy diet and walking at least 30 minutes per day. (With me, it's usually more!)

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:41:04 GMT

well I am considered normal weight.... but on the line. I need to lose 20 pound for my happiness, not just my bmi. Normal weight is not where I feel good.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:45:41 GMT

@NickNack wrote:
@KingstonsMom wrote:
@Mindy D

I tried it several times entering 5'3" and 110 lbs. and when I hit 'compute BMI' it keeps saying that my BMI is "NaN.NaN", with no explanation for what that means that I can find, HELP!

@KingstonsMom I entered your height and weight, and your BMI is 19.5.

Mine is 22.

@NickNack

Thank you sweet lady!

I have no idea why it wouldn't work for me, maybe the 'blockers' I use on my laptop.

Not sure if believe my result of 'Normal', my Drs. are always on my case about trying to gain weight and have put me through every medical test known to man in this modern world, looking for cancer or some other deadly medical issue.

None found.

Smooch Ava and Henry for us!

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Nonametoday — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:57:02 GMT

Be careful about losing weight to a lower BMI, although Medicare may recommend it. I did that one year and my knee went out, my ankle fractured and I had a small bump into an appliance that broke my coccyx. So, losing weight can also mean losing bone mass. Be careful. My endocrinologist was very upset when she learned that my knee had gone out on me, that I had been walking 5 miles per day which accounted for what had happened. So be careful. Also, want to state that I looked 20 years older when I lost that much weight. I was really not obese but my children kept whining about how I needed to lose weight because I was no longer able to get into my wedding dress or the dresses I wore to their weddings.

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rms1954 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:05:54 GMT

Mine calculated at 12.4. Underweight is 18.5. Uh-oh.

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Trinity11 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:06:50 GMT

17.9 underweight. Nonsense, I have a small frame. If I had a normal BMI, I would have a stomach and be uncomfortable...

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Zhills — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:10:09 GMT

26.1..I'm overweight! I'd like to know where. I am large boned but I am not overweight, anywhere!

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Trinity11 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:14:47 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
26.1..I'm overweight! I'd like to know where. I am large boned but I am not overweight, anywhere!

@Zhills My husband's borderline overweight by BMI standards but he is all muscle. At 6'2 he wears the same 32 inch waist jeans as when we met. I really think BMI means very little...

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SilleeMee — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:19:20 GMT

I'm underweight but I already knew that b/c I was sick with covid in the hospital for several weeks. I have a difficult time keeping weight on as it is.

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hckynut — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:23:16 GMT

BMI not really my thing when it comes to my body. It does not differentiate body weight by types of tissue. My body weight per "body composition testing" is not incorporated in a BMI.

A 6' man with 5% body fat weighing 200lbs. will have the same BMI as a similar 6' man that has 40% body fat. Using only inches and pounds will give you a number, but is what one's body consists of in that number? No it is not.

My BMI came in at 21.3

hckynut

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:24:43 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I'm underweight but I already knew that b/c I was sick with covid in the hospital for several weeks. I have a difficult time keeping weight on as it is.

@SilleeMee

So glad you beat that nasty Covid!

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SilleeMee — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:47:35 GMT

@KingstonsMom

Thank you!

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:48:54 GMT

@SilleeMee

My comment was purely selfish.....we like you around here!