My BMI is 26.7 qualifying as over wieght how is this possible im not even fat?!
Question: My BMI is 26.7 qualifying as over wieght how is this possible im not even fat.?
Ok according to the BMI calculators I've found on line im over weight. I should be at 24.9 and under to be a normal weight. Im a male and im 21, 5'9'',181lbs. None of my friends think im fat cause i don't look fatbut i do have a small belly. I use to play a lot of soccer so i have pretty big strong legs but i stopped because of injuries.I started going to the gym 2 weeks a go M-F , running 30 min @6.6 mph, doing situps everyday , doing weigths and i have someone @ the gym helping me. I started eating healthy and staying away from bad fats(soda, cookies, cakes, chips, pizza fried chicken hamburgers). If i take my shirt off youll see that i do have a belly but if i have it on u cant really tell and i wear M shirts some are L. Am i really over weight.?Health Question & Answer
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I think BMI translates as BS. As in Bull S*it. I lift weights all the time, and I'm pretty muscular. Since BMI doesn't ask how much muscle I have, the fact that I'm 5'9" and 210 lbs. means that I'm profoundly overweight somehow, even though I don't have love handles and I have a great figure.
Ignore BMI, go by how fit you think you are. Can you do an hour of cardio.? Or, instead, can you lift a lot.? That's all that matters. Don't look at a scale, don't look at BMI, and don't rely on those electronic fat percentage calculators that some gyms have. If you look good and feel good, that's all anybody cares about.Health Question & Answer
Ignore BMI, go by how fit you think you are. Can you do an hour of cardio.? Or, instead, can you lift a lot.? That's all that matters. Don't look at a scale, don't look at BMI, and don't rely on those electronic fat percentage calculators that some gyms have. If you look good and feel good, that's all anybody cares about.Health Question & Answer
It's not accurate for anyone who goes to the gym and lifts. Muscle weighs a lot more than fat and bmi doesn't take muscle into consideration.Health Question & Answer
dont listen to charts. go to the doctors to have it measured
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Well BMI's are very average and if you have muscle then that can even it out. also shirt size can depend on bone structure (such as shoulder width)Health Question & Answer
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For about 10% of people (who are mostly male and work out a lot, some females too but not as many) BMI doesn't work. I think you should try to get to 25-26 to get rid of your belly, but judging by the activity you do, I don't think you're as big as the average BMI 27 male, thanks to muscle.
You might be a little bit- your stomach is the worst place to store fat, so you should try to fit a solid M in shirts or maybe an S or 2.Health Question & Answer
You might be a little bit- your stomach is the worst place to store fat, so you should try to fit a solid M in shirts or maybe an S or 2.Health Question & Answer