There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
Originally posted by knelson
Skin fold? Are you sure you're not confusing BMI with body fat percentage? BMI is solely based on your weight and your height with no other considerations.
BMI = weight (in kg)/ ^2
yeah, my bad! i hadn't yet had my cup o' joe when i had posted that... oops! :D
BMI and body fat can be related by mathematical formulas (quite a few different ones have been developed i found). but regardless, i was just trying to express the same thing jane ended up posting, just not as successfully. basically that the numbers lie and that they're not as important as being healthy and happy with your body :)
Originally posted by knelson
Skin fold? Are you sure you're not confusing BMI with body fat percentage? BMI is solely based on your weight and your height with no other considerations.
BMI = weight (in kg)/ ^2
yeah, my bad! i hadn't yet had my cup o' joe when i had posted that... oops! :D
BMI and body fat can be related by mathematical formulas (quite a few different ones have been developed i found). but regardless, i was just trying to express the same thing jane ended up posting, just not as successfully. basically that the numbers lie and that they're not as important as being healthy and happy with your body :)
