What Is Your BMI?

ClassicRockr said:
BMI........nope, don't go by that either. Wife and I know that we could (should?) lose some 20 pounds, but even that is hard to do at our age and have to give up some of the foods we eat. When my wife says "I'm fat", I show her photos of men and women online who are really overweight.......much, much more than 20 pounds. She smiles and doesn't complain anymore.
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Sorry CR but didn't you mention before that both you and your wife are diabetic?
 

Yea, we both are. But, being 20 pounds overweight really isn't that much of a problem. Now, 50 plus pounds is definitely a problem, but for some diabetics, that don't even bother them. Both of our doctor's sure don't push us to lose it. They suggest it, but don't push it. There are lots of diabetics out there that are overweight by more than 20 pounds.

hollydolly said:
Sorry CR but didn't you mention before that both you and your wife are diabetic?
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BMI is 19.91, 5'4" and 118 lbs and with good muscles cause I work out with weights. Actually, if I got regular sleep I could honestly say that I feel better now than I did for most of my younger years. I didn't put any focus on healthy living during a lot of that because I was too busy with ferrying kids to and from, doing some office work for my husbands business and just life's 'stuff'. But when I was 45, because we got our kids a couple of horses and I didn't want to get dumped and break something, I started exercising and it sort of expanded to an improved lifestyle. Yep, the only fly in the ointment is lousy sleep patterns.
 

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