Yeah, the BMI is out of date, that's been acknowledged. You can use it as a sort of guide, but it doesn't take into account placement of fat, which affects health (more fat around the abdomen is worse for health than other places, like thighs for instance, especially for men since that's where it tends to collect anyway) and doesn't account for differences in bone, muscle, and fat. People who have quite a bit of muscle will weigh more because muscle weighs more than fat does.
I am precisely 5'2, and weight 110 pounds, and have been chronically underweight most of my life (no skinny jokes please, it's not as "lucky" as most people think). My sister is actually a little shorter andis over 120, but she looks good and I certainly wouldn't say she is in any way overweight. Some people say that bone doesn't make that much of a difference but I'm not sure about that since I can compare myself to my mother or stepsister who both have large frames and I'm a twig with fine bones and I doubt that it makes for an insignificant difference.
Alright, enough of that. :)
Need food too. I'm still piecing together my old Lego sets to weed out missing pieces. I like my Lego still. It's therapeutic in a way to sit there and put the little bits together. I used to do models but never had to patients to sit and paint each little piece and then wait for it to dry. I always got lazy somewhere.
Posted 10-25-201210:27 PM
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