It really is nonsense. My target weight is ~150lb and I'm 5ft6. At 130lb I look anorexic, because of the size of my ribcage and pelvis. But that would give me a BMI of 21, which is slap bang in the middle of normal. The lower end of normal (18.5) would require me to be 115lb or 8st3, which I haven't weighed since I was 19 and living on vodka and cigarettes and thin air (Bridget Jones? moi?); the upper end is 154 (BMI of 24.9) which is 11st, a much more reasonable figure and one that looks good on me as it happens. How can that be acceptable for my height and for someone over six inches taller? It's ridiculous.
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Date: 2005-08-25 03:11 pm (UTC)