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BMI Confusion

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Auckland Canary

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London
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi,

Over the last 2 years I have managed to lose about 13kg in weight mainly due to cycling. I used to be 80kg and I am now about 67kg. I am 5'9 and have a quite small build. I am personally quite happy with the weight loss but a some of my family and friends have been commenting on my appearance because they say I look skinny (bet they wouldn't say anything if I had put weight on)!

I had my 6 month appointment with my doctor yesterday who said he was very concerned about my weight and he gave my BMI as about 22. He said he wanted me to put weight on although he didn't say how much.

I checked on the NHS website and it says that a BMI of 22 is right in the middle of healthy??? So why is everyone telling me to put weight on (including an NHS doctor) when the NHS website says I am perfectly OK? Just wondered what other people think about this?

I know this isn't exactly a Type 1 question but it would be helpful to clear this up.
 
22 is bang in the middle of normal. Could it be that you lost it really quickly? Are they worried about maintaining your weight with all your new exercise regime? Well done anyways on losing it :thumbup:
 
pffft take no notice, if you feel good your good, BMI is ridiculous anyway, people have a really weird way of encouraging you, almost everyone tells me to stop losing weight im going too far being too obsessed and i look ill, i feel great so how i can be going to far i dont know, i havent lost a pound in 4 months and still they say it, i just ignore it and do what right for me, everyone always put 10 years on me now they guess me 5 years younger, not that i care my health is my driving force not how i look, and ive come to the conclusion that doctors are working from a reverse psychology book.
 
oops i just noticed this is in t1 i am t2 so dont take no notice of me
 
tell your doctor to eff off, a BMI of 22 is absolutely fine as is a 67kg bodyweight at yiur height. Look in the mirror, that's always a good test, do any bits droop or sag, or can you see an excess of boneiness. If you've lost weight by cycling you may have well devloped legs, and a relatively scrawny upper body (i'm a runner and cyclist too), but that will also make you look slimmer

If you took Martin Bayfield's BMI at the heightof his rugby career, he was obese based on BMI, it's a very coarse measure.
 


I was recently "aged" by a colleague at 3 years older than reality, based on my greying beard and hair :evil:
 
Thanks everyone. I have lost about 6kg relatively quickly over the summer as I was not working and was going out 3 or 4 times a week and cycling 40 miles or so. But I am happy with the way I look. I am quite skinny in my body now but do have big thighs obviously. I certainly am happy with the way I look and with the weight loss, I feel 10 times better than I did 2 years ago when I had a double chin and a bit of a belly.

I heard that Bradley Wiggins is only 71kg and 6'2 and I bet no one calls him skinny!

Obviously I don't really want to lose too much more but it does annoy me that people start getting anxious about this whereas I am feeling healthier than I have ever done. My HBA1C is also 46 (6.4) so after over 30 years of being Type 1 and still in possession of all my limbs eyes and kidneys I think people should sometimes give me a bit of credit rather than focusing on small issues like this.
 
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