For those that don’t know, BMI stands for Body Mass Index and it is an estimate of your body fat based on height and weight. If you have a higher BMI, your risk for certain conditions and diseases (like heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure) are proportionately higher as well.
A BMI number of 18.5 to 25 is considered healthy, with a lower number typically describing someone who is underweight, a higher number being overweight and a number over 30 says that you’re obese.
Well, when I started this diet at 268 pounds, my BMI was about 42 (yikes!) but now at the weight of 216, it has come down to just under 34 — still obese, but a little closer to making it into a non-obese category!
In fact, after losing the 100 pounds, when I would weigh 168, I would still have a BMI of 26.4 and be in the overweight category, but I could live with that. Who knows, perhaps at 168 I’ll strive to lose another 10 pounds so I can be “healthy”. 
Here is a link so you can check it out yourself if you feel so inclined:
http://www.aarp.org/health/healthyliving/bmi_calculator/
Tags: BMI, BMI calculator, Body Mass Index
