LuckyTrouble on 20 December 2015
| Naum said: BMI works for the average guy/girl unless you go to the gym or are very athletic. then it's just better to use your weight and your waistline. |
Waistline isn't a good indicator. Around 185 pounds, I wear a 34 inch waist. At 164 pounds, I still wear a 34 inch waist, just with a belt, since 32 inches isn't all that comfortable. Really though, I just have bony hips, so my waist size has never really been far beyond 34 inches, even when I was briefly over 200 pounds.
The only way you'll really know how healthy you are is basically by visiting a doctor and having them measure things like body fat percentage, cholestoral, and otherwise. A height to weight correlation like BMI isn't very reliable, and just trying to gauge our own health is precisely why so many people don't visit a doctor until it is too late.
