many people are using examples of BMI as saying that you are obese when you're not. Personally I have had very different results with it. I have generally been very skinny most of my life, and living in america i was getting pressure to actually gain weight (the opposite of many people). In late high school and first year of college i weighed 120-125 pounds and had a waist of 28 inches, people had told me for so long i was too skinny so i made an effort to gain weight by lifting weights and eating lots and lots of food. At my heaviest i had gotten to 152 pounds and had a waist of 32+ inches. There was still some people that told me i was skinny, but i didn't feel skinny. I had pretty huge love handles and a pretty big stomach. I did study abroad in Japan for 1 year, and was told by many people that I was fat. Of course in Japan people are skinny, but I finally realized I was fat after all. I realized that I can't just aim for a specific weight number, but I have to get my body to a point where I feel and look (hopefully) like i'm healthy and fit. At my heaviest I still didn't even break the overweight mark at 5'6 (i know, i'm short), but i was in the worst shape of my life by far.
Right now i am 140 pounds with a 28 inch waist and even though that seems like nothing to most people it feel great to me. I have been going to the gym 5 times a week and i feel very healthy and not actually kinda liking what i see in the mirror.
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