I'm not a fan of the BMI. It takes your weight overall, doesn’t differentiate muscle from fat.
Actually it dose account for it somwhat, It only dosen't apply if you have more muscle than the average man, Whitch if your "obease" unless your a fireman, rugby player or bodybuilder that's not you I'm afraid.
If BMI was a lie then the progressive increase of BMI over the years wouldn't corrilate with diseases of obesity would it?
Ie cancer, heart attack, Strokes, Diabetes.
Weight loss is complicated, or can be. I believe that more of it is in the MIND than in the body or the food.
All these ads for diets and drugs and secret methods are a LIE.
Some do work but usually those are often the most dangerous ones you can get, Even the perscription ones have adverse complications such a depleting certain nutrients in the long run.
I don't personally have this prejudice some of my friends are overweight I feel really sorry for them because they do get this abuse somtimes or remarks about how she "must be pregnant" The only attitude I feel is a desire to hug them really hard because overweight pepole look so huggable. A problem if the friend isn't the hugging sort... I wounder if that comes with me coming from a fat family but I and my sister are a normal weight. or perhaps the fact that some of my friends have anorexcia and that disease is a great deal more frightning I should point out my father shares a similar tired old attitude to alot of you, "Oh we are a family with heavy bones." bull... It obviously has nothing to do with his drinking.
My mother takes a similar obsucre vain whenever I'm staying with her she insists on overfeeding me I point this out to her and she's like "But your always so skinny I know whenever I see you I need to fatten you up!"
I should point out I weigh 145ibs and am 5'7 (BMI 23) whitch is a healthy weight with some slightly squidgy parts. Shortly before moving out her feeding habits did rub off on me and I weighed 182-9ibs(Bmi28.5-29.6) I knew I was getting abit chubby but I didn't realize I was nearly obese denial is extremely powerful and your all doing it! It was only when my thighs started rubbing I changed my diet.
The BMI scale isn't perfect but it's alot more accurate than you suggest.