Diet and Figuring Your BMI (Post 132)

Ok, it’s the beginning of a new year and some of you might want to add a diet and how to figure out your BMI (Body Mass Index) to your ten cent crazy book. As for diet, I’ve only ever been on one that I truly liked, it was no carbs, but I could have all the cheese and bacon that I wanted, and every day at lunch, I could have a taco salad consisting of meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato and all the sour cream that I wanted. As for a snack I could eat cool whip. Surprise, Surprise, I never lost any weight on this diet and was told that it was not at all healthy, BUT I TRULY LIKED THIS DIET! As for BMI, yes, that’s the thing they do to kids in school now, so that they can tell even the skinniest kid that he’s overweight and needs to exercise more, but for those of you that want these things, here they are.

I recently read about a lady who lost over 100 pounds. She ate a bowl of wheat or oat cereal with milk, twice a day. She could eat all the fruit or veggies that she wanted. She ate either chicken, turkey, steak or fish at meal time, and she ate nuts for a snack and drank water if thirsty. She took a multivitamin every day. She said this cured her high cholesterol, high blood pressure, acid reflex and sleep apnea, and this diet is said to be healthy.

As for figuring out your BMI

Measure your height in inches

Example: if you are 5ft 3in, that’s 63 inches tall

Multiply the inches by it self

Example: 63x63=3969

Now take your weight and divide by your answer

Example: If you weigh 120 pounds, divide 3969 into 120 or 120 divided by 3969 = 0.0302343

Now take this answer and multiply by 703

0.0302343x703=21.254712

Your BMI is 21

Your BMI should be 18.5 to 24.9, if higher then 24.9; “they” say you should see a doctor and lose weight.

My BMI does not fall into this range but I do not plan on seeing a doctor but, as you know already, my favorite diet, does not work.

Any expert weight training person, will tell you that figuring your BMI without knowing how much muscle you have, does not give you a true BMI number, but if figuring out your muscle is anything like figuring out your BMI, I do not think I want to go that far. I think they have machines that you stand on at the gym, to figure out your muscle size. If I ever go to the gym, I will let you know if I see this magic machine.

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