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angeeE5
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:37 am Post subject: How to Calculate your BMI |
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For those who do not know, BMI is an acronym for Body Mass Index. Your body mass index is a measurement tool that compares your height to your weight and gives you an indication of whether you are overweight, underweight, or at a healthy weight for your height.
Here is the formula:
BMI = weight in pounds (lbs) / (height in inches) X (height in inches) X 703
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BMI = weight in kilograms / (height in meters) X (height in meters)
Here are the materials you will need to calculate your BMI
Bathroom scale, yardstick, pencil, paper, calculator
1) weigh yourself
2) measure height in inches with yardstick
3) use pencil, paper, and calculator to perform BMI calculation
4) take height in inches and square the number
5) divide weight in pounds by second figure (height in inches squared)
6) multiply answer by 703
If you BMI is...
less than 18.5 you are underweight
between 18.6 & 24.9 healthy
between 25 & 29.9 overweight
greater than 30 obesity _________________ Beautiful Branches Rooted in the Serengeti
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arrowwalker

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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Terrific way to keep healthy! Thanks _________________ We are all related!
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angeeE5
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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You are welcome! Just a supplement to your lemon and cayenne pepper diet. Remember, do not eat any STARCH! _________________ Beautiful Branches Rooted in the Serengeti
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arrowwalker

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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Those are killers! _________________ We are all related!
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naturalblaze
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, for the useful info |
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angeeE5
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:10 am Post subject: |
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You are more than welcome, naturalblaze. I always make sure that I calculate my BMI every 3-4 months to make sure that I stay within a healthy proximity of weight in my age group. _________________ Beautiful Branches Rooted in the Serengeti
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ACE

Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224
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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: |
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my bmi is higher than it should be for my height so im about to begin changing that _________________ BSL 2011 |
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MissCoco210

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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:14 am Post subject: |
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right if you don't like something change it _________________
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ACE

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Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:12 am Post subject: |
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thats exactly what im gonna do _________________ BSL 2011 |
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kameshi
Joined: 17 Apr 2010 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:02 am Post subject: BMI |
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Hey your formula for calculating BMI is correct.
BMI over 30 is obese, there is a another category to be precise. BMI > 40 is "Morbidly Obese" these guys are high risk individuals for heart disease.
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ACE

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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:44 am Post subject: |
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morbidly obese?wow....this world is really suffering _________________ BSL 2011 |
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MissCoco210

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ACE

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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:46 am Post subject: |
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my BMI i s not where it is suppposed to be so i will check that out when i lose weight first... _________________ BSL 2011 |
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MissCoco210

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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:55 am Post subject: |
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well i lost 5lbs on hip hop abs have been doing it for a week and a half _________________
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ACE

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tell me why was i seriously thinking of ordering that this week....i need something fun to do actually _________________ BSL 2011 |
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