I don't think the script is working for imperial measures.
I've never been a big fan of BMI. For someone my height (186.7 cm) the range of 'normal' weights is fine at the upper end, but the lower end (BMI=18.5) corresponds to 64.5 kg. If I weighed 64.5 kg I'd look like some sort of stick figure.
I agree with Brian. I am in decent shape and the BMI says I am over weight. I am 6' 6" tall (2 metres) and I'd have to drop down to 216 to get to the very top of "Normal". I played around with the BMI inputs to see what the bottom target is, for a healthy 6'6" man. It says I should weigh 160 pounds (72KG). That is insane. Not only would I look like a freak, but I'd "bonk" before the starting line is out of sight. (I just completed the 2012 P2A as well. Congrats to you!)
It doesn't say you "should" weigh 160lbs - only that if you did, it would still be in the Normal range (barely though).
I'm 6' tall and dropped down to the high 160's, before I did it I had the same impression (I would be a stick figure) but the reality was that I still had some pudge left to lose. It was the healthiest I've ever felt.
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I don't think the script is working for imperial measures.
I've never been a big fan of BMI. For someone my height (186.7 cm) the range of 'normal' weights is fine at the upper end, but the lower end (BMI=18.5) corresponds to 64.5 kg. If I weighed 64.5 kg I'd look like some sort of stick figure.
I agree with Brian. I am in decent shape and the BMI says I am over weight. I am 6' 6" tall (2 metres) and I'd have to drop down to 216 to get to the very top of "Normal".
I played around with the BMI inputs to see what the bottom target is, for a healthy 6'6" man. It says I should weigh 160 pounds (72KG). That is insane. Not only would I look like a freak, but I'd "bonk" before the starting line is out of sight. (I just completed the 2012 P2A as well. Congrats to you!)
It doesn't say you "should" weigh 160lbs - only that if you did, it would still be in the Normal range (barely though).
I'm 6' tall and dropped down to the high 160's, before I did it I had the same impression (I would be a stick figure) but the reality was that I still had some pudge left to lose. It was the healthiest I've ever felt.
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