Just joined and I have a trivial question.

[Letitbe]

Hi

I have just joined and have a question which isn't really a problem for me but just wondering if this comes up very often if at all. I am a man 67 years old and up until I was 35 I weighed a constant 12st 10lbs. As I approached my 40s my weight started to rise until two years ago I weighed 15st 7lbs so I decided to do something about it as I was obese in the BMI scale. Over 12 months I got down to 12st 7lbs through diet and walking. A few months ago I put on 6lb while on holiday and through the same regime got my weight back down to 12st 7lbs which gives me a BMI of 24.9 but I keep bouncing back up to 12st 10lbs and to be honest I 'feel' right at that weight if that's possible. I know it's only 3lbs extra but it gives me a BMI of 25.5
Am I putting too much emphasis on the BMI and should I remain at 12st 10lbs which is what I was throughout my adult life until my late 30s?

As I said it's not really a problem as either way my days of being vastly overweight are behind me but I am curious. I apologise that this may be seen as trivial to others problems with weight.

Thanks for any help

Regards

Ken

 

[Trusylver]

BMI does not differentiate by age, however if you look at bodyfat % it is normal as we age to carry a little more fat and still be in the healthy range, this is the chart form men

BMI is just a weight to height ration and does not take into account your lean body mass and does not work for some people who sit outside the normal, especially athletes.

 

[Letitbe]

Thank you for the graphic which makes sense, it would make me in the ideal range so I'm happy with that.

Thanks again

Ken