BMI

Highest was before I went to med school 11 years ago and that was 33.4. I was a fat lazy bum and was not lifting or exercising at all. I hated myself those days.

Last I got on one of those fancy scales it was 28.4. Which was maybe ~2 months ago. Not a huge drop numerically, but I am now almost 40 pounds lighter than those days and have way more muscle mass.

I'm 6'2" and I got up to around 215ish the year after college because I kept my college diet and wasn't working out/playing basketball daily anymore. That put me around 27.6 BMI.

I got back in shape pretty quick after I saw some pics of myself at a friends wedding. Eventually got all the way down to 165 (21.5 BMI).

Now with kids and middle age, I hover around 195 (25 BMI), but I'm also holding more muscle mass than I have ever held in my life.

BMI 31 - I’m not proud of it at all

Highest: 26.

Currently: 22.8

I'm not proud of it, but 2.5 years ago I was at 41.3. Today I'm at 30.8. I'm 5# from officially no longer qualifying as obese. I personally don't think I'll ever fall into the 'normal' category.

Well you are kind of the exception, you are hige

That's a good point as well, and probably not one that most folks take into account. When BMI gets poo-poo'd, it's usually by the "I'm too muscular" crowd not the "too little muscle" crowd, but I regularly see sarcopenic individuals in the hospital as well and they aren't in great health either. My only fear with BMI is when it is taken as a single data point, or maybe in conjunction with one or a few more pieces of information like age and sex, and I get slotted into a "High Risk" category based off those data points alone. It's just a scoring tool, and it is best used in conjunction with a comprehensive assessment to help clinicians make the best decisions for their patients. When a health insurance company uses it to make black/white decisions on claims, well, that is usually gonna suck for the patient. Hell, if your MD/DO/NP/PA just inputs data and chooses to follow the treatment algorithm or worse, HAS TO follow the treatment algorithm, without picking their eyes up from their tablet and actually assessing you, you're fricked.

And while I'm certainly a big beefy weightlifter dude and my BMI is not a good representation of my actual risk level, I did just have a heart attack typing that first paragraph out. Gotta go now, getting prepped for cath lab.

never really tracked my BMI. it varies too much depending on your training style.

Highest was 23.3; lowest was 20.0; today 21.5

I’m 5’7, 137 lbs, 61 years old. Lift a good bit, with pull-ups, pushups, and pickleball mixed in. Walk the dog over a mile every day through hills, garden a good bit as well. I typically have a visible 4-pack to 6-pack. I’ve always had a protein focused diet without a sweet tooth. Really fortunate about that.