Originally Posted by
krobinson103
I don't find BMI works all that well for me. For a start I'm naturally big. Large bones and 192cm in height. Second I cycle everyday and 200km+ every weekend. My legs have a lot of muscle. Its almost impossible for me to get below 85kg and 88kg is more likely on any given day. There is almost no way I'll ever get in the middle of 'normal' unless I get to 82kg or less.. which I tried, but it makes me so stupidly skinny it affects my job and it takes a massive amount of dieting and overexercise which leads to weakness during the day.
Er, but you are already in the normal range, with a BMI of c.24. 24 is no less "normal" than 22.5, it is a range precisely because people's build differs. So in fact, BMI does work very well for you. The fact that you are one end of the normal range and others are at the other end doesn't invalidate the measure. The reverse is true, if anything.