BMI is dangerous, weight stigma, anti-health. #shorts

BMI is so dangerous. I’m obese according to BMI. Yes I know I’m an exception to the rule. But there are thousands of us that are. When you’ve got an ED it’s hard to recognise you might be an exception. It’s so damaging. Some days when I’m struggling with body dysmorphia I think I actually am obese as it says and I can’t trust my brain and my eyes.

Also, bmi actively discourages muscle mass and therefore health because muscle is heavy. Most of the people I know that are in the healthy range, don’t train at all! They don’t exercise. That is not healthy. The majority of people I know that are into fitness in any form unless it’s pure cardio are either overweight or obese. It’s easy to see when a super lean body builder is an exception because you can see it’s not fat. But when you’ve got a mixture of a normal amount of body fat and muscle you start to question yourself.

THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. Who agrees with me?

#shorts #weightstigma #fatshaming #haes #health #fitness #fitnessvlogger

[rileyrfitzpatrick]

I'm ~12% and im on the high end of overweight because of muscularity. BMI is pretty stupid.

[notundermywatch]

She is not obese. She has extra weight but she's not remotely obese. And I have to admit that she's actually starting to look progressively better compared to few months ago. I like that. Good on her. I'm looking forward for her to make me take back the shit that I may have been talking about her.

[ashervirin]

Didn’t you say you were 100kg in another video? Because I’m basically the same height as you and I’m 70kg so that is insane

[Lorn.mourningstar]

The BMI is a standard for average persons. No doctor would use the BMI chart for persons like you. They would look out for your waist to hip ratio, or your bodyfat in %

What you say is like someone who is fructose intolerant says: Don't listen to the people who say fruits are healthy, because I am intolerant.

[ASGJGPG]

I mean if all doctors are sticking with the BMI then sorry to tell you but we are all overweight and need to back off the processed foods and sugars. It’s real simple and very beneficial in the long run

[roarmaus]

Dexa scan would be more accurate. Hell, they could bother with using skin fold calipers. BMI is harmful and is a lazy metric. Inquiring as to a patients history of eating habits/dieting before telling them to diet/lose weight.

[lillykirkham]

you are definitely not obese. bmi doesn't take into consideration a lot of other factors such as muscle/ activity level so it is often way off.

[blakkablakkablakka]

Those old calculations are by height/weight and we’re defined when the average man wasn’t even 5’9

[purpletoe]

You aren’t really getting stronger, mass moves mass bud

[gggggg-hstk]

Girl the doctors shouldn't use these charts anyways, everytime I look at them I'm always underweight but my doctor always called bs on them, he looked at my parameters and my blood works and told me I'm perfectly healthy, if yours are good too don't worry and don't look at that outdated mess again :)

[CourtneyCooke]

Absolutely not! You're gorgeous and an amazing inspiration❤❤

[garrettcamp]

No. Bigger than before pick but you own it

[okay]

"I think science is ridiculous"

[willm]

Just because you are obese and exercise doesn’t mean you aren’t obese.. sorry🤷🏻‍♂️