I just did the fit-o-meter tool, and while I'm sure the other advice is valid, the BMI reading is astonishingly off.

It gave me a BMI of something like 63, for which at my height I'd have to weigh 600 pounds. I weigh 177. It asks for height in centimeters, and I used a tape measure with cm on the other side. I also went to a website converter, and both came to a reading of about 167 cm for 5' 5".

Every other BMI chart I've seen gives me a BMI of about 30.

Anyone else have this problem?

this site fit-o-meter's BMI is way off

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I just did the fit-o-meter tool, and while I'm sure the other advice is valid, the BMI reading is astonishingly off.

It gave me a BMI of something like 63, for which at my height I'd have to weigh 600 pounds. I weigh 177. It asks for height in centimeters, and I used a tape measure with cm on the other side. I also went to a website converter, and both came to a reading of about 167 cm for 5' 5".

Every other BMI chart I've seen gives me a BMI of about 30.

Anyone else have this problem?

it just occurred to me, is the weight supposed to be in kilos? It doesn't call for that, but maybe that's the problem.

Yup, that's it. Once I converted pounds to kilos it all made sense.

Divide by 2.2 or see this site:

healthyweightforum dot org/eng/converter dot
A calculator to convert pounds to kilo

word to the wise.

use kg instead of pounds and you should see a more realistic number

the results of it amused me...

Because I can touch my toes -it says my active mobility under flexibility is good -I'm the furthest thing from flexible -Ijust have monkey like arms...

and under stamina it says do more to increase your stamina - like jogging... yeah - trying - but not quite so easy as that...

Summary - it would be great if you would improve your fitness level. Your boy and health will be in a much better condition and thank you for it. I think I'd rather my body send me flowers or chocolate than thank you.. talk is cheap - money talks

Those tests are not always accurate - even though every website and fitness company promotes and uses them, there are times when they can be way off on things!

I solved the BMI problem by entering KG, not pounds, see above post for pounds to kilo converter. As far as "fitness" I know I'm in a sorry state at this point regardless of KG or pounds. Saw a fitness trainer today and am about to start her program. So far, after 3 weeks on my "diet" I haven't lost anything worth talking about. I definitely need to kickstart my metablolism. So this week starts the burn. If nothing happens then, I'm going for the hormonal screen. I know I have thyroid issues, and for the first time on a diet I'm post-menopausal. Ehhhh.