So I got to the gym 40 minutes before my class started today so I decided to have a coffee and read the gym newspaper. I came across a very interesting article at the bottom of page 2 about BMI's and a new way of recording whether someone needs to loose weight. Here's what you do:
Forget the scales, all you need is a tape measure to get a true test of your weight.
Measuring:
1. Chest – Measure the full circumference of your upper torso passing over your nipples.
2. Waist – Measure the distance around your middle in line with your navel
3. Hips – Measure your hips – the distance around your jeans line, passing over your hip bones
Calculating:
1. Divide the waist reading by the hip reading
2. Divide the waist reading by chest reading
Scoring:
Both numbers will fall in one of the ranges below:
Underweight – 0.8 – 0.9
Good weight – 0.9 – 1.0
Overweight 1+
I myself am underweight according to my hips and a good weight according to my chest. I may have the best part of 60 lbs to get to goal but hey ... my waist is smaller than my hips, I must be skinny!
2 comments:
When I take measurements on the 20th, I'm gonna have to refer to this again... but I like basing health on something OTHER than what the scale says. :)
BMI charts are hokum but in my opinion so are the measurement things. I think body builders may be overweight doing this math (but then again, I'm not so great at math so maybe I'm just not getting it). LOL.
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