Health conscious

Since I became an adult, I have become health conscious. That is, I exercise regularly and for the most part don't eat fast food. In the past two years, I have drastically change my diet to cut out most junk food and include more fruit and vegetables.

After all of this, my weight hasn't, for the most part, change. My weight typically stays the same, plus or minus 5 pounds. I feel healthier and have notice decreased body fat, yet my BMI is yet to change.

According to all insurance companies, thought I look fit and well in shape, I am overweight. I decided to look further and found this BMI calculator which basically takes the same formula develop between 1830-1850 defined as weight/height. The government to this day still considers this formula to determine the health of an individual.

The bottom line is that this formula is outdated. People in the 1800's didn't have the same physiques that most people who work out have today. This formula fails to take into account body types, muscle development and the ration of body fat to weight. I am surprised that with all technologies and modern equipment, we are yet to develop a "chart" that represents and labels individuals more accurately. I guess it is a good thing that insurance companies don't charge base on this, otherwise I would have to drop 50 pounds to be at the point the chart would want me to be base on my BMI. I think at that weight I would be grossly underweight and malnourished, not to mention extremely unhealthy.