Here is an interesting BBC site that compares your BMI to the world's population. It's fun to try
BBC global fat scale
My results: [quote]National
You have a lower BMI than 98% of males aged 60-69 in your country (United States)
Global
You have a lower BMI than 86% of males aged 60-69 in the world
Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 47,375,517 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Eritrea*[/quote]
Charm

Yes, that is my husband's opinion, too. He has stabilized at about his wedding weight. Wish I could say the same (but without the Cancer TX Diet Plan!).
Maria

BMI 23

Lower BMI than 89% in US in my age group

Lower than 60% in the world

And if everyone in the world had my BMI it would subtract 5,492,574,000 pounds to the world's weight.

David

Inquiring minds want to know, what country is your BMI and percentage most like. It's on that same site. the last piece of info. Clever to list your world weight loss in pounds instead of metric tonnes as I did. The world would be 104,445,136,499.981 lb
lighter if everyone had my BMI
Charm

BMI: 24
Lower BMI than 83% of females in US in my age group
Lower BMI than 64% of females Globally in my age group
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as me, it would remove 1,092,020 tones from the total weight of the world's population.
I am most like females from Togo in my age group.
Now, I want to go to Togo to see what they look like.

Gabon, wherever the hell that is?

biggest flaw in BMI is it doesn't take into account lean muscle mass percentage so those of use with bulging muscles are considered overweight.

That being said, I'm at the cusp at a 25, anything over 25 is considered overweight. So with a 29" waist and a 44" chest I can't gain anymore weight or I'd need Richard Simmons to help me out with Sweatin to the Oldies, or if I'm with David and Charm, Sweatin "with" the Oldies


Your Turkmenistan brother

Charm, you are the skinniest! I actually know this is true since we have met in person.

My BMI is 21 which is 92% lower than other women in my age bracket. I am most like women in Papua New Guinea.

Gabon is in Africa. So is Togo, my counterpart. So is Eritrea, Charm (eastern Africa).

Christine: Slender sounds better (although it's true that EricS and I could pose for those old Charles Atlas comic book ads of the skinny guy and the muscle man.)
Actually, my BMI of 20 is a big improvement over the 18.5 BMI the hospital reduced me to and a result of supplementing my Jevity 1.5 formula with a real food dinner each night,liquified in my Vitamix. All the caregivers on the tubie forums had similar results in weight gain.

Just a note to other OCF readers: this thread is deliberately lighthearted and I encourage you to join in. We all know what a struggle it is during TX for a patient to get adequate nutrition and keep weight on. It is even more heartbreaking for caregivers to have to watch this IMO.
I flinch when I read posters saying they have stayed away from the OCF forum because "its just too sad". While not making light of the struggle, I hope these posts show that after TX, there is still room for laughter and hope in our lives. I remember just how hard it was to envision that while undergoing TX.
Keep the Faith
Charm