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If anyone is interested here you go
how to find your bmi

1) take your weight and multiply by 704.7
2) divide that number by your
height squared
3) the remaining number is your bmi

how do you measure up?:

emaciated = under 15 bmi
anorexic = under 17.5 bmi
underweight = under 19 bmi
normal = 19 - 24 bmi
overweight = 25 - 29 bmi

chrystin pre-pregnant score- 15.8
chrystin 31 week score- 20.3
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replied June 7th, 2004
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37week score= 37! Haha
before preg. 23! Haha
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Omg chrystin good thing you got preggy you were emaciated!!!!!!!!!!!!
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Damn my calculator doesnt do the squared thingy lol. I used to be good with math but I forgot how to do it...Opps.
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Idont wanna do it cuz its not good for me to do but I know mine right b4 I was preg was 18 (thats right after I started trying to recover)...Most of last yr and the yr b4 it was 16. And now. .Who knows! But their not very accurate because u would have to have it done at a doctor because everyones body is so different and some people are built extremely tiny or bigger etc. I asked my doc about those b4 and he said u gotta actually come in and have it done wheere done where they do ur body fat etc because many peoples are way off;.
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Just go to a search engine and type in bmi calculators, you can do it by just typing in the numbers =)

mine is 22.7

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gaby
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Squared is just the number times itself again.

Like 9 * 9 if you weigh 9 pounds.

Oh, by the way for you guys in other countries, I *believe* this only works for weight in pounds and height in inches.
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replied June 7th, 2004
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I thought this was kinda a nice chart that comes with a calculator... Wow, before pregnancy I was 18.3! Im glad I got pregnant, I was kinda underweight... I never really realized it like that... Now im a 21.
Http://www.Consumer.Gov/weightloss/bmi.Htm
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replied June 7th, 2004
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Omg mine is 31.7! So it says I am obese isnt that just great!
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replied June 7th, 2004
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I just dont think these things are right... Kari is right about how you gotta go to the doc to get a correct one, cuz they dont consider important things, like your build and everything, everybody is built differently... I got very tiny tiny bones, so now since I was skinny before I got pregnant, they are sayin I was underweight... Now im normal, when I should be above the normal part since in pregnant... Also, muscle weighs alot, so if somebody has more muscle than normal, they could be considered obese, when they really arent, just becuase of the weight...
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replied June 7th, 2004
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I just dont think these things are right... Kari is right about how you gotta go to the doc to get a correct one, cuz they dont consider important things, like your build and everything, everybody is built differently... I got very tiny tiny bones, so now since I was skinny before I got pregnant, they are sayin I was underweight... Now im normal, when I should be above the normal part since in pregnant... Also, muscle weighs alot, so if somebody has more muscle than normal, they could be considered obese, when they really arent, just becuase of the weight... It says my mom is obese too, and she is definitly not! Shes not skinny, but definitly not obese...
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replied June 8th, 2004
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Mine is 19.9

meg
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replied June 8th, 2004
With centremeters and kilograms it's take your hight in square times weight, like this: (h2)xw=bmi

but I can't calculate, I don't have a scale so I don't know my weight..(i don't want to know...)
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replied June 8th, 2004
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This really are completely off because they don;t take into consideration body shape, and bone structure nor that muslce weighs 4 times more then fat. Someone may weigh 180lbs for example and be very slim and fit yet their bmi would appear very high because of the amount of pounds.
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replied June 8th, 2004
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Mine is really high cuz I am only 4'11. If I was taller I would be perfect weight!!
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replied June 8th, 2004
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My bmi now is 20.5......When I was 40 weeks pregnant it was 24.6.....Lol. But it says in books and crap that it doesn't apply during pregnancy so don't any preggo girls pay it any mind.....Lol.......I thought my bmi was 21.....O well close enough.....It is if u round it.....Lol.
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