So today I was at the gym, filling my water bottle at the fountain, and staring idly at the BMI chart posted above it. I've always just ignored it, because to read it one would think no female can possibly weigh as much as I always have. Of course, people with BMIs over 38 just don't go to gyms, right?

But as I was standing there, it suddenly dawned on me that I'M ON THE CHART!!! A 70" female CAN weigh as much as 268, according to it, and I weighed 262 this morning. YAAAHOOOO!! I guess I'm in normal-people-land!!! (Well, normal with a BMI of 38, but I started at 47 so HEY, I'll take it!)

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Way to go girlfriend!!

WOO HOO.

You must be so proud of yourself.

I'm so proud of you;

You feel good, na na na na na na na!!!! All right! I just love hearing about those NSV's!!

WTG Alex!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Happy Dance* You've worked hard so be very proud of yourself!!!!!!!

Darcy

That's a wonderful NSV... Thanks for sharing!

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Yippee!! Way to go!!

Keep up the good work!!

Leatha

Hey Alex. thats wonderful. I am very happy for you. Hopefully I will get a lot more painting jobs and will be able to afford to go to Vegas also....Keep up the good work. I go to the Joint Doctor on friday so I hopefully will get some relief from my knee pain and I can start exercising again... Love Janie

That is so cool! I am WAY off the charts!!! It will take me a while to catch up. Not only am I fat but I was bless with being the shortest one in my entire family geneology, I am talking LONG term history!!! Good WORK to you!!!!! Teresa;)

thats so cool! i cant believe if you BMI was over 38 you werent listed!!! i started at bmi 51 so i was way off the chart!

keep it up! your doing great!!!

Yeah, Alex, you show those little skinny aerobics instructors!

Yea Alex!! I am jealous. I'll be there someday....hopefully.

Carolyn

Way to go, Alex! I'm proud of you for exercising, too. That's an NSV all by itself! (said Nancy, who has fallen off the exercise wagon)

Nancy

I am sure if I thought about it long and hard I could figure out what it means but I just don't have the brain power right now. So, what does NSV stand for???

HUGE KUDO's to Alex. Great job! Keep it up.

Non-Scale-Victories

Go Alexandra Go:cool:

Thanks Vera: Of course it makes perfect sense now. LOLOLOL:D :) :D

Here I was wondering what you were all talking about... NSVs. Where's the list so I can follow conversations?

I'm glad I read this post because I just got floored with depression when I calculated my new BMI at 39.4, which is still morbidly obese. I was hoping that after a 40 pound loss I'd make it into the regular obese category. How much more do I have to lose so the world stops calling me morbid? What an awful word. But if Alex is thrilled with a 38, then I'm pretty darn happy with a 39.4, righ? And Shelly, you started at 51? That means I'm not dying today, right?