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Old April 13th, 2013 #132
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Originally Posted by Breanna View Post
Right now I am still nursing and I eat ~1800-2000 calories a day (milkmaking uses up ~500 cals/day or so I've read). I find it hard to measure exactly how much I am eating as I don't weigh the food I just measure it by cups. My BMI is 21.0 but I look my best when it is ~17-18; I have another 15 pounds I would like to lose.
Breanna!! If your BMI is 21.0 you are not overweight. In fact, you are pretty much perfect. 17 - 18 is, particularly for a woman, underweight.

Not my place to give advice, but think about it. Be careful.

When I got out of boot camp (US Navy) in 1968 I was 6' 1/2". I weighed 149 pounds. That's a BMI of 19.9. I'd say 17 - 18 is well underweight.

Mike
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