Waist-to-Height Ratio...the new BMI

I've heard of this, but hadn't read any specifics. I do think this a more accurate way to gauge what we are. I'm 44 on this- slender and healthy. I wonder how much it will change after I have ps in a few weeks.

 This post wasnt meant to get anyone bent out of shape or feeling bad about themselves.  In fact, there are a lot of OH'ers here that fall a little overweight on the BMI category, but would be in an average category with this scale.  

Also for those that are early out's (under a year) and still losing, you should probably not do any sort of comparison here at all.

I think you did a good thing. BMI is highly flawed and folks need to know there are other ways of measuring.

As for me? Like I said. I'm not going to get to skinny. I could be all "woe is me" about it but you know what. I look GOOD dammit! Not skinny but good. I get hit on all the time. Nessa has seen the proof of that! Men stop their cars in mid-traffic to get my number! Not that that in and of itself makes me a success but I'm just sayin. I'm not the ONLY one obviously who finds me appealing :) And when I don't get all hung up on the skinny factor or the RNY "shoulda coulda woulda's" I am pretty happy with my results.

So you keep on rockin' sister girlfriend! I miss your *****y ass!

Crystal,  I don't feel bad about myself


i just find terms like

slender and attractive   inappropriate terms used to define health.

Or to define anything except a given person's biases about attractiveness.

Rebecca, giving a mental finger to the person who added "attractive" to the category

on a message board I own this information has create such a stir. 

I have women in tears about this... who in the world thinks they have the right to define someone as attractive for someone else.

personally men that are of a normal body weight do not appeal to me.  I like bigger guys. I find them attractive. I find "slender" and "fit" men tolerable at best....

0.43 here...seriously! I thought my waist was 30 but it turns out that (after whipping out with the handy dandy measuring tape) it's a 28. How the heck did that happen when I feel like such a COW!?

Thanks for opening my blind ass eyes..

yeah mine is 28.

Well ****I'm still seriously overweight.

Sigh, still seriously overweight (just barely at 54.5 but still there).  Waist is 36 and height is 5'6".  Maybe someday I'll hit the normal category somewhere.