these tables<\/a>, I’ll need to drop below 184 lbs. to get to the Normal BMI of 24.9. Which doesn’t seem likely, but, y’never know …)<\/p>\nBMI is by no means a perfect gauge of health, or even obesity. But it’s still kind of neat to have slipped into a not-quite-so-bad category.<\/p>\n
UPDATE: And — huzzah! — I fit quite nicely into some size 40s that were up on my rack, as opposed to my previous size 42. Again, huzzah!<\/p>\n
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