How to Calculate Your BMI
To accurately determine if you are underweight, overweight, obeses or of normal weight, be sure to make use of the Body Mass Index.
How do you calculate your BMI? It’s pretty simple. First, you need to determine your mass in either kilos or pounds. You also need to get your height in either meters, inches of feet. Of course if you’re going to use kilos for your mass, you should make use of meters for your height because both are SI units of measurement as compared to pounds, inches and feet which are imperial units.
To calculate your BMI if in SI Units, divide your mass (in kilos) by the square of your height (in meters).
To calculate your BMI in Imperial units, multiply your mass (in pounds) by 703 and divide the result by the square of your height (in inches) or multiply your mass (in pounds) by 4.88 and divide the result by the square of your height (in feet).
For a more visual representation of the BMI computation, check out below:
if your BMI is below 18.5, you are underweight. If your BMI is within the range of 18.5 to 24.9, you are of normal weight. If your BMI reaches 25 to 29.9, you are overweight and you need to lose some. Lastly, if your BMI is 30 or higher, you are suffering from obesity and you definitely need to lose lots of weight.
[...] The best way to determine if you really need to lose weight is to calculate your Body Mass Index. This will provide you accurate figures that will help you determine if you are underweight, overweight or of normal weight. If you have determined that you are overweight (of course through BMI), then you are good to go towards losing weight. Here’s a simple guide on how to calculate your BMI. [...]