(Tw: body dismorphia, ED) What do you guys think of Bmi charts do you think they are helpful or inaccurate?
This is my body right now I've lost 35lbs in the past year and my bmi is 24.4 which is apparently slightly overweight / just under the healthy weight line. The logical part of me would like to think that everyone has different body types and caloric needs so the Bmi charts isn't completely accurate. But my obsessive body dismorphia believes that it is and still wants me to lose more weight even if it means eating less than the recommended amount of calories for an active adult. I would like an outsiders perspective, because I have struggled with eating disorders in the past and I still struggle immensely with body dismorphia so I really don't know if others see me how I see myself. Do I look slightly overweight? (Please be honest) and what do you think about the Bmi chart?
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@JohnnyNoir I was severely eating disordered in my early teenage hood and have always carried eating disordered thoughts with me. So when I actually was overweight it was hard for me to healthily lose the weight because in my mind the easiest and fastest way was just to starve myself because that's the only way I've ever known or practiced losing weight, and I do still struggle with starving myself some days and not letting myself completely fall back into that so shes right I am still easily triggered by a lot of things
@Poetvann you look fine to me. I wasn’t trying to make light of you situation, I wish we weren’t so hung up on expectations of what constitutes a normal body type. This beauty culture only contributes to our feelings of not fitting in. Lots of good advice here so listen and take it to heart. You’ll be fine
