And the Scale Says...

B's Mom called me today and said that the honeymoon resort needs to know how much we weigh. Now, this does make logical sense-- we're flying a tee-ninsey puddle hopper from one island to another, so they literally need to know our weights to see if the plane will fly. Eek!

Hilarious though. I couldn't help giving her a hard time. I told B that his Mom might be doing recon, checking out the numbers for the family history. Obviously she's not, but it was fun to tell her that I literally had no idea what my weight was.

So I went to the gym this afternoon, where they have a scale, and hopped on, weighing myself for the first time, well, almost ever. When they asked for it for my license, I made up a number (135) that seemed right (and now I know was waaay off then).

Today I weighed in at 140, which made me curious. What does 140 really mean? I went to mayoclinic.com and used their BMI calculator. Body Mass Index is a "formula that uses both weight and height to estimate body fat." I'm still not sure how the same calculator works for men and women, as I believe men can have a much lower BMI than women. So I typed in my height (5' 10"), then my weight (140) and clicked "enter."

I must've done something wrong, because my first result said "Your BMI is 34.4. You are obese." Eek! I started reviewing my diet. Well, I did eat a lot of girl scout cookies this weekend, and I had a martini last night. I haven't had much water, but shouldn't that help? I walk everyday!

I suspected something was wrong, albeit with Mayo than with my input, so I skipped over to the CDC's BMI calculator and entered my digits-- 20.1, "Normal." Ahhh. Better.

Weight's an interesting thing. Even though I know I'm healthy and that I eat well, the fact that a website's calculator told me I was "obese" made me start to review my habits and diet in a mild panic. Wonder what that says about me? Maybe mayoclinic.com has a self-therapy page, but I think I'll check with the CDC first...