I’m overweight and I would love to lose weight, but I have chronic illnesses with treatment that cause weight gain and difficulty losing weight. I have to be careful with exercise as well because I can overdo it and send myself into a pain flare up. My doctors told me that my weight isn’t a huge issue, thankfully, and that it seems like I have a good bit of muscle under the fat from the exercise that I do do (I care for and ride horses like 3 days a week, sometimes more if I’m feeling up for it)
I hate how I look, but knowing that I’m strong helps me feel a bit better about it. I say that I’m chubby-strong. It’s always fun to see people surprised that I can haul around 50lb bags of feed like they’re nothing. I’m also short, so the bags are like half my height lmao.
RBWells@lemmy.world 1 week ago
BMI is bullshit but mostly in the other direction - people who are overfat without being overweight by BMI. It’s much less common to be overweight without being overfat.
What is also true, though, is that the risk curve for underweight is sharp but for overweight is pretty flat - a few pounds over just doesn’t add much risk, while a few pounds under does add some risk.