BMI 18.7 and comments about being too thin
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:20 am
I have always been slim (except when I was pregnant, but the weight came off after having my children). Anyway, since being on this diet I have lost a little bit more weight and now I have managed to stop losing. My BMI is 18.7, which is fine, but I did see that 18.5 and lower is underweight...so I need to be careful not to lose weight. But I have had a couple comments about me looking too thin. Most recently from my sister who has not seen me for a while, she basically said I do not look healthy and I looked better before I was doing this way of eating.
I am doing this diet to help manage my blood pressure. What do people do when they are trying to maintain or gain a little weight, but not having too much fat? I have a little fat in flaxseeds in my porridge, half an avocado with my lunch. Should I add nuts more often? I eat 3 full meals, plus have snacks. My metabolism has always been fast. I just want to look healthy. An example of what I ate yesterday:
Oatmeal with mashed banana, blue berries, flax meal and cinnamon (I have this almost every day because its so good!)
apple
brown rice with black beans cooked with onion and tomatoes, sweet potato, half an avocado, spring onion
banana, blue berry and strawberry smoothie made with a dollop of coconut yogurt and water
pasta with veggie tomato sauce, salad
slice of toast with humus and cucumber
I am doing this diet to help manage my blood pressure. What do people do when they are trying to maintain or gain a little weight, but not having too much fat? I have a little fat in flaxseeds in my porridge, half an avocado with my lunch. Should I add nuts more often? I eat 3 full meals, plus have snacks. My metabolism has always been fast. I just want to look healthy. An example of what I ate yesterday:
Oatmeal with mashed banana, blue berries, flax meal and cinnamon (I have this almost every day because its so good!)
apple
brown rice with black beans cooked with onion and tomatoes, sweet potato, half an avocado, spring onion
banana, blue berry and strawberry smoothie made with a dollop of coconut yogurt and water
pasta with veggie tomato sauce, salad
slice of toast with humus and cucumber