To all vegans!!! How much do you weigh??? And whats your BMI??

Question

Im just wondering whether the vegan population is a bit slimmer than the average. Please no mean answers. Include your age, height, weight and BMI.

And tell me when have you become vegan. I am vegan and I wonder about that. Im 5'1, 17yrs old and 85lbs.

Answer 1

height: 5ft 4

weight: 119

bmi: i dont know

age: 14 and a half.

and ive been a vegan for...a yearr.

Answer 2

5'1 109 lbs

BMI - 20.6

Been a vegan for just about a year now.

The BMI is not necessarily an accurate way to measure weight. More or less, you'll get some varied results here - everyone differs in body composition. :)

Answer 3

I'm one of the few overweight vegans :(..but I'm working on it...I just haven't been eating very well lately..too much junk processed c**p..but yes I believe the statistics show that most vegans are thinner than meat eaters..

Vegan:1 1/2 yr.

Age:25

Height: 5'3"ish

Weight:155

BMI: unsure but too much

and btw..you really are too skinny..5'1", 17, and only 85..you should at least be 100lbs. ..even if you are built very thin..you really do weigh too little...

Answer 4

Geez.  You're underweight kid....like, literally.

Generally they are but 16.1 way too low of a BMI for anybody.

Answer 5

im almost vegan

5'2 108 lbs

13 yrs old

idk what my bmi is

Answer 6

I've been a vegetarian for 3 years and a vegan for 1 year. I'm 21 years old, I'm 5'3" and my weight fluctuates from about 110-112lbs. I don't really care what my BMI is because I know I'm healthy and fit.

Answer 7

My weight is none of anybody's business.  But suffice to say, I enjoy food and my BMI hovers on the high end of healthy.  I'm definitely no one's stereotype of a scrawny vegan.  But, as someone pointed out, BMI is an unreliable indicator of health.  People on the very short or very tall ends of the spectrum don't fit the formula, people who carry a lot of muscle mass are told by a number that they're overweight, and it doesn't differentiate between subcutaneous fat (which has very, very little negative impact on health) and visceral fat (which is a positive indicator of heart disease risk.)

For the record, statistics say that vegetarians and vegans are, as a group, more likely to maintain a healthy body weight than the general population, and are less likely to be obese than the general population.  None of which says anything about individual members on any group.

Answer 8

I'm 17(in a month). I weigh 125 and I'm 5'4. My BMI is 21.5. I've been a vegan for a year and I love it even though I wanted to lose weight but I didn't seem to lose any weight becoming a vegan.. But I have no regrets! I love it.

Answer 9

I don't know what my BMI is as I don't have an eating disorder.

I weigh about 175. I only weighed 130 when I went veg at 18 and went vegan a year later.

I just moved to my first  house with a garage and can make a great selection of super-proteinish vegan food so I hope to be 200+ someday in the not too distant future,

Answer 10

First of all, the BMI is bullsh*t.  They have changed that so much over the years as people have gotten fatter and fatter.  Not to mention that a 200pound bodybuilder and a 200 pound couch potato at the same height and age... you get the idea. I don't even have to look at the chart to tell you that they'd say, "You are underweight for your bla bla bla bla..."

Me, I'm usually 145pounds, I'm 6ft tall, I'm 35yrs, my height and weight has not changed in the last 18 years or more.  I'm built like a bicycle racer, and for good reason.  I am not thin due to my diet, I weighed the same before and after altering my diet to a vegan diet from a typical N. American diet.  So, it's meaningless if you ask me, but I told you just the same.