I was marked down as obese by a GP surgery I registered with because they weighed me and took my height and that's where my BMI came out as. I was three months pregnant and no one looking at me would ever have said I was obese - but them's the figures, so they must be right.

My husband used to be a holistic therapist and did a lot of work with sportsmen. He hated BMI because it really didn't show where someone's healthy weight is because that's such an individual thing for you. He worked with a rugby player, for example, who would be classed as morbidly obese but didn't have an ounce of fat on his body - he was short and a muscle powerhouse. So although I see where you're coming from, you would be better off getting a clinician to come up with a personalised plan than to look at a chart which has one size to fit all and go with what that tells you to do because that may well NOT be the healthy goal. I mean, I don't care what your BMI is - looking at your photos, you don't need to lose any weight at all and toning is really more for your comfort and fitness levels than anything else. The problem comes there when you aren't in a space to look at yourself in the mirror and judge whether what you see is healthy or not. BMI won't necessarily tell you that.