I completely agree - BMI is beyond useless.

I went to a dietician at my old gym, and in the initial consultation, we did my height and weight measurements, and then flicked to the good old BMI. At the time, I was 161cms tall, and 109 kilos, so I wasn't actually on the graph that she had (ie: too heavy even for the "morbidly obese" category - while I was around a size 18-20, which I know is pretty bad, but not ridiculous (my mother is around size 28 and she's lost weight).

Anyway, the dietician looked quite surprised, and says, "Hmm, you're not in any of the categories. You must be dead."

Not happy, Jan. Not funny, not amusing.

So I didn't go back. I focussed on exercise - initially 3 times per week, then trying to get it up to 6 (3 in the gym, 3 at home or outside). That's gone down to nothing at the moment ...

DH is also studying at the moment - we both have exams, and he's just as bad a comfort eater as I am. Different foods, but equally unhealthy ...

We now own a cross-trainer and an exercise bike, and they're in front of the TV so I have no excuse.

There's lots of healthy things I like to eat, I drink at least 2L of water a day, I like to cook, and I know that baby will be more healthy the more healthy I am, so here we go!!