Is it possible to just have heavy bones?
The BMI is a good system but it has flaws too. You are clearly not overweight. You may be a few kgs heavier than other chicks but, clearly that’s the way your body is supposed to be, and I wouldn’t worry about the BMI test at all. Don’t even worry about dieting or loosing weight. Bones can be very dense or very light. 🙂 So yeah. It could be that you’re lucky enough to have naturally dense bones. That’s great, that means lower chance of osteoporosis or broken bones later in life! Congrats! You can get a doc to check them out though if you want to confirm it, but that’s probably all that is. I think it’s a genetic thing. You’ve just got genetics that provide your family with stronger and denser than avarage bones, and better muscle tissue, so you’re a bit heavier for it. Whoever invented that BMI thing would hate you because you’d be living proof that it isn’t always right! lol (Also, it’s proven now that being up to 10kg-20kgs ‘overweight’ may actully be a benefit for the body, it seem