Physical and Blood Work A little over a week ago I had a physical. The nurse checked my height and weight, told me to put my shoes back on and asked me a bunch of questions. Then, for a second, he looked confused, asked me to take off my shoes again and get back on the scale. When the doctor came in, I found out why. My BMI is a 25.5. The doctor said that I don't look overweight and asked me about exercise and food. We talked about my pescetarian diet, my long runs on Sundays, and the fact that I lift twice per week. The doctor thinks it's the lifting, but said they have to have that conversation with everyone. They ordered bloodwork, came back the other day and it's all perfect. So, there you have it, fats: you can be slightly overweight by BMI and still be healthy. It does happen. But it's rare enough that they check the numbers twice and order bloodwork to confirm everything is in good order. That was fine with me, because I'm confident that I'm healthy. I know I do the work. People who go right to shaking, crying, refusing to be weighed, and reeing are all big signs that someone knows they're weak and wrong.