I've had a BMI of 27 for most of my adult life. I used to do competitive sport and trained for sessions a week 45 weeks a year, I got to 40 and couldn't cut it anymore so I quit. My bmi stayed at 28... I looked at a photo of me at age 28 about eight months ago and compared myself to that. The photo showed muscle bulk and tone, the mirror showed a big belly. I've adopted what I call the beer, bread and biscuits diet (as in NO) and avoid alcohol four days a week altogether. I've lost six kg, six more to go!