Do you feel overweight , OP ? If you do , then perhaps you are overweight . If you don ' t , then perhaps your the right weight for you . Do you want to lose weight , OP ? If you do , then lose it . If you don ' t , then keep up with the status quo . BMI is a tool . Sure , it ' s not always accurately but it isn ' t always inaccurate either . Since not every human body is the same a 26 BMI isn ' t going to look the same on everyone either . Most importantly where are you getting your definitions from ? A BMI of 2530 is considered overweight , a BMI of 30 is considered obese . Where is this severely overweight you ' re talking about ? You ' re just very slightly overweight by these definitions , which seems true based on your assessment that you want to lose a little bit of weight . Posting photos of yourself and claiming that your BMI is considered severely overweight is downright false and inflammatory , as it urges other people to disregard BMI even more even when that isn ' t warranted .