Fat Polytubbies

[GePap]

An offshoot of Oerdin's thread:

So, is this community of Net jockeys full of fatties, or full of healthy young bodies??

Here is the Body Mass Index calculator:

So, are your under, normal, or overweight? Perhaps Obese?

Be honest in the poll, if your BMI is 25.1, you are overweight, it does not matter is your only .2 there.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

[Sava]

2 years ago, I was quite fit... 190 lbs...

now, I'm about 235

[Asmodean]

Hmmm...26.3. A bit into the overweight category, which can be confirmed by yours truly by looking at a mirror. No surprise there.

But I'm not worried. I eat as I always have, and my weight has stayed the same for three years now. What made my weight go up was the fact that I quit smoking, so it's probably a good thing.

Asmodean

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I can be honest I am a little underweight. I am 5 11 and weigh 145. And have no healthy habits other then I swim when I can. I used to on a swim team and now that I dont do that anymore, the team, I still like to get out and do my laps to try and stay in shape.

[Dinner]

6'1" @ 205 pounds. I could stand losing a good 10 pounds but I'm not terribly fat.

[Cruddy]

I am now... last full scale medical I had (4 years ago) had me rated as half a stone under. So I'm not too unhappy about it.

[GePap]

The calculator will tell what you are- 5 11 and 145 is probalby normal weight, not underweight.

[Sava]

Originally posted by GePap
The calculator will tell what you are- 5 11 and 145 is probalby normal weight, not underweight.

that calculator is bull****... it doesn't take into account your build...

[GePap]

Originally posted by Oerdin
6'1" @ 205 pounds. I could stand losing a good 10 pounds but I'm not terribly fat.

You'd still be overweight losing 10 lbs.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Sava
that calculator is bull****... it doesn't take into account your build...

Build is immaterial to the definiton.

Overweight is a measure of how far form the median you are. Build is nowhere in the definiton.

Suck it up fellow obese polytubby.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I guess Im normal then. All my nursing books state I should weigh bout 160

[JohnT]

27.3

[GePap]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
I guess Im normal then. All my nursing books state I should weigh bout 160

I think it's a standard deviation- 160 might be the ideal, but the average can fall anywhere within say 15 lbs up or down. Go beyond that and you are either under or overweight.

For example, 5 11 and 175 is normal

[Sava]

Originally posted by GePap


Build is immaterial to the definiton.

Overweight is a measure of how far form the median you are. Build is nowhere in the definiton.

Suck it up fellow obese polytubby.

my point is that the BMI calculator is inaccurate... you can't figure out someone's % of body fat just based on their height and weight.

It's stupid.

[SpencerH]

Here's the problem with the BMI

5'7"
220lbs
BMI 34.5

I'm not obese, or even 'chubby'. There's no account taken for muscle.