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To: NoLibZone

Is it “fat” or BMI-based?

I’m morbidly obese per BMI but have between 10-13% body fat at any given time. (I am very muscular.)

I am sure it will be BMI, which is a meaningless measurement.


3 posted on 05/30/2013 2:44:22 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca
s it “fat” or BMI-based?

I’m morbidly obese per BMI but have between 10-13% body fat at any given time. (I am very muscular.)

I am sure it will be BMI, which is a meaningless measurement.

I’m in the same boat. I’m 6’3” and 270lbs. I bench press 495, ride a couple hundred miles per week on my bike and eat no carbs or wheat products. Yet, I’m morbidly obese according to the BMI charts.

10 posted on 05/30/2013 3:11:32 PM PDT by RobertClark (My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
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To: Jewbacca

Refuse to let them do a bmi.

I know they can manually calculate it but I don’t participate in anything from these jerks.

I am not taking any damn program...I am not a child. The proper response if to tell them to eff themselves.

Time to stand up...or you will never be able to do so again.


24 posted on 05/30/2013 4:28:15 PM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Jewbacca

“I’m morbidly obese per BMI but have between 10-13% body fat at any given time. (I am very muscular.)”
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I’m in a similar category, Saturday will be my 69th and I am six four and weigh just over 250 without clothing. The charts say I should not weigh more than 205 or so maximum but at that weight I would look like a toothpick. At my current weight a 2XL t-shirt fits tightly while my size 38 waist jeans are floppy. I would go down to 36 waist but I kinda like the loose fit. BMI alone means nothing whatsoever, I used to have a higher fat percentage when I was forty years younger and weighed 25 pounds less. The last time I weighed 205 or less I was wearing size 33 pants and they were sliding down, friends used to tell me I had a bad case of “noassatall”.


27 posted on 05/30/2013 6:01:38 PM PDT by RipSawyer (I was born on Earth, what planet is this?)
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