[Issaquahking]

The chart must be for pygmies. I start getting under 180 pounds at 5' 9" and get light headed when I stand up. Make you a deal, bet I can kick the wimp's ass that designed this chart, and I'm over 50!

As far as where I work, if they don't like the money I make them, please get rid of me. I'll go to work for the competition to help steal every bid possible from where I just came from!

[MarkL]

The chart must be for pygmies. I start getting under 180 pounds at 5' 9" and get light headed when I stand up. Make you a deal, bet I can kick the wimp's ass that designed this chart, and I'm over 50!

I know what you mean... At 6'4, the chart has 185# as "healthy." Let me tell you, the last time I was at 185, my Dr was seriously thinking about hospitalizing me: I had a terrible flare-up in Crohns disease in my esophagus, and was barely able to eat or drink for nearly 3 weeks. In order to even drink a glass of water, I needed to take a few large gulps of "viscous lidocane," a topical anesthetic, and even then, it was terribly painful. My "normal," healthy weight was 220#, and at 185, my ribs and hip bones were quite pronounced.

Mark

[ken in texas]

The chart must be for pygmies. ... or made up by idiots.

I know what you mean... I'm 5' 10"... I could probably stand to lose a few pounds these days, but during my freshman year I used to box in the 152 pound weight class. Back in those days there wasn't much fat on me, and it took a lot of time in the steam room to sweat off the weight. Now, I look at that chart and see that the weight I struggled to get to is on the top side of the "healthy" weight. We're being overrun by idiots and do-gooders.