How old are you?

[cyberknight]

Same history as me up to 12 years ago.

At that time I was morbidly obese which made my knees so bad that I could no longer walk normally down my stairs - I had to turn round and walk downstairs backwards.

Then I got very ill and lost around 35 kg of weight. Much to my surprise, that completely fixed the knee problem!

I wish that was my issue, currently I'm ,"heavy" for me about 152 lbs , usually around 147 llbs

 

[Gillstay]

There are still no 20 - 30 year olds! None that have voted at least.

Not surprised. They are busy....

 

[Drago]

I wish that was my issue, currently I'm ,"heavy" for me about 152 lbs , usually around 147 llbs

About 110lbs less than me!

 

[ColinJ]

A BMI above 40! Can’t imagine how that would feel

Sorry - obese - a BMI of 33.5. (It is 22.5 now.)

That felt bad enough - 40+ really would be very difficult to cope with!

Well done! Quite an achievement.

Having the grim reaper screaming encouragement into one's ear does help with motivation!

 

[Drago]

I'm 32.8, clinically obese, yet my chest is 16 inches bigger than my waist. I don't lose any sleep over it, but the noises from medics and insurers who look at the numbers without actually looking at me does get tiresome.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm 32.8, clinically obese, yet my chest is 16 inches bigger than my waist. I don't lose any sleep over it, but the noises from medics and insurers who look at the numbers without actually looking at me does get tiresome.

Yes, BMI doesn't make sense for a muscular build.

I am cycling-scrawny so it works well for me. I am too fat when it says I am, and too skinny at the other extreme. Mind you, I can tell that by just looking in the mirror so I don't need to do the calculation!

It would make more sense to say that one is underweight if ribs are too evident, or overweight if rolls of fat are...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm 32.8, clinically obese, yet my chest is 16 inches bigger than my waist. I don't lose any sleep over it, but the noises from medics and insurers who look at the numbers without actually looking at me does get tiresome.

You are Skeletor

 

[Drago]

Yes, BMI doesn't make sense for a muscular build.

I am cycling-scrawny so it works well for me. I am too fat when it says I am, and too skinny at the other extreme. Mind you, I can tell that by just looking in the mirror so I don't need to do the calculation!

It would make more sense to say that one is underweight if ribs are too evident, or overweight if rolls of fat are...

One enlightened GP once told me that he's happy if the chest is bigger than the waist rather than being guided by BMI.

 

[Drago]

You are Skeletor

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Close, although he has more hair.

 

[Gwylan]

Sorry - obese - a BMI of 33.5. (It is 22.5 now.)

That felt bad enough - 40+ really would be very difficult to cope with!


Having the grim reaper screaming encouragement into one's ear does help with motivation!

I was just trying to be encouraging

 

[ColinJ]

I was just trying to be encouraging

Thanks - I wasn't trying to be funny with you. I meant that I had been ignoring the obesity issue until I couldn't ignore it any longer. I lost over 20 kg without even trying before I even ended up in hospital.

Once I came out and started to recover I thought that it would be pretty stupid to go back to my former 5 pints of beer a night EVERY night habit... I haven't touched alcohol in the 12 years since!

I haven't really missed the booze. I haven't really given it much thought but a couple of days ago a mate mentioned that he'd had a nice pint of Landlord (a beer that I used to like) and I had a flashback to the last one I drank. I treated myself to a cereal bar to distract myself from that thought!

 

[dicko]

Im 78 on Boxing Day 🥳🎂🍻

 

[Gunk]

Mine is 25.2 and I’m still classed as overweight

 

[BigSid]

I'm under height. According to the charts I should be at least a foot taller.

 

[presta]

A year after I quit cycle touring my chest had gone from xylophone to a thick covering of fat, but my weight was unchanged at 69kg. The doctor looked at me like I'd got two heads when I told her that, it didn't seem to occur that the fat had all been offset by muscle loss.