Are you obese?

Especially their premium economy class flights..



Oh you lot are talking about that other BMI... (the dreaded dots)
 
I thought BMI was a good airline..? Must be mistaken..:confused:




According to the BMI rubbish my mate at work is Obese on the border of seriously killing himself. Hes 5ft 10" and 16 stone.. Built like a brick out house too.. Looks and seems healthy to me..
 
droolinggimp said:
I thought BMI was a good airline..? Must be mistaken..:confused:




According to the BMI rubbish my mate at work is Obese on the border of seriously killing himself. Hes 5ft 10" and 16 stone.. Built like a brick out house too.. Looks and seems healthy to me..
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That has nothing to do with it
it is to do with the fact your heart is only designed to pump blood around a cirtain sized frame.
Anything over this puts preasure on it clearly if you do a lot of cardio work your heart will be stronger.
 
Zip said:
I have thick skin on my stomach and always have, Its going to get as toned as it can soon but i doubt ill ever get a full 6 pack due to the thickness of my skin
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Haha, that is genius, I've never heard that one before - I've heard "I'm big boned", "I'm cuddly" and "it's water retention" but "I've got thick skin" :D

I'll believe you, millions wouldn't ;) :)

As for myself I'm just at the lighter end of healthy according to the BMI rating but then I know that from looking at myself.
 
I'm 5'5" and 9 and a half stones. I think I'm in the "on weight" band but more towards the overweight, Ideally I would like to loose 1 stone by the end of this uni year.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Everyone or just people who dont want to admit they need to lay off the pies? :p
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I'm 6 foot, weigh 10 stone and I still think BMI is a bit dumb. I think the OP highlights that it isn't exactly an accurate representation.
 
Another one for the obese club:

5'9" & 16st
Your BMI is 33.07868

Could stand to lose a bit, but there is a decent amount of muscle under there too.
 
im like 6 foot 4, and weight probably 15st.

not entirely sure.
but i dont look massive just well built.
 
5'6 and just under 9st = OK

which is weird as when my body fat was assessed they recommended I lose 5-10lbs which would put me at severely underweight for BMI. If I lost 10lbs I would be very sick looking I think.

Also they don't take into account frame. I have huge norks, and if they were normal sized I think you could take a few pounds off the weight.

Bah.. what do they know, I feel healthy and that's the best judge.
You know your own body best.
 
6'1 and 20st.
I agree with the BMI scale that I am grossly overweight.
Apparently I need to lose 4 stone before I am in the "normal" range.

Excuses aside, I eat crap and don't exercise. Hardly a surprise that I'm obese.
Trouble is that I find it incredibly difficult to eat properly or find time to do any kind of activity.
I do plan to sort it out, just not sure how...
 
emailiscrap said:
6'1 and 20st.
I agree with the BMI scale that I am grossly overweight.
Apparently I need to lose 4 stone before I am in the "normal" range.

Excuses aside, I eat crap and don't exercise. Hardly a surprise that I'm obese.
Trouble is that I find it incredibly difficult to eat properly or find time to do any kind of activity.
I do plan to sort it out, just not sure how...
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Ouch, I'm the same height and you've got 7 and a half stone on me!!
 
Nope... apparently at 13 stone and 6"3" i am the ideal weight for my height :D and i thought i was getting fat.
 
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