Please. I can't imagine what I'd look like with fifty pounds off my frame. Frankly, I think it wouldn't be terribly healthy for me, and I don't think I'd see me were I to look in the mirror. I like myself right now, extra baggage and all. Where the hell would I lose it from anyway?

God, I have such a huge hate-on for the BMI. I bet no one ever tells Brad Pitt that he needs to lose weight.

Is your BP good? Your cholesterol? Your blood sugar? Then good god, why does your doctor need to cram you into a line on a chart?

I know people at their "ideal" weight who have unbelievably high cholesterol and blood pressure. But they fit in that slot on the BMI chart, so it's all good, yo.

Rant rant ranty-pants.

Don't remember how close we have to be to end of thread, but I need to go over to B'craxy and suggest a few of the Spike Quotes that Deena brought to the table last time. There were a few that strike a cord.

I think I'm sobering up.

So when do we destroy the world, already?

That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.

Every day a fresh bout of torture.

They all seem appropriate about now.

Please. I can't imagine what I'd look like with fifty pounds off my frame.

Feh. Doctor is jealous of the hottness that is SA.

Amen Steph.

I've finally gotten to a point in my life where, when my father makes any slightly derogatory comment about my weight, I fire back with "but my cholesterol and BP are perfect". His aren't.

And honestly, I'd rather take on the extra weight and deal with the body issues I have than have to take extra meds with who knows what side effects in order to control my cholesterol or BP.

BMI is odd. and usually wrong. and honestly, if you have any health problems and your doctor was serious about you loseing weight - your doctor would say 10% - 20 lbs. It has been proven that loseing 10% of your body weight can make a signifigent difference. And I saw your last picture. You look good to me. And it is way more important that you are happy with yourself

BMI is a crock of hairy bollocks. According to whatever the hell scales they use, I'm overweight. Which is crap. I'm a size ten or twelve British, which is far from overweight for my height. What I am, however, is incredibly unfit. I can barely run for a bus without ending up gasping. No one seems to care about that though.

When I lost the 20 or so pounds - the top number of the cholesteral # stayed the same. The bottom number went way up. guess who still has to be on meds for it due to diabetes. I am guessing that loesing 15-2 lbs ( the next 10%) might take me off some drugs. and I know that they would help me with my blood sugar control. But I don't seem to have room for consistant effort yet. Maybe once the weather gets more consistant. ( stupid wether 70's last week, snow ( yes snow in NCal this week)

on that note - I think it is time to walk to coffee shop.

bt, link doesn't work. What's up at the Zoo?

Kiwi baby! Second one ever at the National Zoo.

I'm overweight, and would be happy to lose about 30 pounds or so. But my blood pressure and cholesterol are fine. My priority right now is cardio fitness. I can get through an hour of squash and feel pretty good at the end of it, I'm saying I'm healthy. (Not that I can yet, but I"m up to half an hour, and ready to push that up.)

BMI should be one factor in a thorough evaluation. Anyone who pegs their recommendations on that alone is being sloppy and careless.

BMI should be one factor in a thorough evaluation. Anyone who pegs their recommendations on that alone is being sloppy and careless.

I remember reading an article about (IIRC) the Yale women's crew team. When the govt. lowered the weight ranges on the BMI, almost all of them were suddenly "overwight" (or maybe "obese"). And so the coach/trainer/someone told them they had to lose X amount of pounds. And when they did, their performance suffered. Because they're ATHLETES, damn it, and they have more muscle mass, which weighs more than jiggly fat, and I'm ranting again.

Bah.