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.

I should really have my cholesterol tested. I never have, and going by my family history and dietary habits, I'm sure it's through the roof.

But my main motivation for wanting to lose weight is that I can't afford to buy new clothes.

This is one of my favorite rants.

I'm definately on a weight-loss track now, but when I was SA's age and had a doctor say that to me? After I'd just dragged a back pack around Europe for three months? Goodgawdalmighty I was ticked.

Interestingly, when I dropped forty pounds my cholesterol went up a little. Its still well within healthy ranges, but my Doc and I both found it funny.