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
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beth b - Feb 17, 2006 5:14:12 am PST #9698 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jars - Feb 17, 2006 5:21:32 am PST #9699 of 10001
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.
beth b - Feb 17, 2006 5:23:38 am PST #9700 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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.
billytea - Feb 17, 2006 5:26:02 am PST #9701 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
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.)
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2006 5:26:42 am PST #9702 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
BMI should be one factor in a thorough evaluation. Anyone who pegs their recommendations on that alone is being sloppy and careless.
Steph L. - Feb 17, 2006 5:29:06 am PST #9703 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
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.
Jessica - Feb 17, 2006 5:33:18 am PST #9704 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
Trudy Booth - Feb 17, 2006 5:36:39 am PST #9705 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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.
Steph L. - Feb 17, 2006 5:37:37 am PST #9706 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
But my main motivation for wanting to lose weight is that I can't afford to buy new clothes.
Yeah, me too. Plus, I *like* my currently-non-fitting clothes and want to wear them again.
§ ita § - Feb 17, 2006 5:39:01 am PST #9707 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I couldn't trust any coach/trainer/etc who'd make a decision like that, not even afterwards. I expect some GPs to not be thinking that way, but it's a coach's whole fucking job to be on the ball. The government isn't in a place to tell anyone about their team's fitness.