Poll: Are you Obeis, Fat, Chubby, Normal, Slim or Anorexic?

[SmiZ]

jumblies:


I think your BMI calculator is suck. (I know it's not yours )


To take into account only someone's height and weight when determining fitness is silly at best. Think of pro athletes or body builders, many of them could be considered >30 on the BMI, but might have less than 10% body fat and be in perfect health.

 

[Static911]

slim...too lazy to work out (ppl say i have a good frame to work out)...i used to work out, nowadays, i'm lazy...

Static911

 

[Mister T]

Jumblies, the BMI is complete garbage.
Most wrestlers, weiglifters, bodybuilders, footall players, boxers would be classified as obese...
A far better measure is bodyfat %.

Here is what I am talking about:
I am 5' 9'' and was at 205 lbs when this picture was taken:

Example of me being "obese"

Thats means I have a BMI of 30.32
If I dropped another 10 pounds and worked on my abs, I would be on the cover of a muscle mag. Too bad I like BEER too much....

 

[Electric Amish]

I'm probably 10-20lbs above my theoretical "ideal" weight for being 5'9".

I'm a little thick around the middle at 185-190lbs.

amish

 

[circlek]

If I stand sideways and stick out my tongue, I look like a zipper!

 

[wyvrn]

I am prob 20 or so pounds overweight. Lost 30 already and working on that last 20, then I should be UBER-MAN!

 

[The Mutha]

Normal.

Probably slim in US terms.

 

[jumblies]

Remember folks, sometimes you have to read the original reference. If you look at the population, a high BMI is predictive of morbidity and mortality. IOW, don't just look at yourself in the mirror, but thanks for letting us know how ripped you are.

[Just b/c you could be on the cover of a muscle mag doesn't mean you're not sick. (remember arnold's heart valve, that equals morbidity)(or how about the wrestler billy graham who axed his liver with roids)] BTW here a photo of me since you were kind enough to share hehehehe.

 

[Adul]

<--- 14% bodyfat.

though most of it is around gut :|

circlek

ROTF!

 

[ratkil]

according to Windogg I am a obese slob, I prefer the term overweight myself

 

[StageLeft]

Where is the poll.

 

[Azraele]

slim

 

[Mister T]

Jumblies,
You are referring to athletes that abuse steriods.
By the way, I have never used any illegal substances to enhance my physique or performance.

A person that lifts and exercises regulary with have more strength and energy than an inhently &quot;skinny&quot; person with a low BMI. I would also argue that the he/she would have longer and enjoyable lifespan.

BTW, a correlation does not implie significance. Any college level Statistics class would teach you that.

Also, that pic of you is unhealthy. Body Fat %'s below 5% put you in great risk of injury. People with abnormally low bodyfat %'s are more susceptible to bruising their internal organs.

FYI, my sport is not bodybuilding, but olympic lifting...
So I don't give a rat's ass about getting a low bodyfat %

 

[thebestMAX]

Yes

 

[piku]

A little overweight (something I am working on) but I'm still athletic, so its a plus in a way when it comes to things like football

 

[impulse]

im on the run eating so i got chubby

 

[Deeko]

I'm on the slim side, 6% bodyfat according to a tool we have at school :Q it'd be higher if it weren't for all these layers of muscle....

 

[divinemartyr]

I'm fat.

dm

 

[Isla]

MisterT

That example of you being obese was not good enough.

May we have another?

 

[TomCsTulip]

My husband says that I am squishy and likes that he always has something to hold onto!!!

There are too many yummy foods out there to be thin!! You only live once!

Ok my husband informed me that I am FIRM only a certain section of me...mainly between by neck and belly are squishy.....

I don't want people to think I am fat....just firm....

 

[corpboy]

I have to jump around in the shower just to get wet.

 

[palad]

6'5&quot; male at 155 lbs... you decide.

About 10 years ago (in high school) we checked our body fat percentage in health class... mine didn't even register.

 

[Pyxis]

&quot;normal&quot;

 

[Mday]

i consider myself obese.

i have a big gut from eating (i don't drink) and i have b00bs (could be hormonal)...

yeah i'm a guy...

i don't have the frame to be wide. but the gut gives me a 34&quot; waste, 35&quot; if bloated... ;-)

 

[eakers]

just cuz a girl is thin doesnt mean shes anorexic.

*kat. <-- thats my pet peeve.