BMI link for the interested.

Post #22,896 by static 1/2/02 6:50:02 PM Reply	BMI link for the interested. That's "Body Mass Index". [link\|http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm\|BMI Calculator in JavaScript] [link\|http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bminojs.htm\|BMI Calculator in CGI] [link\|http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm\|BMI Calculator with tables] Whilst I have a little bit of a spare tire, my BMI is about 24 for my height of 5'9". Karsten may remember what shape I am... Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #22,901 by Meerkat 1/2/02 7:05:01 PM Reply	An expletive registering shock and/or surprise! I checked that site, and an Australian one I checked, just in case it was different. If my weight/height guesses are right, then I'm bordering on technically being obese. Fsck that! As Eric Cartman says - 'I'm not fat, I'm festively plump' :) Well I'll factor in a, how you say, solid build - which means I put me in the 'overweight' rather than 'obese' category. There, I feel better already :-) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #22,902 by pwhysall 1/2/02 7:07:23 PM Reply	Re: BMI link for the interested. 27.9. It's celery and cottage cheese from here on in, chaps. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #22,905 by Meerkat 1/2/02 7:14:20 PM Reply	Ways to lose weight It's as good a time as any to discuss ways of doing it. Cottage Cheese and celery wouldn't work for me. For starters, I don't like celery :) Discounting for the moment the fact that I've since found about 10 kilos, from early 2000 to early 20001 I lost 15kgs (33 lbs). Didn't change what I ate hardly at all, all the weight loss was thanks to an hour's walk each day. Well it started off over an hour, and I got it down to about 45 minutes. Of course, YMMV, but that's what worked for me. If can change your diet significantly, and stick to it, bonus points for you! I couldn't do it - a life of carrot sticks and rice crackers would have been far too depressing. John. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #22,910 by pwhysall 1/2/02 7:32:30 PM Reply	Re: Ways to lose weight Discounting for the moment the fact that I've since found about 10 kilos, from early 2000 to early 20001 I lost 15kgs (33 lbs). Blimey. 18000 years to lose 15kg. That's only 0.00228154232261008 grams a day, should be no problem for me :) Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #22,911 by Meerkat 1/2/02 7:39:43 PM Reply	And the only reason I lost that weight... ...was because my time machine is pedal-powered :) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #23,138 by tuberculosis 1/4/02 1:17:24 PM Reply	ZZ Top Diet One of the ZZ Toppers was interviewed on this once and his tip was "Order whatever you normally do, then eat half". This is actually pretty easy to do. Simple thing #2: Don't eat within 3-4 hours of bedtime. Sleeping on a full stomach is 1) restless and 2) gives your body a chance to store everything Simple thing #3: Cut back on drinking. Simple thing #4: Stash your car and take public transit. You'll walk a lot more.
Post #23,139 by boxley 1/4/02 1:33:51 PM Reply	cut back WHAT!! My Dreams aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be
Post #23,164 by tuberculosis 1/4/02 5:27:00 PM Reply	Sorry I meant to say "switch from beer to hard liquor" to reduce carbs.
Post #23,294 by Meerkat 1/6/02 6:19:52 AM Reply	"Phew!" said Meerkat, reaching for the vodka... On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #22,913 by cforde 1/2/02 7:56:59 PM Reply	bogus fat indicator It makes no distinction between types of mass: ie. fat vs. muscle vs. bones vs. organs etc. I could gain muscle mass without losing fat and my BMI would still go up. This index is meaningless. A good fat indicator is [link\|http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm\|percentage body fat]. Work on reducing your percentage body fat to a realistic level and don't worry about how "massive" you are. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #22,915 by static 1/2/02 8:05:33 PM Reply	This is true. But I got the impression it was intended for people whose excess weight is probably mostly fat. They just didn't outright say it... Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #22,948 by Yendor 1/3/02 9:46:40 AM Reply	What shape? Round is a shape... -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #22,949 by Yendor 1/3/02 9:50:39 AM Reply	Oh fark 5'10" 217 pounds BMI: 31.1. Woo-fucking-woo. Target: 170 pounds. Target height: 6'2". Now to just get THAT part to work.... -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #23,026 by static 1/3/02 5:00:14 PM Reply	Perhaps you need some of whatever the Ents drink? :-) "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #23,045 by Yendor 1/3/02 6:30:50 PM Reply	The whosiwhat's? -YendorMike "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by the skeptics or the cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
Post #23,137 by inthane-chan 1/4/02 1:15:04 PM Reply	The Entwash. Had some interesting effects on hobbits... "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #23,198 by static 1/4/02 11:46:16 PM Reply	That's the name of the river, wasn't it? I didn't think that was what Treebeard gave Merry and Pippin. Now you've made me go upstairs and find my books... and I can't find the passage I want, either. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #23,201 by wharris2 1/4/02 11:50:03 PM Reply	You're correct Whatever Treebeard gave Pippin and Merry was out of his cave, not out of the river. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #23,190 by n3jja 1/4/02 10:56:13 PM Reply	24.3, you bunch of fat asses. ppphhtttttbbbb!
Post #23,191 by bepatient 1/4/02 11:00:16 PM Reply	Yeah...and you don't have a spare, do you? Skinny bastard... b You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #23,192 by n3jja 1/4/02 11:06:55 PM Reply	Lost 10 lbs without even trying. Pissed the GF off, too. :-)
Post #23,234 by nking 1/5/02 12:46:32 PM Reply	I lost 6 pounds just by being sick. I think the virus burned it off with the fever. The New Year's Flu, or whatever I caught. My wife got it too and lost about 9 pounds. "In order to completely solve a problem, you must make sure that the root of the problem is completely removed! If you leave the root, the problem will come back later to get you." - Norman King
Post #23,249 by wharris2 1/5/02 2:24:18 PM Reply	Re: I lost 6 pounds Rather not do the "illness weight loss" treatment. You gain it back, anyway, usually. Oh hell, this belly is getting bad. I'm something like 210 and should be more like 160. The Fat-o-meter put me at a sliver close (29.6) to being obese, which I couldn't argue too much with if had put me in that category. My legs are probably pretty fatty, but the bulk seems to be in my abdomen. Why does fat accumulate there rather than all over the place? "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #23,251 by nking 1/5/02 2:38:51 PM Reply	Fat distrobution it depends on your DNA I think. Some people get it all over their body. My legs, butt, and stomach all get fat, but my arms, hands, and feet don't. My legs, for some reason, have both fat and muscle. Strong leg muscles, when I got on Gym machines I could lift more than 600 pounds with my legs. I can kick the heck out of someone and leave them bloody if I wanted to. "In order to completely solve a problem, you must make sure that the root of the problem is completely removed! If you leave the root, the problem will come back later to get you." - Norman King
Post #23,297 by Another Scott 1/6/02 10:03:58 AM Reply	Losing and gaining weight - some numbers. Rather not do the "illness weight loss" treatment. You gain it back, anyway, usually. Indeed, rapid weight loss usually isn't permanent. It's usually water which you'll need to gain back to keep from being dehydrated. All the decent weight loss sites I recall say that it's best to try to lose at most 2 pounds a week. E.g. [link\|http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=7012\|this] story from the St. Petersburg Times. 1 pound of fat is about 3500 Calories. 2 pounds is about 7000 Calories. If you can keep your metabolism the same (a big if), then you need to eat about 1000 Calories less a day to lose 2 pounds a week. That's a big task, and that's one reason why most people can't do it for a long period of time. And, as we all know, it's better to exercise too rather than trying to lose weight only through diet. It takes a lot of work to burn off 1000 Calories (e.g. when I NordicTrak, 10 Calories a minute is a pretty active pace). Cheers, Scott.

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