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Pommy's Poll #65: Weight
2010-08-02, 7:52 AM #41
Originally posted by ORJ_JoS:
A BMI poll would be more interesting because weight doesn't tell you much unless you know someone's length.

This thread is hopeless if you're not familiar with measurements such as foot and inch and lbs. (How do you even pronounce that?)

I forum of predominantly Americans and Britons using their own systems of measurement? Well I never!

Also, BMI is also totally useless. Skin folds are more accurate, IMO.
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2010-08-02, 8:00 AM #42
Originally posted by ORJ_JoS:
A BMI poll would be more interesting because weight doesn't tell you much unless you know someone's length.

This thread is hopeless if you're not familiar with measurements such as foot and inch and lbs. (How do you even pronounce that?)


Yep BMI is pretty worthless...6' 137lb is "normal" and 6' 185lb is "overweight"? Ehhh no. :P
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2010-08-02, 8:41 AM #43
Originally posted by ORJ_JoS:
A BMI poll would be more interesting because weight doesn't tell you much unless you know someone's length.

This thread is hopeless if you're not familiar with measurements such as foot and inch and lbs. (How do you even pronounce that?)

So people should use Metric [which most people here wouldn't understand] so you, Kroko, FGR, Cavey and Koobie can understand everything? :P
nope.
2010-08-02, 8:54 AM #44
6'3 and now 208lbs, down from 218 at the beginning of the summer.
2010-08-02, 8:54 AM #45
I'm 114lbs and i'm 5'10. Yes i'm very skinny :(
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2010-08-02, 8:56 AM #46
Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi:
I'm 114lbs and i'm 5'10. Yes i'm very skinny :(


Whoa, I thought I was skinny at 6' 135! Eat a lot and start lifting! :awesome:
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2010-08-02, 8:56 AM #47
Skinny? That seems rather unhealthy. Or perhaps you are missing your legs due to a landmine or industrial shredder accident?

You're smaller than most girls!
2010-08-02, 8:59 AM #48
But he doesn't have breasts and junk. >.>
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2010-08-02, 8:59 AM #49
heh, nope just always have been. My dad and grandmother are the same. It's genetic.
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2010-08-02, 9:00 AM #50
Man TheJkWhoSaysNi always has to come and ruin these threads with his extreme skinniness! :argh:

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2010-08-02, 9:27 AM #51
Originally posted by JLee:
Yep BMI is pretty worthless...6' 137lb is "normal" and 6' 185lb is "overweight"? Ehhh no. :P

Er, no, BMI isn't inaccurate, the common measures of BMI are inaccurate. Height vs weight is inaccurate because it doesn't take into account muscle. The pinch test is okay but still not very accurate.
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2010-08-02, 9:49 AM #52
Originally posted by Emon:
Er, no, BMI isn't inaccurate, the common measures of BMI are inaccurate. Height vs weight is inaccurate because it doesn't take into account muscle. The pinch test is okay but still not very accurate.


According to the CDC:
Quote:
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.


I didn't say it was inaccurate; I said it was worthless.
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2010-08-02, 9:51 AM #53
It's both. For 6'3, I should weigh 180. Anything over 190 is considered overweight.

That's bull****.

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2010-08-02, 10:00 AM #54
Originally posted by dalf:
Skin folds are more accurate, IMO.


Well ISP (in science's opinion) you're wrong. :p
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2010-08-02, 10:02 AM #55
Originally posted by ORJ_JoS:
A BMI poll would be more interesting because weight doesn't tell you much unless you know someone's length.


:carl:
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2010-08-02, 10:26 AM #56
Originally posted by JLee:
According to the CDC:


I didn't say it was inaccurate; I said it was worthless.


Oh, oops. I thought BMI took more into account than that. I guess you want actual body fat percentage, which for some reason I thought was BMI.
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2010-08-02, 11:55 AM #57
Originally posted by llibja:
I'm pretty huge at 6'3'' and ~240 pounds. I'm down about 50 pounds since this time last year though! Progress!


**** yeah! Well done, man. That's impressive.
2010-08-02, 12:27 PM #58
6'1" and 180 lbs. just started going to the gym a month or so ago and i actually put on about 8 lbs.
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2010-08-02, 1:34 PM #59
i'm roughly 6' (its slightly different wherever i get measured) and about 220lbs. down from 235 earlier this year (want to say marchish? i dont weigh myself very often)

i dont look it though. i generally win those guess your weigh things at fairs.
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2010-08-02, 2:53 PM #60
If I actually weighed something in the 'ideal' range, I doubt I would have enough muscle to lift myself out of bed.

But then I've been down and back up like 70lbs three times in the last three years so something is probably wrong with me.
2010-08-02, 6:03 PM #61
That's a nice bell curve you guys have goin on there!
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2010-08-02, 6:56 PM #62
Kinda matches my profile...
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2010-08-02, 11:42 PM #63
Originally posted by Pommy:
That's a nice bell curve you guys have goin on there!


mmm.... sexy
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2010-08-02, 11:59 PM #64
I think this is one area where you don't wanna be ahead of the curve.
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2010-08-03, 1:40 AM #65
This poll should really be redone with smaller increments. A 30 lb range for the most popular category is far too much.
2010-08-03, 2:05 AM #66
Originally posted by Pommy:
That's a nice bell curve you guys have goin on there!


Given the context of the thread I read this as "belly curve". :XD:
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2010-08-03, 2:53 AM #67
I currently weigh 190 pounds (86.18 kilograms). In December of last year I was up to 205 pounds (92.98 kilograms). 2 years ago I was walking around at 145 pounds (65.77 kilograms). To make a long story short, I went from 145-165 purposely when I was working out heavily. I then ran in to some medical issues (a torn quad muscle that happened years ago began to bother me again, a Morton's Neuroma surfaced & I had to undergo 8-10 alcohol injections to kill off nerve & then I developed a hernia which just had cut out yesterday). I'm hoping to get back down to my normal weight & to once again become active after my incision heals in a few weeks/months.
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2010-08-03, 5:34 AM #68
Well, regardless of what the BMI index says is overweight or underweight, at least it provides us with a single number that can be compared more easily.

Originally posted by Baconfish:
So people should use Metric [which most people here wouldn't understand] so you, Kroko, FGR, Cavey and Koobie can understand everything? :P


No no, I thought if we used BMI, it would be easier for everybody to compare.

Originally posted by Koobie:
:carl:


Just so you know, in Dutch, length and height are completely interchangeable when you're talking about a person's measures. Now that I think about it, we mostly use length for persons and height for objects. Apparently this isn't the case in English.
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2010-08-03, 5:48 AM #69
Originally posted by ORJ_JoS:
Well, regardless of what the BMI index says is overweight or underweight, at least it provides us with a single number that can be compared more easily.



No no, I thought if we used BMI, it would be easier for everybody to compare.



Just so you know, in Dutch, length and height are completely interchangeable when you're talking about a person's measures. Now that I think about it, we mostly use length for persons and height for objects. Apparently this isn't the case in English.


Here we use height for persons and length for....objects. :master:
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2010-08-03, 10:12 AM #70
Originally posted by Baconfish:
So people should use Metric [which most people here wouldn't understand] so you, Kroko, FGR, Cavey and Koobie can understand everything? :P


Yeah what with Google's nifty converter tool, posting my measurements in Imperial when the rare thread asks for them is not really a problem.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-08-04, 12:46 PM #71
5'11 / 150.5
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