FabSwingers.com forum: The machine at the doctors said I might be obese

By *ickleTheWonderSchlong OP Man
6 weeks ago

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Are you according to BMI?

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By *nya NeesWoman
6 weeks ago

Brum

Mine tells me I am too short

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By *ickleTheWonderSchlong OP Man
6 weeks ago

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I am getting maccies for dinner tonight that was hard work

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By *ickleTheWonderSchlong OP Man
6 weeks ago

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"Mine tells me I am too short"

I’ve got some inches for you

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By *nya NeesWoman
6 weeks ago

Brum

"Mine tells me I am too short

I’ve got some inches for you"

Always a pleasure to have those inches

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

According to the machine at the doctor's, I'm overweight. 🤷‍♀️

We better lay off the pies, Pickle. (At least, according to received wisdom, which is bollocks).

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By *emorefridaCouple
6 weeks ago

La la land

Yes I am

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Mine tells me I am too short"

Wear platforms. Or fit shorter cupboards.

Do live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

😁

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By *icecouple561Couple
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6 weeks ago

East Sussex

I don't know what my BMI is. I think I'll keep it that way

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

*Do you...

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By *issBellaWoman
6 weeks ago

Wales

Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

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By *nya NeesWoman
6 weeks ago

Brum

"Mine tells me I am too short

Wear platforms. Or fit shorter cupboards.

Do live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

😁"

I actually do have some platforms, will have a look for new cupboards in the Black Friday sales

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By *agondaMan
6 weeks ago

Witterings

My BMI is 25.1! So I’m 0.1 overweight

I’m already 6’3 so extra inches is not a solution, more exercise it is then.. any takes to join in my exercising?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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6 weeks ago

East Sussex

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

. Years ago Mr N has a stomach problem, he was super fit and as slim as a fish. A consultant told him to lose weight

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By *ouple2playCouple
6 weeks ago

Solihull

"Mine tells me I am too short"

lol

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
6 weeks ago

Leeds

Yep, according to my bmi I am.

Mrs

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By *issBellaWoman
6 weeks ago

Wales

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

. Years ago Mr N has a stomach problem, he was super fit and as slim as a fish. A consultant told him to lose weight

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🤦‍♀️😂 its their go to advice

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By *orthernTruckerMan
6 weeks ago

Trucker - Live in Newcastle

Went to the Dr's a few years ago, gave me a BMI of 32... I had no body fat, really fit and was quite muscular build. Dr still said my health issue was to do with being over weight.

All I done was go in for a follow up to do with a dislocated knee, from falling down a ditch, yet they blamed me being overweight.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Mine tells me I am too short

Wear platforms. Or fit shorter cupboards.

Do live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

😁

I actually do have some platforms, will have a look for new cupboards in the Black Friday sales"

Excellent.

But are you a hobbit? 😁

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By *nya NeesWoman
6 weeks ago

Brum

"Mine tells me I am too short

Wear platforms. Or fit shorter cupboards.

Do live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

😁

I actually do have some platforms, will have a look for new cupboards in the Black Friday sales

Excellent.

But are you a hobbit? 😁"

Affirmative

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By *r TriomanMan
6 weeks ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

I'm a beast in bed

I was told that my BMI was close to being overweight when I last had this check done at my clinic; I'd just cycled 10 miles to get there and I have a 32" waist.

As the Sex Pistols said (well sort of):

"There is no reason why (B.M.I)

I tell you it was all a frame (B.M.I)..."

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Mine tells me I am too short

Wear platforms. Or fit shorter cupboards.

Do live in a hole in the ground? Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat.

😁

I actually do have some platforms, will have a look for new cupboards in the Black Friday sales

Excellent.

But are you a hobbit? 😁

Affirmative "

I knew it! This is why we never see your feet!

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Central

Don't look until the new year

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year."

I'm bang in the middle of the obese part of the bmi chart.

I need to lose 20kgs to reach overweight.

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By *emorefridaCouple
6 weeks ago

La la land

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year."

Good luck, that's my target too.

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By *atelotmanMan
6 weeks ago

Chatham

What`s a GP, I can never get to see mine.

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

Good luck, that's my target too. "

I try to not hyper focus on weight loss as it has the opposite effect.

I'm going to do more research after Christmas and devise a fortnightly menu using food I can tolerate. I need a big notebook and a laptop so I can research properly.

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"What`s a GP, I can never get to see mine."

Book a health screening check up.

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By *emorefridaCouple
6 weeks ago

La la land

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

Good luck, that's my target too.

I try to not hyper focus on weight loss as it has the opposite effect.

I'm going to do more research after Christmas and devise a fortnightly menu using food I can tolerate. I need a big notebook and a laptop so I can research properly. "

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

Good luck, that's my target too.

I try to not hyper focus on weight loss as it has the opposite effect.

I'm going to do more research after Christmas and devise a fortnightly menu using food I can tolerate. I need a big notebook and a laptop so I can research properly.

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped "

I had two meals I could eat without fear of upsetting my stomach. One had interchangeable meat and limited veg. The other now causes me a little problem, but nothing major.

The dietician wasn't any help at all.

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By *otSoPetiteMortWoman
6 weeks ago

Hertfordshire

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

. Years ago Mr N has a stomach problem, he was super fit and as slim as a fish. A consultant told him to lose weight

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I went to the Doctors to manage vomiting when I was about 17 while recovering from an eating disorder and was learning how to eat again.

I have always been heavy and even when I visibly looked sickly thin, my BMI would put me at overweight.

The Nurse took my height and weight before the appointment and said my BMI was high and I should think about losing weight just as the Doctor walked in.

He had a right go at her in the hallway!

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By *emorefridaCouple
6 weeks ago

La la land

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

Good luck, that's my target too.

I try to not hyper focus on weight loss as it has the opposite effect.

I'm going to do more research after Christmas and devise a fortnightly menu using food I can tolerate. I need a big notebook and a laptop so I can research properly.

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped

I had two meals I could eat without fear of upsetting my stomach. One had interchangeable meat and limited veg. The other now causes me a little problem, but nothing major.

The dietician wasn't any help at all."

Oh gosh I found the same when I had to see one due to my kid allergies as a baby They were absolutely useless had to do so much research of my own.

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"Yes, but not morbidly obese.

I'm aiming for overweight next year.

Good luck, that's my target too.

I try to not hyper focus on weight loss as it has the opposite effect.

I'm going to do more research after Christmas and devise a fortnightly menu using food I can tolerate. I need a big notebook and a laptop so I can research properly.

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped

I had two meals I could eat without fear of upsetting my stomach. One had interchangeable meat and limited veg. The other now causes me a little problem, but nothing major.

The dietician wasn't any help at all.

Oh gosh I found the same when I had to see one due to my kid allergies as a baby They were absolutely useless had to do so much research of my own. "

I just told her what my problem was and she said they have a booklet by King's College that's supposedly the bible of a Low FODMAP diet, but they don't have any at the moment. That was months ago and I still haven't received it.

Most of my research is from them and the Monash society anyway.

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By *opinovMan
6 weeks ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Was it the vending machine?

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By *issBellaWoman
6 weeks ago

Wales

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

To those trying to give me shit about being fat on the back of this. I know I'm fat. Save your breath for someone who cares 😘

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By *arry McKockiner69Man
6 weeks ago

Exeter

Yep but that will be changing

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By *otSoPetiteMortWoman
6 weeks ago

Hertfordshire

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

To those trying to give me shit about being fat on the back of this. I know I'm fat. Save your breath for someone who cares 😘"

Who's giving you shit?

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By *atelotmanMan
6 weeks ago

Chatham

"What`s a GP, I can never get to see mine.

Book a health screening check up. "

They only do that over the phone over here.

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By *issBellaWoman
6 weeks ago

Wales

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

To those trying to give me shit about being fat on the back of this. I know I'm fat. Save your breath for someone who cares 😘

Who's giving you shit?"

A few smart arses that have PM'd me

clearly have nothing better to do

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By *ad NannaWoman
6 weeks ago

East London

"What`s a GP, I can never get to see mine.

Book a health screening check up.

They only do that over the phone over here."

And they don't answer the phone?

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By *rHotNottsMan
6 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

The numbers say I’m overweight & not just marginally, but I don’t care. Health is what’s important, not numbers.

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By *r SxxMan
6 weeks ago

Kent

According to the NHS guide I am exactly on the border line between healthy..... and obese.

I'm simultaneously perfect and overweight apparently haha

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By *EAT..85Woman
6 weeks ago

Nottingham

"Are you according to BMI?"

Only might be? They're polite!

A cacophony of sirens and Bells go off when I stand on the scales

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By *arberellasswimsuitCouple
6 weeks ago

hengoed

The doctor called me obese I thought he said your a beast

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By *pandjMan
6 weeks ago

Sparkford

Currently bulking and the scales say I'm on the border of unhealthy BMI. Three months cutting in the new year and planning on going 84kg-75kg before the bulk begins again.

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By *ickleTheWonderSchlong OP Man
6 weeks ago

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"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

To those trying to give me shit about being fat on the back of this. I know I'm fat. Save your breath for someone who cares 😘

Who's giving you shit?

A few smart arses that have PM'd me

clearly have nothing better to do

I got one. He’s a fan

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By *he AmbassadorMan
6 weeks ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

Wouldn't read 2 much into it OP.most Rugby players would be considered off the charts on that machine. I know when age started taking effect and I was no longer a speed merchant I bulked up and moved into a central role, my annual medical sent alarm bells with OH staff, I went from 77kg stone ( machine says good) to 91kg at 6ft (machine says very bad),if you are active ignore machine.

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By *ubikslongswordMan
6 weeks ago

Rubiksville

Yes I am!

Do I care? A little, but I have lost over a stone in the past 6 months it's nowhere near where I want to be but it's the right direction

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
6 weeks ago

The Continental

I don’t need a machine to tell me I’m a fat cnut. I can look down and not see my penis. There’s my clue that I might be a little bit of a wobbly one.

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By *hat.coupleCouple
6 weeks ago

Dartford

Not anymore! I used to be considered morbidly obese but I've lost nearly 8 stone since.

Mrs x

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By *bi HaiveMan
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6 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped "

That must be a fucking huge bowl. 😮😮😮😮

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By *aomilatteCouple
6 weeks ago

Midlands

"Are you according to BMI?"

Antony Joshua is overweight according to BMI. Who's telling him?

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By *arvey67Man
6 weeks ago

Grimsby

I was due a procedure and the doctor said we will need a BMI and handed the form to a nurse who was wider than she was tall who took it without blinking. My BMI was 22 btw but it is such a blunt tool

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By *arvey67Man
6 weeks ago

Grimsby

"Are you according to BMI?

Antony Joshua is overweight according to BMI. Who's telling him?

Dubois,Usyk,Ruiz?

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By *allipygousMan
6 weeks ago

Leicester

At 5' 4" and 156 lb/71 kg I'm overweight bordering on obese. Those of you that haven't blocked me can see I'm far from obese. However, the disclaimer says to ignore if "You are very athletic or muscly. This may lead to a high BMI reading, even if your total body fat is very low." or "You’re from a Black and Asian background. Your healthy BMI level will be lower, so speak to a GP for more information." So basically ignore unless you're of European descent or have a bit of muscle.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
6 weeks ago

North West

Yes, I'm a fat fuck. I'm obese. BMI is about 32.

I was in hospital for 3wks. They couldn't provide meals that I could eat due to lactose intolerance and swallowing problems. I ate very, very little, mainly cup soup and soya yoghurts. How much weight did I lose while eating hardly anything?

Answer - none. Nothing.

I have give up at this point. I couldn't have eaten any less over those 3wks. Most days, I had soya porridge at breakfast, then a soya yoghurt and a banana for lunch and a cup soup plus a soya yoghurt for tea. I drank water and green tea. I lost no weight on this diet.

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By *ootyfruityCouple
6 weeks ago

andover

A friend of mine was told by his doctor he was obese….he was a bodybuilder and also competed

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By *emidemiWoman
6 weeks ago

basingstoke

Yes, but I’m on mounjaro now

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By *ortyairCouple
6 weeks ago

Wallasey

I never needed a machine, my mirror always told me when I was obese, Mrs x

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By *arry McKockiner69Man
6 weeks ago

Exeter

"I never needed a machine, my mirror always told me when I was gorgeous, Mrs x"

FTFY

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
6 weeks ago

Reading

BmI is a bit rubbish.

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By *emorefridaCouple
6 weeks ago

La la land

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped

That must be a fucking huge bowl. 😮😮😮😮"

It's as big as my tits

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By *bi HaiveMan
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6 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

I have had the same breakfast for the last 5 months, luckily I actually like porridge. But I've done similar I've got a bank of meals I eat on a regular basis. And it really has helped

That must be a fucking huge bowl. 😮😮😮😮

It's as big as my tits

That's a lot of Porridge...🤔🤔😂😂

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By *eakfitMan
6 weeks ago

Mayfield

I am too, may be it was because I had an erection at the time 😂

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By *ortyairCouple
6 weeks ago

Wallasey

"I never needed a machine, my mirror always told me when I was gorgeous, Mrs x

FTFY

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DKWTFTI, Mrs x

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By *ittle Miss TinkerbellWoman
6 weeks ago

your head

Probably. I haven't weighed myself in ages and not planning to any time soon. My BMI has pretty much always shown me as overweight because apparently they want me to weigh around 8 stone to be classed as healthy. Last time I weighed that little, I had an active eating disorder

I don't pay any attention to it.

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By *adbod2godbodMan
6 weeks ago

Manchester

Mines 32.8 so I'm obese. But it doesn't account for bone density or muscle mass .

But if you look at my pics, I'm not obese

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By *runette n JayCouple
6 weeks ago

bilston

Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay

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By *he AmbassadorMan
6 weeks ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

"Yes. Everything is blamed on my weight. Even my migraines

To those trying to give me shit about being fat on the back of this. I know I'm fat. Save your breath for someone who cares 😘"
That's not ffking on,, and those being Gobshites Know that's not ffking on 🤬🤬

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
6 weeks ago

North West

"Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay"

You certainly don't look overweight in the slightest

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By *hunky GentMan
6 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"Are you according to BMI?"

According to my BMI - I'm a fat git.

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By *runette n JayCouple
6 weeks ago

bilston

"Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay

You certainly don't look overweight in the slightest

Muscle weighs more right!

Oh shit not much of that either!

I'm heavy boned! Or my heads a bit fat from having brunette on my arm?

Who knows?!

Jay

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By *hunky GentMan
6 weeks ago

Maldon and Peterborough

"Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay"

Crikey if you're 'overweight' then they may have to invent a new word for me. 😆 🤣

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By *runette n JayCouple
6 weeks ago

bilston

"Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay

Crikey if you're 'overweight' then they may have to invent a new word for me. 😆 🤣 "

Please tell my belly that! It seems to have d*unken my 6 pack and taken a seat!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
6 weeks ago

North West

"Ignore BMI.

I'm 6ft2 at 14 stone, BMI will state I am a little overweight.... however I look like a stick!

Jay

You certainly don't look overweight in the slightest

Muscle weighs more right!

Oh shit not much of that either!

I'm heavy boned! Or my heads a bit fat from having brunette on my arm?

Who knows?!

Jay"

If you scroll through our pics, you'll see Mr KC is VERY slim. But his BMI is just within the "normal" range. Most people think he's super duper over-slim.

I need to lose 20kg to be not overweight

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By *ortySwitchMan
6 weeks ago

london

"Are you according to BMI?"

Fat chance!

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By *ib.Man
6 weeks ago

Hampshire

Last time I checked I was overweight, but I don't really look it.

I've probably lost a bit since then, but still think it's a trash barometer.

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By *igNick1381Man
6 weeks ago

BRIDGEND

I genuinely thought you were setting up for a "I emptied out the vending machine" joke then lol

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By *igNick1381Man
6 weeks ago

BRIDGEND

BMI is piss poor and doesn't take muscle weight into consideration etc

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By *zeroMan
6 weeks ago

Glasgow

I'm 5'11 and 98kg. I'm classed as obese. The ideal for me is between 60 and 82kg.

When I weighed around 70kg I looked like death.

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By *olinOfBathMan
6 weeks ago

Corsham

I don't know, because the machine refuses to say my weight until one of us gets off it...

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By *orny PTMan
6 weeks ago

Peterborough

Does anybody know the origins of the BMI system?

Would you assume it was a nurse, doctor, dietician, surgeon or even a nutritionist. i.e someone trained in the science of human biology. Well it wasn't.

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BMI was devised in the 1830s by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874), a Belgian mathematician, sociologist, statistician and astronomer.

Trefethen explained that during Quetelet’s time there were no calculators, computers or electronic devices – which is probably why he opted for a super-simple system. Trefethen wonders why institutions today on both sides of the Atlantic continue using the same flawed-BMI formula.

“Perhaps nobody wants to rock the boat”, Trefethen added.

Still want to trust the BMI? I don't.

Peak flow rates for breathing

VO2 max

Fat pecentages

Resting heart rates

blood sugar/salt/co2 levels

there is a better method: waist to height

Dr Margaret Ashwell, an independent consultant and former science director of the British Nutrition Foundation, explained at the 19th Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, May 2012, that waist-to-height ratio is a superior predictor than BMI of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Dr. Ashwell said “Keeping your waist circumference to less than half your height can help increase life expectancy for every person in the world.”

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This would allow for muscle mass elsewhere to add weight, without affecting the waist line measurements. Legs and arms are prime examples of this. Stomach fat tends to increase with weight, whereas strong abs would reduce the belly fat and possibly shrink the waist line.

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By *annGentMan
6 weeks ago

With a cracking view

Matthew Pincent was classed a s clinically obese when he was winning medals.

I'm 6ft, and according to the BMI chart, I should be 12 1/2 stone.

I've been that three times !

Growing up, losing weight drastically prior to spinal surgery, and the putting healthy weight back on after the surgery !

Healthiest I've ever been was at 14 1/2 stone, which on the old weight/height charts for those with 'large' build, I was slap bang in the middle of it !

(There was three charts for small, medium and large framed folk)

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