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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2013, 09:16:14 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 22, 2013, 07:04:04 PM
Now where I'd draw the line is height/weight limits, particularly with the BS charts they use these days.

Those charts are bullshit.  Some people (high bone mass, serious weight trainers) have to look damn near anorexic to meet them.
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #26 on: January 23, 2013, 09:38:37 AM »
i could definitely need to lose some weightage, but I am going to the gym, and take care of myself overall....
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #27 on: January 23, 2013, 01:09:44 PM »
As a smoker, I would understand if my insurance premiums were more than a non-smoker. Heck...if the difference is big, it may give me incentive to quit.
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #28 on: January 23, 2013, 01:55:49 PM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on January 23, 2013, 09:16:14 AM
Those charts are bullshit.  Some people (high bone mass, serious weight trainers) have to look damn near anorexic to meet them.

I did BMI checks on a bunch of family members at Christmas to get our New Year's resolutions going.  My grandmother is a size 0, weighs 120 at 5'3".  She is considered a "healthy" weight for her height and looks borderline anorexic.  She has been ill and has trouble keeping her weight up. 

I ended up with a higher BMI than my mom, but I'm three inches taller and I wear smaller clothes.  I'm much more muscular than she is, but based on the weight charts I'm more unhealthy than she is. I don't deny that I need to lose weight, but I strongly dislike BMI charts.   

Don't get me started on the pediatric weight charts.  I still remember being 16 and a doctor very bluntly telling me how much I had to lose, and telling me that I should be working out every day ( I was doing kick boxing 4 days a week at that point, but she didn't think that was good enough).  Looking back, I was maybe 10-15 pounds overweight based on an adult chart, but I was above the 99th percentile on the pediatric chart, so I was obese according to the doctor. 
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #29 on: January 23, 2013, 02:05:21 PM »
And kickboxing is hard!

I know a girl who climbs mountains, hikes, skis, everything outdoors and strenuous, you name it, she'll do it all weekend long.  (And eats so healthy you really just want to slap her.)  She's still built to have some extra meat on the bones.  It's just who people are. 
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2013, 02:07:20 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 23, 2013, 01:55:49 PM
I did BMI checks on a bunch of family members at Christmas to get our New Year's resolutions going.  My grandmother is a size 0, weighs 120 at 5'3".  She is considered a "healthy" weight for her height and looks borderline anorexic.  She has been ill and has trouble keeping her weight up. 

I ended up with a higher BMI than my mom, but I'm three inches taller and I wear smaller clothes.  I'm much more muscular than she is, but based on the weight charts I'm more unhealthy than she is. I don't deny that I need to lose weight, but I strongly dislike BMI charts.   

Don't get me started on the pediatric weight charts.  I still remember being 16 and a doctor very bluntly telling me how much I had to lose, and telling me that I should be working out every day ( I was doing kick boxing 4 days a week at that point, but she didn't think that was good enough).  Looking back, I was maybe 10-15 pounds overweight based on an adult chart, but I was above the 99th percentile on the pediatric chart, so I was obese according to the doctor. 

I remember when I was at FT Campbell and ran into one of the cooks from the Battalion next door one time after weekend chow. Poor guy was getting kicked out because of the BMI said he was over weight but it was the fact he was lifting weights and had not real fat on him that was the issue. So much for working out and staying in shape to meet the PT standards or exceed them. I don't know if that guy got it worked out or not but they were straight up screwing him. This was back in the 1980's when they started the whole BMI thing to weed out those that couldn't make weight.
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Re: Is your boss, like, hasslin' you to be HEALTHY, mannnnnnn?
« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2013, 02:58:13 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on January 23, 2013, 01:55:49 PM
I did BMI checks on a bunch of family members at Christmas to get our New Year's resolutions going.  My grandmother is a size 0, weighs 120 at 5'3".  She is considered a "healthy" weight for her height and looks borderline anorexic.  She has been ill and has trouble keeping her weight up. 

I ended up with a higher BMI than my mom, but I'm three inches taller and I wear smaller clothes.  I'm much more muscular than she is, but based on the weight charts I'm more unhealthy than she is. I don't deny that I need to lose weight, but I strongly dislike BMI charts.   

Don't get me started on the pediatric weight charts.  I still remember being 16 and a doctor very bluntly telling me how much I had to lose, and telling me that I should be working out every day ( I was doing kick boxing 4 days a week at that point, but she didn't think that was good enough).  Looking back, I was maybe 10-15 pounds overweight based on an adult chart, but I was above the 99th percentile on the pediatric chart, so I was obese according to the doctor. 

The only true way to get an accurate BMI is in a submersion tank.  Even the resistance meters can be wildly inaccurate depending on grip, sweat etc.
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