Are you overweight? or obese?

[ordnance11]

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I will admit to being obese. At 5'8" I weight 225 pounds in February. I just hit 200 pounds this week. The goal is 165-170 pounds. Should be able to do that in another 4 months. Tough though.
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[Bluemage]

Should be 184.  Am 190.
A few weeks of diet would clear that up, if I bothered.
EDIT:  Didn't think it mattered, but I'm 6'0".  Ish.  Might be 6'1", but I rounded down out of autosadism.
(If I *am* 6'1", then I'm technically in my normal range.)

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[ordnance11]

Eh, and what height are you, if I can inquire?
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Yes, it's into the fire we fly
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[HoagieOfDoom]

6'1", 235. Yup, a good 40 lbs overweight, though I'm down from my heaviest weight. I really need to work on my food impulse control and make use of the gym membership I have.

[Kurisu]

I think the BMI thing is a load of crock!

Case in point: I'm 6'6" and I'm about 295.

The Calculator says that my normal weight should be 161-216.

That's physically and surgically impossible.
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[CrimsonKMR]

I believe the technical term for myself is 'fatass"
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
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[robkelk]

I think the BMI thing is a load of crock!

Case in point: I'm 6'6" and I'm about 295.

The Calculator says that my normal weight should be 161-216.

That's physically and surgically impossible.

The BMI uses a square function, not a cube function. It assumes you're two-dimensional.
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[Morganite]

Your BMI can deceive you. Don't trust it.

(That story about the nine year old gymnast was also rather WTF.)

-Morgan. I, however, am definitely overweight.

[ordnance11]

I think the BMI thing is a load of crock!

Case in point: I'm 6'6" and I'm about 295.

The Calculator says that my normal weight should be 161-216.

That's physically and surgically impossible.

The BMI uses a square function, not a cube function. It assumes you're two-dimensional.

 The BMI is not accurate if you're an athlete. For that you'd need to be weighed underwater or calipers.
@ rob: Well, some of these fashion models would qualify as 2-D.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[dark seraph]

acording to it, i'm normal.

was sure i would rate a "skinny b****" or something

[Sweno]

Ya, it rated me as normal and I'm 150 & 6'1.

I fail to see how I'm anything but "bean pole".
-Terry
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[Kurisu]

This is what I get for growing up in the Northern Wastelands of New Jersey.

My friends tell me I'm built like a line-backer
BTW, My weight after Boot Camp was 275
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[s3yang]

Probably best to go with measuring body fat percentage more than anything else really. BMI doesn't seem to take body structure into account much.