A Weighty Issue

Agricola

Fat girls, fat girls, fat girls. Lets find out how many there really are.
Fat boys - feel free to vote, and all the normal people too

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TeddyTedson

What?

Badgermonkey

Feet, Inches and Stones please, old skool

Swampy

Testicles

themadchef

Pooper

af_thefragile

You calculate how fat you are according to your BMI.

If its over 25, you are fat!

af_thefragile

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Feet, Inches and Stones please, old skool

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/healthy_weight/bmi_calculator.htm

If you bothered to look, you would have found it right next to the kg/meters option...

Lia_lia

:rolleyes:

themadchef

af_thefragile wrote: »

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/healthy_weight/bmi_calculator.htm

If you bothered to look, you would have found it right next to the kg/meters option...

Hands in the air and step away from the hand bag

TeddyTedson

It's after telling me mine is 22.7 but I know this is wrong. It's around 16.

Canis Lupus

Am I still 'fat' if all my weight is muscle?

VinnyTGM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Am I still 'fat' if all my weight is muscle?

Exactly, these online BMI calculators are useless.

J K

Should I take my shoes off ?

TeddyTedson

J K wrote: »

Should I take my shoes off ?

Are those my feet?

Seosaimh77

haha - according to that Brian O'Driscoll has a BMI of 30!! The Fat bustard

It wasn't me!

Seosaimh77 wrote: »

haha - according to that Brian O'Driscoll has a BMI of 30!! The Fat bustard

Anyone who's ever played a sport like rugby will end up that way. Mine's the same, and while I'm certainly not exactly where I want to be, I still look relatively lean. I've a 49" chest too, which can't be taken into account. Build is a determining factor.

strobe

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Am I still 'fat' if all my weight is muscle?

That's what I was thinking. That thing says Mike Tyson is 'Obese' in the below photo. :rolleyes:

Total fukking nonsense.

http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/artist_biographies/images/Mike_Tyson_Biography.jpg

Seosaimh77

Yeah - I have a few rugger friends who take the piss out of BMI all the time. I can see why!!

Larianne

If you want to find out if you are fat you need to measure your waist-hip ratio. That'll give you a good indication. Or if you look down and can't see your toes, that is also a good indication that you are fat. Or you could have big boobs, or you have big man boobs..

TheZohanS

Larianne wrote: »

Or if you look down and can't see your toes, that is also a good indication that you are fat. Or you could have big boobs, or you have big man boobs..

Or you could be blind...

Larianne

TheZohan wrote: »

Or you could be blind...

Yes, I forgot that one!

J K

Another indication would be if people run laps around you for training.

Super-Rush

TheZohan wrote: »

Or you could be blind...

Or you might not have any feet.

Agricola

Sorry for being late with the poll lads, got wedged in a narrow doorway

Chuchoter

18.7, but BMI is a pretty bad scale for a lot of people, it doesn't account for muscle.

Agricola

Ok most people know about the muscle issue when it comes to BMI. Most people on boards wont be muscular athletes (Id wager) and also this isnt supposed to be hugely technical and scientific. Just abit of fun for your lunchtime etc.

scientific1982

I'm big boned. Not a muscular athlete but put on muscle very quickly.

af_thefragile

It is true. These online BMI calculators don't take in muscle mass and bone weight.

Although the online BMI calculator says I've got a BMI of around 23. In reality its more like around 19-20 (maybe a bit higher now that I've gained a few pounds due to the exams).

The BMI calculating tool thing which uses an electric charge to calculate the amount of fat in your body based on your bodies resistance is more accurate is measuring how fat you are!

stovelid

Yo mama so fat, her blood type is ragu.

squeakyduck

woop 21.5....Healthy!

John_Cultane

Isn't bone weight a misnomer? A bit like saying I have a heavy brain.Muscle is not really accounted for with BMI but it also only makes a difference if you are particularly muscular.

Not the most accurate figure in the world but gives a sort of gauge even though based on people who were underfed at the time.

Nevyn

BMI ratings are flawed.

bonerm

BMI is a useless analysis tool. Why, according to BMI Arnold Schwarzenegger is a flabby bastard! :rolleyes:

FatherLen

bmi results dont take muscle into account and muscle is much heavier than fat.

Irish Guitarist

Mine is 23 if I measured my height properly. It would have been lower a few months ago but I didn't go out for as many walks as I usually do during the winter.

I think BMI is a load of nonsense anyway.

enda1

20.5

Handsome Bob

Flawed alright, but sure anyway, 24.1. Sweet. :pac:

Sanjuro

If ever there was a call for a perma-ban on idiots... the original post is a prime example.

pickarooney

af_thefragile wrote: »

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/healthy_weight/bmi_calculator.htm

If you bothered to look, you would have found it right next to the kg/meters option...

Does someone who refuses to use the metric system strike you as someone who would bother to look for a second tab?

Gummy Panda

Sanjuro wrote: »

If ever there was a call for a perma-ban on idiots... the original post is a prime example.

I know. This thread is stupid.

Now for something completely different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFC6XQ48hZM

Loomis

Shaquille O'Neal - 23 stone...but 7'1"

BMI 31.5 Obese

:eek:

Min

Shaquille O'Neal looks fat.

My BMI is 20.4

It wasn't me!

John_Cultane wrote: »

Isn't bone weight a misnomer? A bit like saying I have a heavy brain.Muscle is not really accounted for with BMI but it also only makes a difference if you are particularly muscular.

Not the most accurate figure in the world but gives a sort of gauge even though based on people who were underfed at the time.

For the most part, yes, but for some, not so much. I thought it was complete bollocks until I had a doctor comment on X-rays of mine that my bones were much, much thicker than most people's, and even thicker than other people of my size and build. It also accounts for why I've never broken a major bone, despite ten years of rugby and assorted other things. For the most part though, yes, I think it's bollocks.

smk89

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4AvIDJP38