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Fat, the new normal
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cjpnh
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Wrap your thumb and forefinger around your wrist, if the tip of your finger and thumb overlap you are small framed. If they just touch, you are medium framed. If they don't touch you are large framed.
We have come so accustomed to overweight being the new norm that most people won't accept that these are their healthy weights. They want so bad for it not to be accurate.
We have come so accustomed to overweight being the new norm that most people won't accept that these are their healthy weights. They want so bad for it not to be accurate.
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I agree that we as a society have become inured to higher weights than previous decades, even unhealthily so.
But why should I accept some unattributed chart as dictating "healthy weights"?28 -
I don't know much about female weights, but 128-147 for a 5'8" woman doesn't seem "fat" to me. (picked that point because it's somewhat "average" height and frame2
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5'7". Why is there a 32 pound difference based on whether or not your fingers touch around a bone. What if my fingers are short... does that mean that I can safely be 30 pounds heavier and still be "normal"?
Seems kitten ridiculous. Bunch of woo.30 -
I weigh 183 (overweight for sure), am 5'6" and my thumb and forefinger overlap when around my wrist.
Sooooo your analogy about frame size is just wrong. I have long fingers
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Weren't these charts taken from way back, pre WW11 charts when people were smaller and underweight! BMI may be problematic for the very fit, tall or short but not as bad as those ridiculous charts.5
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I'm 5'6 and 165. I'm not small framed but yet my finger overlaps - and I'll never weigh 123.5
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I'm 100 pounds overweight. 45 pounds ago I could barely touch my fingers together using my library fingers. Now I can easily touch my fingers together using my index finger. When I was 12 and weighed 130 pounds I could wrap my fingers around with a knuckle overlap.
Was I large framed 45 pounds ago and average now?
Was I small when I was 12 and still small now?
Will I be large when I hit goal because I'm an apple and I've lost all the fat in my wrist?
Am I going to disappear when I hit goal because I'm obviously a freak of nature who's frame keeps changing? Who knows?
(I know this test is only accurate for people at a more normal weight. I just feel very sarcastic today)17 -
So according to that chart I'd be overweight at 5'8 132?!? That's ridiculous. The cut off is 131 bmi 19.9. How is bmi 20 overweight in any way except to those with body dysmorphia?9
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More random charts that say different things. It only takes 5 seconds to plug your stats into a bmi calculator6
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janejellyroll wrote: »
Charts that are all different from each other9 -
Your point?4
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BMI is a reasonable guideline to look at, but there have to be other considerations. I'm by no means a body builder, but I'm fit and athletic..I'm overweight per BMI by about 8 Lbs...I'm not fat. BMI should be used in conjunction with BF%.5
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cwolfman13 wrote: »BMI is a reasonable guideline to look at, but there have to be other considerations. I'm by no means a body builder, but I'm fit and athletic..I'm overweight per BMI by about 8 Lbs...I'm not fat. BMI should be used in conjunction with BF%.
Except thise charts aren't even accurate for bmi. The first chart is so off it's funny. It says because i can overlap my thumb and finger that at 5'8 131 (bmi 19.9) is the max weight I should be. I'm in the 18s atm but 20 isn't fat5 -
singingflutelady wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »BMI is a reasonable guideline to look at, but there have to be other considerations. I'm by no means a body builder, but I'm fit and athletic..I'm overweight per BMI by about 8 Lbs...I'm not fat. BMI should be used in conjunction with BF%.
Except thise charts aren't even accurate for bmi. The first chart is so off it's funny. It says be ause i can overlap my thumb and finger that at 5'8 131 (bmi 19.9) is the max weight I should be. I'm in the 18s atm but 20 isn't fat
Yeah, it gives my max weight as 116. 116 is a perfectly acceptable weight for someone my height, but that doesn't mean that if someone is 120 at my height they're overweight.2
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