Re: i need to lose weight FAST
rozymisty said:
BMIs arent all that good.
BMI comes up all the time. It's kinda good... kinda bad.
It was designed to give a basic range for the average person. For your typicaly run-of-the-mill person you meet in the street, it's
decent.
Anyone with some sort of athletic capacity completely throws the system out the window, and it has to be completely reassessed.
I'm 6 foot tall, i would have to be (a Max of) ~82 kg to be considered 'healthy'. I am 6 foot, and 103 kg, therefore, according to the Government/BMI, clinically obese. Even though i am healthier than i have EVER been (and i have been down to 71kg at this height, and everything inbetween.).
Actually, you can pretty much pick any football player at random, and most will be 'overweight', if not 'obese'.
So... Its a good bench mark for the Average Australian. But i consider myself a little above average
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