My BMI is ~18.1, since we ventured to that topic. I'm approximately 25-30 pounds underweight according to some chart or something somewhere, but the site I just grabbed my BMI from says adding another 5 pounds would put me into the normal range 
Who's the fattest person you know?
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I knew a few linemen at OSU who were above 320, but they weren't even really FAT...just huge. There was a secretary at a school where I worked who was over 300 in pure fat though. Our office was on the 2nd floor, and if the elevator was out, she had to call in sick. Too fat for stairs.
Disgustipated
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my BMI is 24.9 which according to this site http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ , is right at the top of the normal category. But I have a small frame, so I do consider myself overweight.
It's a fact of life.
This can be quite a problem. If you're on a crowded bus or train (or heaven forbid, plane), then you don't want to have to sit next to something who takes up half your seat. Even worse is when they actually do take up both seats. It's understandable that they'd want to sit down, given it must be quite a difficult job to remain standing, but I reckon there's something wrong with one person preventing two from having a seat.
classical_hero
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My mother was quite short but unfortunately she was rather round, so she was quite fat for a woman of her size, but I do know some people at work who are quite large to put it. I know myself at one stage I weighed about 120 kg, but now I am closer to 90 no, but that is still too much. The worst part is that I have man boobs, I would prefer it would be all around my waist, like my dad and my brother, but it does not always work that way. Here's the irony in my family that I am the tallest person out of the three and yet I am the lightest one of the lots. 
Heretic_Cata
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Does CFC count ? Many people here are the most morbidly obese people i have seen.
Leifmk
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I've known a few really huge gamers, I think the biggest one was this one dude who was basically a friend of a friend and I certainly never knew him well enough to ask about his weight, but 180 kg or more wouldn't surprise me (dude was both very tall and immensely obese).
As for BMI... heh, screw BMI, I never intend to be less than "obese" by that standard. (I'm an amateur powerlifter in my spare time, and trying to stay in the second-highest weight class in the IPF system.)
As for BMI... heh, screw BMI, I never intend to be less than "obese" by that standard. (I'm an amateur powerlifter in my spare time, and trying to stay in the second-highest weight class in the IPF system.)
How many of us have you seen?
I'm going to pass over the question in the OP (which is just leading to a lot of cruel, unseemly talk about peoples' friends and relations, none of it important) but the question of weight, health, and fitness has become pretty timely for my group of friends. We are generally pretty active in our recreational activities (camping, hiking, boating, biking, outdoor concerts and festivals, etc), and it's becoming problematic for everyone to participate because our various weight and fitness levels are diverging further as we get older (we're all in our late 20s / 30s).
I don't know how to handle this. I want everyone to be invited / included on these outing or road trips, but I'm already seeing a situation wherein some of my friends just want to leave out other friends because they get (understandably) frustrated at being held up, and the other friends are getting (understandably) frustrated at that impatience. I'm not the type to just keep it hush-hush and make secret plans without certain friends - I hate that kind of thing. (I don't want tp accidentally mention that the reason I won't be at your BBQ on Saturday is because I'm going camping with X people, but yeah, you weren't invited, sorry.)
I'm at a loss, I don't even know how to start to address this. Any suggestions? Have any of you dealt with a similar situation?
I don't know how to handle this. I want everyone to be invited / included on these outing or road trips, but I'm already seeing a situation wherein some of my friends just want to leave out other friends because they get (understandably) frustrated at being held up, and the other friends are getting (understandably) frustrated at that impatience. I'm not the type to just keep it hush-hush and make secret plans without certain friends - I hate that kind of thing. (I don't want tp accidentally mention that the reason I won't be at your BBQ on Saturday is because I'm going camping with X people, but yeah, you weren't invited, sorry.)
I'm at a loss, I don't even know how to start to address this. Any suggestions? Have any of you dealt with a similar situation?
Mango Elephant
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BvBPL
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Develop contingencies. If the girls dont like fishing, send them to the mall while the boys play with their rods, just pick fishing holes relatively near the malls (or whatever). In addition, if youre all going on a trip, not everyone needs to participate in the same activity at the same time. Maybe Fred and Ethel dont want to go cannoning, so leave them at base camp to cuddle. Youre adults, you can all catch up later.
Be sure to book regular activities that everyone likes as well. That way even if folks dont like to go camping, or whatever, they still have the chance to hang w/ the rest of you from time to time. This will also allow you to arrange activities that not everyone enjoys w/o letting people feel left out. If youre big activity each year is to go hiking and not everyone is down for that, then youre letting people down, but if you all get together on a regular basis for something everyone likes, folks are likely to be more forgiving of being left out of the occasional activity.
Also, folks just need to compromise. At some point being frustrated by the laggards is just antisocial. They need to either suck it up or smoke some grass to chill out. And those laggards need to get their asses in gear already; they are slowing everyone down!
Kawzmo191
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First post in OT, so here goes nothing:
I was 213 pounds in June 2005, and I had just moved out of the neighborhood I had spent most of my life in, and I was going to start high school just a couple miles down the road. I was 14.
I was fat for hell, most of my adolescence, really picking it up around 9 (I weighed 108 at a checkup, extremely embarrassing) but I somehow dealt with it.
And then it turns out this new school has no bus service, so I would have to walk to and from school 3 miles everyday, and by the end of the school year that next May I was down to around 160.
And here I am now, 20 years old, and I'm 5'9, 135 lbs. I'm a boney little leprechaun of a dude, but lately I've been doing some basic exercises without any machines, being more proactive and helping friends move stuff, and I've built just a hint of muscle.
Feels good to be able to wear small shirts and 30-waist jeans. Unfortunately I'm built like a vertically standing rectangle, so it was nightmarish to find pants for me that were size 38 waist, 28 length
My brother has to be the biggest person I see on a regular basis. He's 6'4 but he's well over 400 lbs. and the longest walk he makes is from his bedroom to the fridge. I can't even depend on him to help me carry in his groceries, because a couple minutes of standing up makes his back start twinging and spasm-ing. I love my brother, but combine all this with his food addiction which cleans out the cabinets, his not wanting to get a job, his lack of hygiene and his anger issues, it's just all a bit to bear
I was 213 pounds in June 2005, and I had just moved out of the neighborhood I had spent most of my life in, and I was going to start high school just a couple miles down the road. I was 14.
I was fat for hell, most of my adolescence, really picking it up around 9 (I weighed 108 at a checkup, extremely embarrassing) but I somehow dealt with it.
And then it turns out this new school has no bus service, so I would have to walk to and from school 3 miles everyday, and by the end of the school year that next May I was down to around 160.
And here I am now, 20 years old, and I'm 5'9, 135 lbs. I'm a boney little leprechaun of a dude, but lately I've been doing some basic exercises without any machines, being more proactive and helping friends move stuff, and I've built just a hint of muscle.
Feels good to be able to wear small shirts and 30-waist jeans. Unfortunately I'm built like a vertically standing rectangle, so it was nightmarish to find pants for me that were size 38 waist, 28 length
My brother has to be the biggest person I see on a regular basis. He's 6'4 but he's well over 400 lbs. and the longest walk he makes is from his bedroom to the fridge. I can't even depend on him to help me carry in his groceries, because a couple minutes of standing up makes his back start twinging and spasm-ing. I love my brother, but combine all this with his food addiction which cleans out the cabinets, his not wanting to get a job, his lack of hygiene and his anger issues, it's just all a bit to bear
Disgustipated
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Interesting problem you have here, I'll bump for maybe further input.
Are you mainly talking about hiking? (I can't see camping requiring any amount of physical fitness). A problem I run into when I'm with people who can't do serious hikes. Sometimes if I go someplace with my mother and other relatives (aunts uncles) it sucks because we can only do short hikes of like 100 yards. But sometimes I may say for them to do whatever, and come pick me up later. And I'll go by myself to do some serious hike. It's what I did when I climbed Wheeler Peak in Great Basin national park. It's not a real tough hike, but it's got a good elevation gain, and it's easy to get out of breath easy near the top. I just tell other people to do whatever, and wait for me to come back. If I don't come back, call the authorities.
Interesting problem you have here, I'll bump for maybe further input.
Are you mainly talking about hiking? (I can't see camping requiring any amount of physical fitness). A problem I run into when I'm with people who can't do serious hikes. Sometimes if I go someplace with my mother and other relatives (aunts uncles) it sucks because we can only do short hikes of like 100 yards. But sometimes I may say for them to do whatever, and come pick me up later. And I'll go by myself to do some serious hike. It's what I did when I climbed Wheeler Peak in Great Basin national park. It's not a real tough hike, but it's got a good elevation gain, and it's easy to get out of breath easy near the top. I just tell other people to do whatever, and wait for me to come back. If I don't come back, call the authorities.
Hahaha, so your advice is "leave them behind and come back later."
Right, but these are friends. People I actually want to spend time with, and we're all interested in doing the same things (supposedly) but some of us are just getting less able to do them as frequently.
Develop contingencies. If the girls don’t like fishing, send them to the mall while the boys play with their rods, just pick fishing holes relatively near the malls (or whatever). In addition, if you’re all going on a trip, not everyone needs to participate in the same activity at the same time. Maybe Fred and Ethel don’t want to go cannoning, so leave them at base camp to cuddle. You’re adults, you can all catch up later.
BvBPL said:
Yeah, exactly. To some degree I feel like hey, if you want to come on this trip and do this thing, you know what you're in for - don't get there and then start complaining about it. This isn't supposed to be work, if you're going to treat it like that, save yourself the time and money (and the others the headaches) and stay home, we'll just do a BBQ or bonfire when we get back. This stuff's supposed to be fun, dammit! Start having fun or STFU!
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That's a problem beyond obesity.
My girlfriend ranges from 330-350, and we lived on the second floor, no elevator. She had little trouble going up and down the flight of stairs, two or three times in a row.
carmen510
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Two of my teachers and a friend's mom (who also was a chain smoker at one point).
warpus
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Santa Claus and BMI isn't really a very good indicator of whether you are overweight or not.
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