I wish they would quit using BMI to determine obesity. It completely ignores muscle mass. My BMI of 30 gets me classified as obese. Not “overweight” but obese. My workout today was 150 burpees, which I knocked out in 21 minutes. Not bad for an obese guy :)
800m run then 4 sets of 10 deadlifts, 10 push-ups, followed by a 400m run. I was the slowest in the Box at 16 minutes but then I only started 4 weeks ago.
I know obese. I was from the age of 4 through my 49th birthday (Jan 2013). Even when I was in the military I was overweight and had to bust my butt to get down low enough to pass the bi-annual weigh-in. This last January I decided it was long enough and started on Ideal Protein. After 6 months of 950 calories a day I had lost 58 pounds and am currently at the lowest weight I have been since 3rd grade. Was it genetics? Doubtful. I think it’s more likely the High Fructose Corn Syrup, GMO corn, and wheat that I’ve eaten daily since I was 4. It doesn’t matter because now I’ve figured out how to beat it and plan to continue to do so.
I’ve always hated exercise because of my weight and lack of “rush” that others get from it. I started CrossFit a month ago and am actually enjoying it so hopefully will stick with it. I have to scale the workouts down a bit due to the MS but otherwise am rocking.