Posted on 09/14/2015 6:59:29 AM PDT by C19fan
Honestly, the BMI scale is the reason why we have such unrealistic body images in modern society. As you pointed out, someone who’s very tall is going to carry more weight overall.
Like your husband, when I was under 230, I looked downright starved. I did not look healthy at all, and even my now-wife used to tell me that I looked like a “holocaust survivor” (apologies if that’s insulting to anyone, I was only using it as an illustration).
Now, clearly if your BMI is 40, 50+, you’ve got a weight problem. Even athletes at peak performance are going to clock in as overweight but rarely breach 30 on the linear scale. Powerlifters, however, often have very high numbers, but remember that the more muscle packed on your frame, the more fat is often necessary to support that muscle. We always know when someone in the gym is juicing, because they drop a lot of fat very quick and become very veiny. Powerlifters are very thick, very heavy, and look more like barrels than funnels.
Having done a lean-out to see how I looked, I’m actually disgusted by the results. You have to practically starve yourself and deprive yourself of liquids to get that taut skin look and it’s all for show. There’s no practical purpose to looking that way.
As far as the flight attendants, I would say they should sue to force the airlines to prove their weights are costing the company money, but I think we all know that’s a pipe dream.
Yes, it is. If the concern was simply weight and its effect on the flight, they would have a cutoff in pounds/kilos as the criterion. Using a height/weight ratio says it's about the figure.
It would be nice if airlines were able to have just a 5-year contract. You get hired, and you know that after five years, you need to find work elsewhere.
You sure it wasn't the woman thought you were gay because you drove a Miata?
:-P
Just hide `em in the Bombay
I like Air india coz it flies to Bang Galore
Like back in the day. . .
Understood and you have a keeper, for sure.
Another consideration (for me, at least) is that I have to stay up on my pegs and keep going; doing my own housework, cooking, and all the stuff that goes with upkeeping a home halfway decent. Same for husband - including yard work & still working at selling on ebay with all that involves (& it’s more than some might think!)
I have to eat regular meals in order to keep going! - I might ought to fast for spiritual reasons; but as a rule, I get weak when I skip meals. (I have a low blood sugar situation & that hits when you least expect it.)
I was skinny enough when I was young (118 lbs.). That was when I was in my 20’s & 30’s; but I could eat like a pig back then and not gain weight. (Ha! That describes just about everybody!)
I was in the high school “beauty” pageants & stuff like that. . which seemed to mostly end up getting you despised by the bigshot girls in the class (see, THAT was THEIR territory and it was best not to trespass, especially if you weren’t in THEIR crowd). The most liberating thing I’ve done fairly recently is to quit going to those *class reunions*. I quit after the FORTIETH year reunion. Ha! Took me long enough.
That’s exactly right. The BMI is a simple metric for tracking health trends in populations over time. It’s a statisical tool that was never designed to have meaning when applied to individuals.
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