Body Mass Index

[mark_s]

A quick update, apparently BMI has been adopted by all insurance companies because the reinsurers have adopted it.<br />
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Anyway I am still discussing my case with and they are starting to look at other measures and are considering giving me a separate medical.  No guarantees yet though and they are reserving the right to fall back on the BMI as grounds for rejecting me.

[Guest]

Go in there and challenge any of their execs to a live scrummaging session. That'll see how fit the bastards are <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

[mark_s]

The agent would love this idea, he is South African ad we end up talking rugby for 3/4 of the time when he calls me.

[Guest]

Yeah BMI is a load of crap, the bad thing is some insurance companies use it so 'obese' people like us have to pay higer premiums

[Kirwan]

Bring in the stats for All Blacks and ask them to explain why they are considered obese.

[BartMan]

here a link for some cool things<br />
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[url="http://www.bmi-calculator.net/"]http://www.bmi-calculator.net/[/url]<br />
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I would burn  2137.68 calories if I lay in bed all day doing nothing.<br />
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I am also in the obese range.  31.something. <br />
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Reckon I have a bodyfat percentage of 16.3.  based on my weight and waist measurement.  That mewasurement is not in the obese category, but in the fitness category.

[Guest]

33.77 (Obese class 1) even with my recent weight loss <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> At my absolute peak a couple of years back I was nearly 39 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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If WHEN I get to my goal weight I'll be 29.83, just short of obese, and probably fitter and stronger than every bastard who designed the BMI <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

[BartMan]

36.12 at my heaviest.  whit was 118kg.  now at a sevete 103, but still obese....  :nta

[Guest]

We should rename it the Bullshit Mass Indicator <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

[Kirwan]

[quote]You have a BMI of 27.82.<br />
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BMI is between 25 and 29.9 (Overweight)[/quote]<br />
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Am I fuck. Best shape I've been in ages. I can just pich an inch of fat around my waist.

[dogmeat]

32.99 so the BMI is bs all ends up coz I'm as out of shape as I've ever been. I also appear to have discovered a new body shape.  I'm neither pear or apple - more like 40 gallon drum.