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I’m not obese but I’m a big guy at 6’3” ~290lbs. I daily drive a Land Cruiser and I don’t think I’ll ever drive anything much different. I also have a full size

I’m not obese but I’m a big guy at 6’3” ~290lbs. I daily drive a Land Cruiser and I don’t think I’ll ever drive anything much different. I also have a full size 2500 pick up and even that is a little small for me. Driving my wife’s cars has become a burden. Even the Land Cruiser is a bit tricky to get in and out of without hitting my head on the door. Edit: I’m not fat guys. I power lift 3 to 5 times per week and wear a size 36 in blue jeans. I’m no Tom Haviland (I can only dream) but I’m not some porky bastard either. Abs are still slightly visible although I don’t lift for aesthetics. I’m simply trying to hit 1750lbs combined on the big 3 before I turn 45.

sniggers 2y ago
You are medically obese, with a BMI of 36.2: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi...
- hollywood_court 2y ago
  Perhaps according to that. But my body fat percentage is only 26 according to the latest DEXA scan I took in February.
  - sniggers 2y ago
    Fair enough, BMI can be misleading for powerlifters!
kccqzy 2y ago
You are obese, but you don't want to admit it. Or more likely perhaps you are used to seeing so many other people being far more visibly obese than you that you honestly don't see yourself as obese. Regardless, it's a big problem in America.
- hollywood_court 2y ago
  Or perhaps I lift weights?
  - kccqzy 2y ago
    Then congrats you are among the tiny minority for whom BMI is not an accurate measure of obesity. You are simply unlike 99% of the people for whom BMI obesity means they are actually obese. That however doesn't detract from the argument in this thread that Americans are being more obese and that affects their vehicle choice.
    - hollywood_court 2y ago
      BMI is actually rather inaccurate when measuring obesity in athletic individuals such as myself. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445161/#:~:text=Because%20BMI%20utilizes%20only%20body,may%20be%20classified%20as%20obese https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445161/#:~:tex....

sniggers 2y ago

You are medically obese, with a BMI of 36.2: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi...

hollywood_court 2y ago
Perhaps according to that. But my body fat percentage is only 26 according to the latest DEXA scan I took in February.
- sniggers 2y ago
  Fair enough, BMI can be misleading for powerlifters!

kccqzy 2y ago

You are obese, but you don't want to admit it. Or more likely perhaps you are used to seeing so many other people being far more visibly obese than you that you honestly don't see yourself as obese. Regardless, it's a big problem in America.

hollywood_court 2y ago
Or perhaps I lift weights?
- kccqzy 2y ago
  Then congrats you are among the tiny minority for whom BMI is not an accurate measure of obesity. You are simply unlike 99% of the people for whom BMI obesity means they are actually obese. That however doesn't detract from the argument in this thread that Americans are being more obese and that affects their vehicle choice.
  - hollywood_court 2y ago
    BMI is actually rather inaccurate when measuring obesity in athletic individuals such as myself. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445161/#:~:text=Because%20BMI%20utilizes%20only%20body,may%20be%20classified%20as%20obese https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445161/#:~:tex....