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Ask HN: Are you overweight?
- halotrope 11y agoNo, normal weight, healthy
- halotrope 11y agoYes
- halotrope 11y agoYes, a lot
- halotrope 11y agoRather underweight
- halotrope 11y agoNo, I am ripped
- Amorymeltzer 11y agoIs this just Karma whoring?
- halotrope 11y agoNo. I wanted to make a poll but I don't have enough karma :)
- ionised 11y agoA bit. Let myself slip recently with the lack of lifting and the boozing.
- efriese 11y agoNo, I'm fluffy.
- kisamoto 11y agoNo, normal weight, healthy and exercise often.
- fixxer 11y agoI'm the right size for a boy my age.
- janekRogacz 11y agojust a tiny balast
- HockeyPuck 11y agoNo. I'm undertall
- hellofunk 11y agoWell that certainly depends on your particular interpretation of the widely overloaded term "overweight." No one has ever suggested that I'm overweight, usually saying I'm thin. But when you look at official BMI recommendations, I am actually on the borderline of being overweight, at the very top of the "normal" range. If everyone was judged against these guidelines, it would probably increase significantly the number of people who are considered overweight.
- ionised 11y ago> Well that certainly depends on your particular interpretation of the widely overloaded term "overweight." Yup. The problem with the BMI is it doesn't take into account the variety of lifestyles people have. For example, a lifter is going to weigh a lot more than the average person simply by increased muscle mass and would probably be considered overweight or even obese by BMI standards.
- ollysb 11y agoYeah, BMI should be retired as a useful metric, percentage body fat is far more useful. The problem though is measuring this accurately... (the scales that include the body fat percentage give wildly different numbers depending on time of day, water consumption etc.)
- narwally 11y agoIt is a useful metric, but it was never intended to be used for assessing individuals. It's intended use is as a metric for populations of people. It works very well for that.
- DanBC 11y agoIt's pretty useful for individuals so long as you make adjustments for people who exercise every day (ie, very few people) or people over about 6'5" (again, not many people) and very obese people (where it tends to under-estimate obesity).
- blubbi2 11y agoUnderweight
- ollysb 11y agoIt's taken a fair amount of work this year but my BMI is 21. I follow the starting strength program (bar bell lifts 3 times a week), 1 hour cardio 5-6 times a week and the seven minute workout[1] 6 afternoons a week. [1] http://7-min.com/ http://7-min.com/
- beckler 11y agoMy BMI is 29. So, unfortunately, my answer is yes.
- gmarx 11y agoyes
- factorialboy 11y agoI used to be. Not anymore.
- halotrope 11y agoWhat did you do about it?
- Tankenstein 11y agoNo, in actually good shape. Lift 3 times a week, have a 6-pack.
- rhokstar 11y agoNope. But is HN itself overweight?