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Let's ask the rude question. I'd like to know the answers long before we talk about weight and weight issues, but the poll has to go with the thread.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right? How about according to standards of height and weight?

Do you prefer to regulate all of this on your own?

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?

You answer first HotWife, how much do you weight? And I want numbers!

12 stone.

You answer first HotWife, how much do you weight? And I want numbers!

5'8" tall, 175 pounds

I weigh way too little. 90 pounds, maybe 5'3? Somewhere around there.

Edit: Maybe closer to 5'1.

Double edit: Found the tape measurer. 5'3 was right.

5'10", c.140lb. I could probably do with losing about another half a stone, but I'm not too worried about it.

I'm probably above average for my height. I'm about 5' 10", although it kind of ricochets between that and 6' flat, and roughly 12st 3 pounds.

5'5' 130lbs

I'm 6'1, 11 stone 3. That's average.

6'3

12st 8lb.

Someone tell me if that's average or not lol?

Btw, I'm pretty slim.

I'm 33% body fat. I eat what I'm told.

I weigh way too little. 90 pounds, maybe 5'3? Somewhere around there.

Edit: Maybe closer to 5'1.

You're 5'1"? What age are you?!

5'7", 108 lbs. I'll put that down as "Below Average" I guess.

You're 5'1"? What age are you?!

He's 14.

You're 5'1"? What age are you?!
You can also get shorter people, y'know.

He's 14.

I've just realised that completely doesn't help me, as I have no idea what is average for a 14 year old boy.

I honestly haven't weighed myself lately or own a scale, but I would guess I was average.

5'10" 150 lbs. Kind of skinny but I'm all muscle, my metabolism is through the roof.

I'm pretty sure that's around average. I could stand to gain another 10 lbs though

*shrug* I'm a lanky (well 6ft) ectomorph so I'm kinda doomed to be sexy no matter how much delicious cake I eat (though I am getting fatter :()

mesomorphs should be shipped off to death camps

12 stone.

this.

I've just realised that completely doesn't help me, as I have no idea what is average for a 14 year old boy.

5'7 or so.

Interesting chart:

http://millennium.fortunecity.com/redwood/352/usmc15.htm

5'7 or so.
It is?

Shit, I'm like 20 and not that far off that.

You're 5'1"? What age are you?!

14, and I found the tape measurer. I'm 5'3.

5'10" 150 lbs. Kind of skinny but I'm all muscle, my metabolism is through the roof.

I'm pretty sure that's around average. I could stand to gain another 10 lbs though

Funny, I'm the same height, but about 10lb less, and reckon I could lose another half a stone. You reckon you could go with another 10lb. Interesting how people have completely different ideas of what they want from the same height, really.

It is?

Shit, I'm like 20 and not that far off that.

Maybe 5'6. I remember when I was 14 most people were about 5'8 and above, but most of my friends were a bit above average so I reckon it's about 5'6, 5'7.

Interesting chart:

http://millennium.fortunecity.com/redwood/352/usmc15.htm

I'm towards the lower end then, that's interesting.

Maybe 5'6. I remember when I was 14 most people were about 5'8 and above, but most of my friends were a bit above average so I reckon it's about 5'6, 5'7.
I can't remember back that far.

I mean, specific things like that.

I'm 5'9" and due to some new exercise equipment, a slow year and chasing my kids around, I'm a fit 177 lbs and about 9% bodyfat.

I chose the "below average" option, as I have always been rather light for my length. However, if I would weigh what I should weigh according to some stats, I'm sure my feet and knees would seriously protest. Also, I fall well within the healthy region of the BMI and I feel excellent, so that's all ok.

I don't know what my weight in stones is. Depends on the weight of the stones, I guess. :P

I forgot to mention that I'm 5'11. I would be 6ft, but that extra inch went somewhere else.

I can't remember back that far.

I mean, specific things like that.

Photographic memory.

Photographic memory.
:p

Booze-broken memory on my part.

That, and it isn't trivial and pointless enough for my brain to fixate on it.

5'8" 158lb

That, and it isn't trivial and pointless.

What counts as trivial and pointless to you then?

What counts as trivial and pointless to you then?
Many, many things.

I can remember details from books I've read years ago, but I can't remember things that might actually be useful for my course, especially the more science-y bits like how the hell Radiocarbon dating is supposed to work or isotope analysis.

EDIT: That makes me sound like a pretentious twat.

I have a BMI (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm) of 21.5 and am quite happy with that.

I do not mind overweight and obese people, but am favourable towards lower VAT on healthier foods and higher, in some cases punitive, on unhealthy foods.

About 5'8" and 8.5 stone (119lb), so rather underweight (BMI about 18). However, I don't put on weight, ever, no matter how much/what I eat. Nor do I feel the cold compared to any else I know.

EDIT: That makes me sound like a pretentious twat.

Sound like? :p

Sound like? :p
I'll type it in a Bristolian accent next time if you like.

Make it sound less pretentious.

Or more so, as I'm getting above my station.

175cm/5'8"
75kg/165lb
24.5 BMI

16.5 stone at about 6 foot. Wii Fit tells me i'm obese, but i look less fat than i probably should for some reason. i've lost pretty much exactly a stone in the last 2 months, and probably another half a stone before that (putting my 'heaviest' weight, earlier this year, at just about 18.5 stone)

losing weight isn't actually that hard. i just had to want to do it enough. i haven't gone for any fad diets or bullshit like that - just changing my eating habits in a healthy and sustainable way. what's worked for me is cutting back a little on my main meals (1 portion rather than 2, for example) and cutting back on snacks and sweet things, as well as eating out a little less... which saves my wallet, too :P

and no, i shouldn't be forced to lose weight for anyone.

Or more so, as I'm getting above my station.

Go back to Knowle, accent boy.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right?

Too much. Working towards just right.

Of course, "just right" is a bit subjective.

How about according to standards of height and weight?

Depends on the standards. By the BMI calculation that uses height and weight, I'm way over. But I think that set of calculations is pretty much useless and while no one would call me skinny, people don't generally think of me as fat either.

Do you prefer to regulate all of this on your own?

Not sure what you're after with this question.

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?

No. But I wouldn't mind if they helped me pay for my Pilates sessions... =)

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?

This is situational. Some people are just downright rude to those who are overweight. Some overweight people are annoying for reasons related to their weight.

Funny, I'm the same height, but about 10lb less, and reckon I could lose another half a stone. You reckon you could go with another 10lb. Interesting how people have completely different ideas of what they want from the same height, really.

Well according to that chart you're smack dab in the middle, "average" as they say. :)

I'm a bit below average but I'd just like to be a bit on the heavier side though, I think it's a male thing.

5'0", 123lbs.

I don't want to lose weight, I just want to tone up.

I'm 5'10" with a hair cut, but I can get up to 6'5" when I really have my fro on, I fluctuate between 111 lbs, and 125 (soaking wet, after a bloating meal) I. Am. Skinny...If I turn sideways and stick my tongue out I look like a zipper...

Wtf is a "stone"? Oh, 6.35029318 kilograms. Well, say it then! And lbs and feet and inches? What is this, the time of Charlemagne? *rolls eyes*

Wtf is a "stone"? Oh, 6.35029318 kilograms. Well, say it then! And lbs and feet and inches? What is this, the time of Charlemagne? *rolls eyes*

Shush you.

We only went metric like 20-30 years ago. Not nearly enough time to switch over :P

Wtf is a "stone"? Oh, 6.35029318 kilograms. Well, say it then! And lbs and feet and inches? What is this, the time of Charlemagne? *rolls eyes*

Go away, continental.

Wtf is a "stone"? Oh, 6.35029318 kilograms. Well, say it then!

'Stone' rolls off the tongue easier.

Shush you.
We only went metric like 20-30 years ago. Not nearly enough time to switch over :P

Damn, you're old. Hope you haven't held your kids back.

Go away, continental.

Oh, the EU will break your pockets of resistance soon enough.

'Stone' rolls off the tongue easier.

Not sure why you'd have a stone in your mouth in the first place.

I'm 5'10" with a hair cut, but I can get up to 6'5" when I really have my fro on, I fluctuate between 111 lbs, and 125 (soaking wet, after a bloating meal) I. Am. Skinny...If I turn sideways and stick my tongue out I look like a zipper...

Are you male or female?

5'10" and about 150 lbs. When I get back to work I expect about another 10-15 lbs will find there way to me which will still be in the normal range of the charts Hotwife and Fass put up there.

Oh, the EU will break your pockets of resistance soon enough.

Pockets? It's more than pockets, and you can try.

Damn, you're old. Hope you haven't held your kids back. I'm recently 31, pratically deceased! Don't worry, my imperial measurements will be gibberish to them.

180 lbs, 6'2"

Wtf is a "stone"? Oh, 6.35029318 kilograms. Well, say it then! And lbs and feet and inches? What is this, the time of Charlemagne? *rolls eyes*

*sigh* Is there one thread you can enter without spouting off on how much better Sweden/Europe/The Rest of the world is? Could you please, just once allow a thread you enter to forgo this crap?

*sigh* Is there one thread you can enter without spouting off on how much better Sweden/Europe/The Rest of the world is? Could you please, just once allow a thread you enter to forgo this crap?

You have to give him credit for not bringing up how superior being gay is.

Ditto :p But I weigh around 210 (not fat, but no 6 pack :P). I work out a lot. Also 16.
I forgot to mention that I'm 5'11. I would be 6ft, but that extra inch went somewhere else.

5'4", and way more than I should.

*sigh* Is there one thread you can enter without spouting off on how much better Sweden/Europe/The Rest of the world is? Could you please, just once allow a thread you enter to forgo this crap?

Someone else could have said the same thing (ie, me, since Canada is after all, metric...and I would have except for the fact that for weight and height I personally still have the unfortunate habit of using the imperial system) and you'd have passed over it without comment.

Fass is who Fass is, but the reaction of people like you to everything he posts is a huge, if not THE biggest factor in his 'NSG persona'. You've created a monster.

Pockets? It's more than pockets, and you can try.

Oh, the EU does more than try. It's also quite tenacious. Once you've abandoned the pecuniary Pound (also just a matter of time), the gravimetric one will not be far behind.

I'm recently 31, pratically deceased!

Eek, one freaking foot... hell, leg and half a torso in the grave!

Don't worry, my imperial measurements will be gibberish to them.

Excellent. You have clever kids. :)

5'4", and way more than I should.
See this is why Darwinism is wrong, you are all so fat, god has smited thee with the fat of a thousand walrus's (note that i am being rather sarcastic here :) )

*sigh* Is there one thread you can enter without spouting off on how much better Sweden/Europe/The Rest of the world is?

Is there one thread where I can't be superior? No, since superior is to me like pathetic is to you. Just the way things are.

See this is why Darwinism is wrong, you are all so fat, god has smited thee with the fat of a thousand walrus's (note that i am being rather sarcastic here :) )

No, because I'm so good, I get all the food.

Actually, I'm genetically selected to survive famines.

I'm 6'3 and weigh 190 pounds (190cm and 86kg for the metrically inclined). I used to weigh about 210 (95kg) but when I got out of the regular Army I stopped exercising as much and lost weight. If I don't exercise at all I stabilize around 180lbs (81kg). The rest of my family hates me since I seemed to get none of the "fat" genes. If my grandfather or sister so much as know a cake is in the same room they gain 5 pounds.

As for penalizing fat people, I don't think that's the way to go. I like Fass' idea of lower sales tax on healthy foods but that's about as far as I'd be willing to go with that.

No, because I'm so good, I get all the food.

Actually, I'm genetically selected to survive famines.

That would be one way of putting it. *shrugs*

No, because I'm so good, I get all the food.

Actually, I'm genetically selected to survive famines.

:O you are fat bastard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_Llt1LtwU) aren't you!!!

:O you are fat bastard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_Llt1LtwU) aren't you!!!

Mini-me is not on my food plan.

Seriously, I'm not hypothyroid, but I have a somewhat slower metabolism than the majority, so I have to try harder to maintain a healthy weight. Difficult, but not impossible.

6'4", 235 lbs. And I look like a Viking. I'm like a walking stereotype.

Guess i am gonna come off looking like an asshole, now that i just called you a fat bastard.
Mini-me is not on my food plan.

Seriously, I'm not hypothyroid, but I have a somewhat slower metabolism than the majority, so I have to try harder to maintain a healthy weight. Difficult, but not impossible.

5'5", ~120 pounds. Americans, how does that measure up?

5'5", ~120 pounds. Americans, how does that measure up?
Like a little kid who would get beat up by the big kids ;)
6'4", 235 lbs. And I look like a Viking. I'm like a walking stereotype.
Too bad you'd rather discuss and dipolmatically denounce than rape, kill and pillage.

Ugh, your genetic ancestors are probably rolling over on their long ships.

6'3, 169 pounds.

Meh, I am a bit overweight right now, but that is just because its winter time. Come spring and summer I lose about 15 lbs to go back to normal weight. That being said, I am just at 200lbs, and 6' even. When I get back to school I'll start my 5am gym runs again. Ugh.

83kgs and 1.83metres.

About normal I think, maybe a touch over.

6'2", and I'm 265 lbs.

But I'm only 26% body fat, so I voted for the above average category. (Maybe I should have voted for fat. Meh.)

83kgs and 1.83metres.


What's that in real money?

5'11,190 pounds, Size 34 waist.

Too bad you'd rather discuss and dipolmatically denounce than rape, kill and pillage.

Ugh, your genetic ancestors are probably rolling over on their long ships.

Those Norsemen weren't above using peace and politics as weapons either, you know. :)

6'4", 235 lbs. And I look like a Viking. I'm like a walking stereotype.

Do you on occasion wear a cloak?

Do you on occasion wear a cloak?

Not yet, but my wife has a wolf pelt waiting on order for when our taxes come back...

Do you on occasion wear a cloak?

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/hagar/about.htm

I'm ~1.85m and I forget what I weigh. I'm too lazy/apathetic to check too. The last time I actually checked my BMI I was a bit underweight, and I doubt it changed much.

Let's ask the rude question. I'd like to know the answers long before we talk about weight and weight issues, but the poll has to go with the thread.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right? How about according to standards of height and weight?

Do you prefer to regulate all of this on your own?

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?
I weigh 170 pounds. (A tiny amount over 77 kilos.) I used to be quite fat, but I'm not anymore.

Admittedly it's because I have a good metabolism and I had simply been super lazy, and once I started working out and changing my diet it melted right off, and therefore probably not many people could duplicate my results...but still!

Interesting chart:

http://millennium.fortunecity.com/redwood/352/usmc15.htm

Well, according to that chart I am below the minimum. I am about 5' 10" and 110-115 lb. I don't know my BMI. I look like death most of the time, but I've always looked that way, and I eat enough for my size so I'm not all that concerned.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right? How about according to standards of height and weight?

I personally think I weigh too much, and I weigh significantly more than friends of mine who are the same height. However, weight and appearance are two very different things. My BMI is on the higher end of healthy, but still within the healthy range.

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?

The government has no right to force people to lose weight, nor do they have the right to penalise people for being overweight. I do support education about healthy eating. However, I believe what my (Australian) government has done to educate people has been trivial and useless.

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?

No, I'm not tired of fat people. Some people are too hard on larger people. A lot of people assume it's just because someone is slobby, greedy or disgusting. It's not. I am tired of seeing large parents feeding their large children extremely unhealthy food, though.

I'm still a healthy weight, but it's a healthy weight higher than I'd like it to be. The medication I was on for the past couple of years made me gain about 25 pounds, so now instead of being right at the lower end of the healthy range, I'm near the upper end of it. I've finally given up and stopped taking the medication in question, and I'm going to start South Beach next week in hopes that it will help me "reboot" my metabolism back to something like the way it was pre-medication, so that maybe at least a few of my clothes will fit again.

Let's ask the rude question. I'd like to know the answers long before we talk about weight and weight issues, but the poll has to go with the thread.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right? How about according to standards of height and weight?

6'2", 190 lbs or in metric 188 cm and 86.2 kg, 24.4 BMI, I'm pretty much where I want to be health wise.

Do you prefer to regulate all of this on your own?

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?

I'd be happier with it this way than having to pay for people's bad health

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?

I am tired of fat people, they're gross.

Seven pages of boring.... no, wait.

5'10", 161lbs

BMI about 23 which is average..... but that's all taking into consideration "holiday weight"... ahem.

I am tired of fat people, they're gross.

I'm tired of judgmental idiots, they're judgmental and idiotic.

I weigh 114 pounds and I'm 5'6. Possibly a little bit underweight, but I think it's a good weight for my height.

I'm not exactly overweight. I'm undertall.

I should be 8' 3".

Seven pages of boring.... no, wait.

NSG - 7 pages of nothing and people still post. I'm betting on 12 pages before it dies. Cookies to everyone if it doesn't go that long.

NSG - 7 pages of nothing and people still post. I'm betting on 12 pages before it dies. Cookies to everyone if it doesn't go that long.

I'll put my wager on 14. I'm feeling lucky.

NSG - 7 pages of nothing and people still post. I'm betting on 12 pages before it dies. Cookies to everyone if it doesn't go that long.

Wait, how many posts per page are going by?

Wait, how many posts per page are going by?

If there's even one on page 12, no cookies. Though, maybe I'll feel generous by then.

I'm on the average (190 cm tall x 94 kg). By BMI tables I'm slightly overweight. I should lose another 4 kg - I know I can, in the last 18 months I've lost 18 kg!

I´m only seeing 3 pages here. ,)
Might go to 5.

I'm 33% body fat. I eat what I'm told.I demand you eat your computer now.

5'11 173lbs of sexiness :p

Cookies to everyone if it doesn't go that long.

That might be considered a bit sick, given the context.

I'm not exactly overweight. I'm undertall.

I should be 8' 3".

lol, i like that :D

about 7' for me, if i got it right :P


I demand you eat your computer now.

:tongue:

That might be considered a bit sick, given the context.

I'm a sick puppy.

I'm tired of judgmental idiots, they're judgmental and idiotic.

I'm tired of little bitches, but what can u do, right?

:tongue:I demand you eat some bacon wrapped in living geese,

About 5'8" and 8.5 stone (119lb), so rather underweight (BMI about 18). However, I don't put on weight, ever, no matter how much/what I eat. Nor do I feel the cold compared to any else I know.

I hate you.

5'0", 123lbs.

I don't want to lose weight, I just want to tone up.

That's unpossible. You're itty-bitty. You must be very dense!

5'8.5" (yes, that half inch is very important, bitches), 131 lbs (174 cm, 59.4 kg/9 stone 5). I kind of like my stats in cms and kgs because it makes me look lighter. Wow, a whole 174 centimeters and only 59 kg! :p

According to most charts I am in the "normal" range, but I eat a lot of junk and don't exercise. I'm trying to eat more healthfully and exercise to drop 8-10 pounds and tone up.

I don't like the government telling me what I can and can't eat, but more affordable produce would be a great incentive to healthy eating.

I have a fat bias. I won't lie. It is shameful. My first reaction to someone obese is horror--probably because I have a terrible phobia about being fat.

That's unpossible. You're itty-bitty. You must be very dense!

Hahahahahahahaaa....I'm always shocked when someone who is 5'8" or more weighs what I do. At my lightest (after puberty) I was 114lbs, and when you see pictures of me during that time, I look somewhat gaunt. Much less weight than what I've got on, and I'd be unhealthy.

I am tired of fat people, they're gross.

I'm tired of judgmental idiots, they're judgmental and idiotic.

I'm tired of little bitches, but what can u do, right?

You know something, I'm getting awful tired of trolls, whether it's being one or baiting one...

I weigh 147 pounds, slightly more than I'd like to. But I hate diet and exercise, so without magic this is it. I'm 5'7". When I was younger I was skinnier, but now I have that over 30 metabolism,

Hahahahahahahaaa....I'm always shocked when someone who is 5'8" or more weighs what I do. At my lightest (after puberty) I was 114lbs, and when you see pictures of me during that time, I look somewhat gaunt. Much less weight than what I've got on, and I'd be unhealthy.

Further proof that BMI is bullshit when we all have different body types. At 120 my ass and boobs start to disappear, but I certainly don't look anywhere near "gaunt".

Further proof that BMI is bullshit when we all have different body types. At 120 my ass and boobs start to disappear, but I certainly don't look anywhere near "gaunt".

My ex had a figure at 140 lbs, and looked sickly at 120 lbs. BMI should be treated as a very loose guideline, at best, I think.

I'm tired of little bitches, but what can u do, right?

I'm not a little bitch. I'm a damned big bitch. So that must mean you're not tired of me.

about 6 ft, 12-13 stone. so i put average, i suppose maybe a little above it but i don't look fat.

5'8.5" (yes, that half inch is very important, bitches), 131 lbs (174 cm, 59.4 kg/9 stone 5). I kind of like my stats in cms and kgs because it makes me look lighter. Wow, a whole 174 centimeters and only 59 kg! :p

According to most charts I am in the "normal" range, but I eat a lot of junk and don't exercise. I'm trying to eat more healthfully and exercise to drop 8-10 pounds and tone up.

I don't like the government telling me what I can and can't eat, but more affordable produce would be a great incentive to healthy eating.

I have a fat bias. I won't lie. It is shameful. My first reaction to someone obese is horror--probably because I have a terrible phobia about being fat.

....now I feel even more fat and hideous by comparison. Thanks. :p

....now I feel even more fat and hideous by comparison. Thanks. :p

Dude, you can't even pull that with me, I've seen pictures and you're a hottie. So :p yourself!

I am 6 feet nuthing, 200 pounds :), and THATS at 15, I wonder bout next year :P

Recession Pounds

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE50805W20090109

Dude, you can't even pull that with me, I've seen pictures and you're a hottie. So :p yourself!

Yeah, but when people six inches taller than me and very possibly weighing less (my scale and I are not on speaking terms since the Ten Pounds More Than I Expected Incident a couple of months ago) think they need to lose weight...

I think what we can safely conclude from this is that you totally do not need to lose weight. Like, at all. :tongue:

5'5'' and last time I check I was 113, but I think I'm probably between 118 and 125 now.

:S why are all you people so damn short, i mean shit i was your guys size at 12 :P.

I weighed 159 lbs and 5-9 in height towards the beginning of winter break. I'm sure I gained a few pounds now from being lazy and away from college. :(

I'm not exactly overweight. I'm undertall.

I should be 8' 3".

I LOLed.

I'm tired of little bitches, but what can u do, right?

Tired of little ones, tired of big ones. What a quandry.

I LOLed.



Tired of little ones, tired of big ones. What a quandry.

Yeah, tired of little bitches but not big ones, I like big people just not fatties.

*wonders how many pollsters are lying about their weight*

82kg. Or eh about 180lb.

6'2"; 245lb.

I'm just out of shape. . .

*wonders how many pollsters are lying about their weight*

If you've got to lie, why bother answering?

Unless you suffer from compulsive polling syndrome, of course. Which is probably a lot of NSG.

5'10 125 lbs
Not competing in body building any time soon.

5'10, 179 pounds. If I lost another 7-10, I'd be right in the healthy range as far as BMI goes, although realistically I've built up a lot of leg muscle from so much goddamn walking every day.

182 cm and 110 kg.

That would make me obese....

Go team obese!

edit:
Hmm, I'm also sensing this thread a lot of people who...well, bend the truth a bit assuming the statistics of overweightedness are in anyway correct.

edit2:
Though the poll's answers are infact relative so 'average for height' actually means 'BMI overweight'

I hate you.

:(

I don't generally talk about it, most people have this reaction.

5'6 medium build around the 12 - 12 1/2 stone mark.

5'9" 205 lbs.

Seven pages of boring.... no, wait.

What were you expecting, fireworks and flames?

I weigh enough for gravity to keep me from floating away.

Ok.. 251 lbs right now, and I am loosing more. I had a +5 pound hiccup over the holidays.

I weigh enough for gravity to keep me from floating away.

Ok.. 251 lbs right now, and I am loosing more. I had a +5 pound hiccup over the holidays.

Just one dump away from being a pant size smaller, eh?

Just one dump away from being a pant size smaller, eh?

At the rate I've been loosing it, about a week.

I must admit, for you that was a nice reference.

Are you male or female?

That would be male...

At the rate I've been loosing it, about a week.

I must admit, for you that was a nice reference.

The more ancient members here know I'm occasionally capable of humor - the middling members and new members think I'm just Satan.

The more ancient members here know I'm occasionally capable of humor - the middling members and new members think I'm just Satan.

What are you talking about? Satan has an excellent sense of humor.

What are you talking about? Satan has an excellent sense of humor.

I knew you would see that.

5 ft 8. Somewhere around 160 lbs. So I squeeze in the upper end of 'normal' on BMI I think. I think the quality of diet is more important than how much you eat though, and my diet is awful, to be truthful.

6'1" 145

Ex-cross country runner. I have to be careful around open windows, and forget breezy days.

Do you weigh too much? Too little? Just right? How about according to standards of height and weight?My mum says too little, my doctor says I'm alright. That or he doesn't care.

Would you be happy if the state (through NHS, or some form of universal health care) forced you to lose weight, and penalized you with fines, re-education, and sanctions if you didn't lose the weight?I think I would be against this. It would most likely kill me.

Are you tired of fat people? Or are people too hard on fat people?Too hard. But I just wish that when people complain about how hard it is for them to lose weight they wouldn't laugh about my opposite problem. Making sure you eat enough so that you don't lose weight is not fun. I had a net weight loss over xmas, and I couldn't have eaten any more if I'd tried.

I weigh 140lbs or 63.5kg and my height is 6'3" or 1.9m. Doctor says I don't have a thyroid problem or any other health issue so thinks it's not worth trying to do anything.

:(

I don't generally talk about it, most people have this reaction.

I'm sorry. Natural girl-instinct. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture, and your body is to die for. the Handbook of Feminine Logic clearly states I must harbor a mingled admiration and resentment for you. :p

My mum says too little, my doctor says I'm alright. That or he doesn't care.

I think I would be against this. It would most likely kill me.

Too hard. But I just wish that when people complain about how hard it is for them to lose weight they wouldn't laugh about my opposite problem. Making sure you eat enough so that you don't lose weight is not fun. I had a net weight loss over xmas, and I couldn't have eaten any more if I'd tried.

I weigh 140lbs or 63.5kg and my height is 6'3" or 1.9m. Doctor says I don't have a thyroid problem or any other health issue so thinks it's not worth trying to do anything.

Wow. My ex was 5'7" 170 and still pretty slim, but he was all muscle. I can't even picture 6'3" 140!

I haven't stepped on a scale in months. Last time was 5'8" 180lbs. I think the USA is too obsessed with weight as it is. Who cares? Live life, enjoy yourself, find people who love you for you, and not for your looks.

Oh, the EU does more than try.

Indeed, it fails.

Once you've abandoned the pecuniary Pound

We're not abandoning the pound. Ever.

We're not abandoning the pound. Ever.

yes we will.


and for Fass' benefit, in the UK we use Stone for personal weight, and metric for everything else. just like we use miles for long distances on our roads, and metric for every other distance/length measurement. its just so we can be that little bit more confusing :)

length measurement

Feet is used, and yards.

Feet is used, and yards.
But not by normal people, only those stuck in the 1930s.

Wow. My ex was 5'7" 170 and still pretty slim, but he was all muscle. I can't even picture 6'3" 140!

My husband is near 5'10" and weighs 130 lbs (and that's high for him).

I'm sorry. Natural girl-instinct. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture, and your body is to die for. the Handbook of Feminine Logic clearly states I must harbor a mingled admiration and resentment for you. :p

Interesting that, despite me never having posted a picture of myself on this board, people imagine me as having a great body. Not bad really, please continue thinking this :p

But not by normal people, only those stuck in the 1930s.

Or those talking about football, rugby or various other sports, when measuring the height of a people, and those signs on motorways leading up to a junction. So, sure, not at all.

and for Fass' benefit, in the UK we use Stone for personal weight, and metric for everything else. just like we use miles for long distances on our roads, and metric for every other distance/length measurement. its just so we can be that little bit more confusing :)

That's annoying. Then again... Canada isn't much better... >.>

I'm 5'2" and 98lbs, maybe less. Haven't been weighed lately.

Or those talking about football, rugby or various other sports, when measuring the height of a people, and those signs on motorways leading up to a junction. So, sure, not at all.
I meant in reference to using them as measures of length and stuff. It's rarely used outside of sports or motorways and has been taken over by metric in most other fields.

Admittedly, using metric for height would throw me, as would it for motorways and any long distances.

But not by normal people, only those stuck in the 1930s.

When you're talking about how far someone is from a car. for example, do you say "He's 5 feet from the car"? or "He's 1.5 (is that right?) metres from the car"?

When you're talking about how far someone is from a car. for example, do you say "He's 5 feet from the car"? or "He's 1.5 (is that right?) metres from the car"?
Probably depends on what comes to my much-abused brain first, really. I'd say "a couple of metres" or a "few feet" probably as often as each other. As well as using both centimetres and inches to describe the lengths of things, although I'd use inches if something was fairly big.

Gah, I don't know...

I meant in reference to using them as measures of length and stuff. It's rarely used outside of sports or motorways and has been taken over by metric in most other fields.

Admittedly, using metric for height would throw me, as would it for motorways and any long distances.

Yes, but to say they're rarely used is just incorrect. I wonder, if you guy to buy some string or rope, what length measurement would it come in?

Yes, but to say they're rarely used is just incorrect. I wonder, if you guy to buy some string or rope, what length measurement would it come in?
Yeah, I am wrong on saying it isn't used that often.

If I wanted some string, I'd just buy a ball of string that looked like it was roughly the right length. I'd probably use metres, as that's the thing which I tend to do measurements of large sizes with.

Yeah, I am wrong on saying it isn't used that often.

If I wanted some string, I'd just buy a ball of string that looked like it was roughly the right length. I'd probably use metres, as that's the thing which I tend to do measurements of large sizes with.

I was actually wondering what people sell it as. I know I would use metres, and that may well be enforced in the law now like litres is for petrol. I'm not saying we should necessarily use only one or the other, they are useful for different things.

like litres is for petrol.

Then why are cars still advertised with miles per gallon? What's going on?

5'9 about 230 pounds, was up to about 260/270 about 7 months ago

Then why are cars still advertised with miles per gallon? What's going on?
Probably because we still use Imperial for distances.

Then why are cars still advertised with miles per gallon? What's going on?

According to Wiki:

Petrol is sometimes quoted as being so much per gallon, despite having been sold exclusively in litres for two decades. Likewise, fuel consumption for cars is still usually in miles per gallon, though official figures always include litres per 100 km equivalents.

I guess we're just used to mpg, though I'd never speak of petrol in gallons. Miles per litre certainly wouldn't work.

Yeah, im fat...I admit it, lol...Too much time sittin on teh interwebs and not exercising...

Im like 6'3" and about 300lbs...I was down about 270 but after Highschool I no longer have a free gym to go to...

6'5 and 245 lbs. It's all muscle too.

6'5 and 245 lbs. It's all muscle too.

Solid.

Solid.

I bench 350 if anyone on the internet often enough too have heard of NS actually knows what a bench press is. ;)

I bench 350 if anyone on the internet often enough too have heard of NS actually knows what a bench press is. ;)Yeah, you bench 350 grams. ;)

(Just kidding. :p)

Yeah, you bench 350 grams. ;)

(Just kidding. :p)


I am Ze Cuva-Nator Uv Cali-Fownia! Ooaawllllrrggg!

I bench 350 if anyone on the internet often enough too have heard of NS actually knows what a bench press is. ;)

I used to be able to get that high, but ever since I quit playin Football, Im probably down to about 280-300lbs tops...

I used to be able to get that high, but ever since I quit playin Football, Im probably down to about 280-300lbs tops...

Yeah, you have to keep it up, it took me a looooooooong time get here. (7 years)

6'5 and 245 lbs. It's all muscle too.

Ruck marches must suck, hauling all that extra beef around.

Ruck marches must suck, hauling all that extra beef around.

Toughens you up.

I'm average for my height of 6'3.25"(nearly 2m).

I'm average for my height of 6'3.25"(nearly 2m).

What are you, Darth Vader? (had to get a Star Wars reference today.)

Toughens you up.

Since my unit spent this last deployment pretending to be MPs (we're cavalry) a lot of guys spent all their spare time in the gym bulking up. I couldn't help but think that they're going to be regretting that in 2012 when they go to Afghanistan and have to walk everywhere.

Since my unit spent this last deployment pretending to be MPs (we're cavalry) a lot of guys spent all their spare time in the gym bulking up. I couldn't help but think that they're going to be regretting that in 2012 when they go to Afghanistan and have to walk everywhere.

We'll never get out of Afghanistan... Oh, sorry this is wrong place for my despair of our situation there.

What are you, Darth Vader? (had to get a Star Wars reference today.)

Vader? Nah. He's a push over! I am GOD!

Last time I measured, I was 6'0" and 210 lbs, with a muscular build mind you. I've probably put on another 5-10 lbs in the holidays, but once the semester starts next week, I'll quickly drop it right back off. Body likes to hang around 195-210 regardless of diet and excerise.

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