Ask HN: Are you overweight?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9902663

by halotrope • 11 years ago

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halotrope7• 11 years ago

No, normal weight, healthy

halotrope7• 11 years ago

Yes

halotrope7• 11 years ago

Yes, a lot

halotrope7• 11 years ago

Rather underweight

halotrope7• 11 years ago

No, I am ripped

Amorymeltzer• 11 years ago

Is this just Karma whoring?

halotrope7• 11 years ago

No. I wanted to make a poll but I don't have enough karma :)

ionised2• 11 years ago

A bit. Let myself slip recently with the lack of lifting and the boozing.

efriese• 11 years ago

No, I'm fluffy.

kisamoto• 11 years ago

No, normal weight, healthy and exercise often.

fixxer• 11 years ago

I'm the right size for a boy my age.

HockeyPuck• 11 years ago

No. I'm undertall

_8i2k• 11 years ago

Well 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.

ionised2• 11 years 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.

ollysb2• 11 years ago

Yeah, 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.)

jgroszko2• 11 years ago

As a lifter with a BMI of 26, it's not a very useful metric. Last time I measured my BF% with calipers it was around 9%...

Edit: Okay checked my spreadsheet, I misremembered. Honestly I don't track it that closely

blubbi2• 11 years ago

Underweight

ollysb2• 11 years ago

It'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/

beckler• 11 years ago

My BMI is 29. So, unfortunately, my answer is yes.

gmarx• 11 years ago

yes

factorialboy• 11 years ago

I used to be. Not anymore.

halotrope7• 11 years ago

What did you do about it?

Tankenstein2• 11 years ago

No, in actually good shape. Lift 3 times a week, have a 6-pack.

rhokstar• 11 years ago

Nope.

But is HN itself overweight?

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