I am obese!.

[stee]

That were i had heard it, it was that episode of the Simpsons When homer becomes stupidly fat so he can work ot home etc.
i knew i had heard it from somewhere.
dont let the eejits get you down. its the same bollox you get in all the services these days.
a friend of mine was was trying to get in the fire brigade and he failed the step test twice due to a rapid heart beat.
stupid thing is they said he wasnt fit enough, the guy is a footballer, plays for one of the best teams in the welsh premier league.
hes a shed load fitter than 90% of the firemen i work with

[taiboxa]

paleeeeeeeeeze.. at my height and weight 5'10.5 and 305 MY BMI is 43.8
which is 13.8% over OBEASE so i dont wanna hear it!!!

and im in the airforce.. and i always fail our anual fitness evaluation because im OBEASE so i have to go get a waver from the commander how gay is that.

[sonar1234]

Ever check out the charts of heights and weights, they are ridiculous.

I am 5 feet 10 and 180 pounds yet on the chart i still score has moderate obese, i would have to weight in between 140 and 160 pounds to be in my healthy weight range.

Has for you being 260 i can only imagine, the problem is that the weight is looked at in a whole and not has bodyfat %

[SVTMuscle*]

I'm pretty sure that doctors are the dumbest breed of people with the highest education. They may know something about the medical field, but in regards to the health and "everything else that has to do with life", they suck.

[Logan13]

Yup. According to the army medical corp (Irish army) I'm obese.

It doesn't matter that I pass my annual fitness test (its the same one the US military uses), doesn't matter that I pass my BMI (using the calipers) but at 260lbs and at the last measurement (just before christmas) I was 17% BF I'm considered OBESE!.

The Doc told me to drop below 200lbs, lol..

A question for the big guys here. Have you ever tried to lose muscle size?

I tried explaining the difficulties of this to the doctor, but it was lost on him.

Oh yea, I also pointed out that I represent my command on the army Judo team too!.

Yup, I'm a fat bastard!.

What is your BMI. I am 5'6"/185 lbs./8.1% BF, but my BMI is over 30 which is also considered obese. BMI means nothing to a bodybuilder, just go by BF%. There is no way that you would need to drop to below 200 lbs, that's just nuts. At 260lbs. with 17% BF you have just over 44 lbs of bodyfat. This means that if you could drop to 216lbs you would theoretically have 0% BF. Where did he say that you needed to be at to pass? I thought that the US army standards of fitness called 20%+ BF on men obese..........

[Logan13]

Taken from my Wife's medical book:

BMI is a reliable indicator of total body fat, which is related to the risk of disease and death. The score is valid for both men and women but it does have some limits. The limits are:

- It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build.
- It may underestimate body fat in older persons and others who have lost muscle mass.

[Tren Bull]

Yup. According to the army medical corp (Irish army) I'm obese.

It doesn't matter that I pass my annual fitness test (its the same one the US military uses), doesn't matter that I pass my BMI (using the calipers) but at 260lbs and at the last measurement (just before christmas) I was 17% BF I'm considered OBESE!.

The Doc told me to drop below 200lbs, lol..

A question for the big guys here. Have you ever tried to lose muscle size?

I tried explaining the difficulties of this to the doctor, but it was lost on him.

Oh yea, I also pointed out that I represent my command on the army Judo team too!.

Yup, I'm a fat bastard!.

thats crazy bro. 17% bodyfat is nothing. im sure mine is aound that and i dont look obese, fat, or even a little overweight at all