So whose already obese (a fat b*****d)?

dilemna

Congratulations! You are ahead of Government targets, well, your stomach is.

http://news.sky.com/portal/site/skynews ... ommentForm

Who ate all the pies ?

Ben6899

10-11 stones (6'). I am a cyclist, after all.

EKE_38BPM

There are 5 1 stone gaps in this poll and I fall into one of them.

I'm not a fat bastard because a) I'm not fat and b) my parents were married at the time of my birth.

roddixon

Depends on how tall you are of course. If you are 5ft then10-11 stone is obese, for a 6 footer no problem.

BMI is the best (although not ideal) way of measuring obesity.

verylonglegs

A shade under 12 stone and I'm 6'5". Lean but not particularly mean

danowat

6ft 3 and between 14-15 stone (varies alot, depending on race / training volume), but I am fairly "built" and will never be a lithe racing snake unless I starve myself.

On the BMI scale, I am overweight, but screw that, I am at a level were I can perform well enough, sure I could afford to lose a stone or two, but I am not going to bust a gut to do so.

Not many years ago I was properly obese, 24 stone with a BMI of 42

Nuggs

verylonglegs wrote:

A shade under 12 stone and I'm 6'5". Lean but not particularly mean

Don't you snap in half in a stiff breeze?

I'm the same height and fluctuate between 14-15 stone. I don't believe it's possible to be 6'5" and obese!

RowCycle

The poll seems skewed towards the heavy end

Ride hard

I find these reports fascinating, and at the same time a bit of a joke (BMI anyone?).

On a recent trip to a specialist ENT hospital to accompany a friend with ear problems I was studying a BMI index chart on the wall. I weigh 12.5 stone (80 kgs) and am 5' 10" and according to the chart I am overweight, and only a few kilos off obese!! I had to laugh as I have a nuturally muscular build and to all intents and purposes am a normal size. However, this BMI index doesn't take into account muscle mass (which is heavier than fat), or other factors like ethinc origin which can again be important.

My point is, if this report is making calculations based on the BMI index - which it definitely will be - then forget 2030, 89% of the country is 'overweight/obese' right now.

Then again, I have to admit if you are 5' 10" and are say 20+ stone then you are indeed a said fat bar steward - unless of course your name is Dr Bruce Banner and someone has just made you angry.

amaferanga

Are you suggesting that the definition of obese be changed so that someone can be even fatter before they're considered obese? Bizarre.

TommyEss

Screw the poll - I just love how all these news stories have surreptitiously taken photos of really fat people without their heads and/or faces!!

5'8" and 13.5st - but losing weight at the moment...

rick_chasey

Nearer 9 than 8 stone for me.

(56kg)

171 which is what, 5ft6?

rubertoe

5ft 11" 12stone 2lbs

Couldnt be bothered to work out ilbs or kilos! was at one time nearer 14 1/2 so was a Fat B@@tard

prawny

Not even overweight any more - whoop!

5'11 and 11'13lb

Aiming for 11stone by the end of the year.

EDIT - was nearly 17 stone a few years ago, I was obese before it was popular. :roll:

plumpy

My weight is absolutely perfect, but unfortunately according to BMI I'm 4 inches too short. I'm working on height gain.

markos1963

I need to get a shift on then, 5'11" and a shade under 14st. I don't want to become a government statistic!

Ben6899

You'd expect cycling forum regulars to be generally slimmer, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

kev77

5ft 6" and 164lbs, 11st 10lb

I used to be 13st when playing rugby!

I fall into an ideal weight for my height, 10st something thing is though i would look malnourished if i got down to that weight plus i would not want to drop that low anyway.

mcj78

I'm 5'7" & fall into the non-existent 11-12 stone group... probably nearer to 11 than 12 so i'm probably slightly overweight according to the BMI shite (just checked - yep, i'm officially overweight with a BMI of 25.8!) To make it to officially obese status i'd have to increase the Greggs intake until I hit 13.8 stone - heaviest i've been is around 12, so almost another 2 stone on top of that is a lot of baked pastry goods to shift. And eye watering flatulence.

Alain Quay

A good mantra is

1) sweat three times a week

2) if it comes from a factory, don't eat it

3) drink wine instead of beer

Hard to follow in practice though

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

You'd expect cycling forum regulars to be generally slimmer, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

Or the slimmer people don't head to the "fat bastards" thread...

ddraver

Or the thin cyclists are out actually cycling!

Hmm, Way more for me to go then - especially as I ve pretty much ground to a weight loss halt...

ju5t1n

Alain Quay wrote:

A good mantra is

1) sweat three times a week

2) if it comes from a factory, don't eat it

3) drink wine instead of beer

Hard to follow in practice though

However if you eat lots of factory food and drink only beer you get to sweat three times a day

u05harrisb

5ft11in and weight in at 60KG plus or minus 1.5% and thats been like that for quite a while. BMI puts me in at horribly underweight but i think im doing okay! i eat LOADS and am on 5000calories a day, i just ride loads. 250miles done this week so far and i havnt even hit the weekend yet

freehub

I'm none of those.

I'm 11-12, that does not appear to be on the poll, so I can't vote.

MattC59

Ironically posted in teh Cake Stop forum

elmsallmissile

Ride hard wrote:

unless of course your name is Dr Bruce Banner and someone has just made you angry.

morstar

6'1 and 82Kg (I know, mixing measurements)

I would describe myself as similar build to Bradley, but clearly not doing quite so much as him on the bike, hence a few more kilo's. I'm now 40 and far from spreading but a step up from the mid 60Kgs I was until early 30's. Was actively trying and failing to put on weight in those days.

Aim to get sub 80Kg but wouldn't want to go below 75 again.

I know plenty of people same height as me who must be classed as obese but they are simply well built guys.

amun1000

dont really weigh myself - just wait for people to comment.

pedylan

5'8" and 11st 6. So borderline overweight but what does that mean? My body fat has been measured at 13% and I wear 30" waist trousers!

Did anyone see the Horizon programmme on health outcomes and foetal development and birthweight. Changes the whole game. Two guys on there with same height, same weight and same BMI. One was body fat 12% and the other 21% and a large part of the point of the programme was that the high body fat guy was from an Indian population sub group with high levels of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers and they tend to have low birthweights.

So if you were fat baby you're laughing.

Jim Will Fixie It

6ft1.5" (186cm) and 10st10lb (68kg). I think being born one month premature has something to do with my twig-like physique. That, and the fact I probably only eat 2000kcal a day despite riding 140 miles a week.