It's not. I'll give you an example. In 1970, when Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in Hercules in New York, he weighed about 250 lbs. At 6' 2", that give him a BMI of 32 or OBESE. Did he look obese to you in that film?

A shot-putter acquaintance of mine in college summed it up nicely, if not completely accurately: "BMI is only accurate for people who've never lifted a weight in their lives."

True. The diet I'm on now is not so great from a micronutrient perspective. However, the original intent was to be on it for seven days, and it takes a lot longer than that for diseases of nutritional deficiency to set in.

I looked those up. The founder of the blood type diet thinks I should eat tofu and do yoga. (long pause in typing while I finish laughing) I think Hymen is mixing some good general advice with hocus pocus.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

They can't seem to figure out my BMI, because my penis accounts for 25% of my body weight.

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Clk's Ebay Stuff BUY SOMETHING NOW!!!

Reading the specs on some of you folks pre-post-weightloss, I'm just one, sorry, bago'$h!+!!!

But...things are looking up...

Around the 29th of August, I decided to "cold-turkey" the "DEW" and start myself on a self-imposed weight-loss program.

Why?

At 5' 5" (± 0.5") and 297lbs. (digital scale, unfortunately...accurate), life was beginning to suck...and my knees weren't enjoying the daily pounding (pun...sorry!) of moving forward/backward/couch-ward on a day-to-day basis. And cutting out the item of my self-inflicted-style-of-demise was the logical first place to start...

And what was that method?

I quit drinking mass-quantities of alcohol (I MIGHT HAVE, maybe, one-two beers every other month or so...) back around the time of the '82 World Series, so my alternative "drink of choice" became the "DEW" of television/radio fame.

And it's proven to be JUST TOO MUCH SUGAR/HIGH-FRUCTOSE SYRUP for anyone to consume on anything that would resemble a normal day...let alone on a regular basis...

I can't even begin to tell you how much/day I was consuming...but water was a DISTANCE 2nd to it.

Now, since that wonderful day back in August, I've gone from 297#s, down to 244#s and it's all due to just switching from the "sirens' song of drink" to the regular tap-water I'm drinking in place of the sugar'd crap.

I've had some lemonade/Gatorade-style drinks during the earlier stage of time (used as a "weaning-agent") during the initial days of dumping the "DEW" from the daily intake. (Ashamedly, the "DEW" was, sometimes, the ONLY intake.)

A side-bar to the "de-DEWing?"

I've also lost the taste/craving for anything MickeyDs'-related (regardless whether it's the "King"/"Star"/"KFC" or whatever...).

When will I, eventually, hit the "Michaelangeloic-David-type" state?

Never...

But, staying away from the "DEW" (and its devil-spawned brethren) is a decent start...

(Did I just hear the sound of PEPSICO/YUM-branded stock tanking?)

(Only my digital scale will know for sure!)

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'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Is that why you mellowed out?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Nope. BC gave me a "licking" and eventually, allowed me to continue "ticking."

I'm feeling much better...now...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Yeah, steriods tend to skew things.
Tom

not to mention being in the gym for 8 hours a day. Trust me those 'roid ragers still work hard.

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My understanding is that steroids, or certain types, not actually add muscle themselves. They allow the person to train longer, or hard or recover faster.
From memory Arnold did admit to using some steroids. It wasn't at the level that are taken today. I'll admit that the BMI is more of a rule of thumb or such. As with anything, someone can be found to defy common norms. The smoking industry usually trots out some 90 year old wheazzer or such.
Tom