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The Greatest of All Time
As an enginerd, I likes me some numbers, too. But don't forget that BMI is can be deceiving for athletic people. The most extreme examples would be the running back who is 5"10" 220 lbs. Obese? Only if you can catch them -- 4% body fat and all. Now most runners aren't that extreme, but we often tend to have more muscular legs, and since muscle is more dense than fat, that could mean that 5-10 180 lb Matt be nowhere near overweight, despite his BMI. Just a caveat to keep in mind. Mississippi can, of course, selectivly ignore any assumptions that don't work in her favor.
Michelle
I've got a fever...
If you're apple-shaped you're ok, if you're pear-shaped you might have problems.
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
And, I think I might have finally stumbled upon somethings that just might help him to see things differently. WHICH - would be really really nice after all this time!
Great, but keep the x-rated stuff off the main board, please.
If you're french fry shaped I might dip you in hot grease, salt you and eat you.
I think apple-shaped is worse, because you're carrying the fat up high, on and around your organs, instead of on your booty.
rectumdamnnearkilledem
Zoomy your husband must be psyched! Good stuff and the way it should be but I'm wondering if this could be the heart of the problem with some DHs - afraid that their wife's running may make them so hot it takes the DW out of their league and end up losing them.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
???? Are you fu*king with me? (Think Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa) Apple shaped to me means wider at the shoulders and then you taper as you go towards the waist.
Amy
Lia's Daddy
Nope, not f*****g with you. The apple shape you're talking about is more like idealized inverted triangle of the body builder. For the rest of the would, you must think of the Fruit of the Loom apple. Healthwise, it's better to have a butt than a gut.
Stand naked in front of a large mirror and jump up and down a couple of times. Anything that jiggles is fat.