It's all these kittens I keep eating

Oct 20, 2007 07:30

No matter what you think about fat or fit or fat AND fit, or Health At Every Size, or whatever, this photo set on Flickr is interesting:

Illustrated BMI Photo Set

Pictures of over 100 people, along with their BMI. Y'know, that measurement that ignores your gender, your age, your frame ... it's a really interesting set of photos.

I don't have any pictures of myself handy at the moment, but for reference, I'm 238 pounds and my BMI is 39.6 -- I'm four pounds shy of morbid obesity. At least I'm doing better than Cheryl Haworth, at 42.6. Oh, except she runs the 40 in 5.5, has a 30-inch vertical, and can lift 300 pounds over her head.

What I'm trying to say here is yeah, I'm fat. And BMI can blow it out its ass.
 

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