Went to the dietician
Because I'm a fat cow. At least the Army says so. I'm five feet tall, and according to them, I am not supposed to weigh over 133 lbs.
The VA dietician stared at me like I had lobsters coming out of my ears when I said that. I'm currently 148 lbs, but two pounds of that is reliably water. According to the REAL BMI chart, I am at 28% body fat and okay for a 49 year old woman. The Army refuses to accept this reality and substitutes its own, saying I'm 36%.
She listened to my description of how I eat and said there isn't anything to be done except work out more. I'm hoping that the Attorney General's office building has an exercise room, although the Air Force base isn't too far away and it has a wonderful gym.
If the Army decides to flag me or give me shit in any other way because of this, I'm going to point to my high PT scores and the fact that I have been to a dietician at the Veterans Administration. They haven't had middle-aged women in before, and I am happy to blow their minds about the realities of ageing.
The VA dietician stared at me like I had lobsters coming out of my ears when I said that. I'm currently 148 lbs, but two pounds of that is reliably water. According to the REAL BMI chart, I am at 28% body fat and okay for a 49 year old woman. The Army refuses to accept this reality and substitutes its own, saying I'm 36%.
She listened to my description of how I eat and said there isn't anything to be done except work out more. I'm hoping that the Attorney General's office building has an exercise room, although the Air Force base isn't too far away and it has a wonderful gym.
If the Army decides to flag me or give me shit in any other way because of this, I'm going to point to my high PT scores and the fact that I have been to a dietician at the Veterans Administration. They haven't had middle-aged women in before, and I am happy to blow their minds about the realities of ageing.