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Warfarer
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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However, the minute some baw mentions he is 6' 215 and someone points out he is carrying at least 25 extra pounds all hell breaks loose.


According to the BMI, at 6'4 I should be 200 on the highest end to be in the healthy weight scale. Right now, I changed jobs and I am still around 185 pounds of muscle so that would put me at very lean just to be on the high side.

I think healthy is a sliding scale. The smallest I ever was as an adult was around 205-210 but I could go on 8 hour trail rides without hardly breaking a sweat. You can look at someone and tell, with 95% accuracy, if they are healthy or not. I want to lose another 50 pounds and get down to around 225. I got big and have started working on it and will do it by next Christmas. I feel good around that weight. If I get there and want to lose more, I will. but that is my goal.


Legion of Doom
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
Where’s Mingo when you need him?


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Ingeniero
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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I want to lose another 50 pounds and get down to around 225


Unless you're JJ Watt, I don't believe you're healthy at 6'4 275lbs


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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
I’d have to starve myself to get that low, I also do jiu jitsu and weight train 3-4 times a week.


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Warfarer
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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Unless you're JJ Watt, I don't believe you're healthy at 6'4 275lbs



I never said I am. I gained weight over the years and finally started losing it at the start of the year. I am down about 50 pounds now and want to get down to about 225. My blood pressure was high the last year and it sparked me really making some decision about it. I was running my own business and working myself into pain every day. I couldn't hardly stand upright by the time I closed down last year. My back hurt so bad every day that I couldn't exercise when I got home and I stress ate every day.

At the end of the day, it is all excuses and the person's fault. You can draw bad genes but you can still overcome them.


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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...

Presently, 75% of Americans are overweight and 43% are obese. Morbid obesity, where a person's weight interferes with basic physical functions such as breathing and walking, is defined as a BMI over 35. About half of the US population (48.9%) will be considered obese and nearly 1 in 4 (24.2%) will be considered morbidly obese by 2030.

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Traveler
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
Park outside of Walgreens or Walmarks and you will see that 25% is a very conservative figure for obesity in this country.


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RogerTheShrubber
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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According to the BMI, at 6'4 I should be 200 on the highest end to be in the healthy weight scale.


When I was 225, I was fairly normal. Couldn't pinch an inch. That was 25 years ago though.

I weigh less now, mainly due to loss of muscle mass. Chemo is a bitch.


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Ingeniero
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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At the end of the day, it is all excuses and the person's fault. You can draw bad genes but you can still overcome them.




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Big Scrub TX
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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You, like most here miss the point.

Outdoor physical activity is the main difference. Colorado has the most active population. Colorado 83.8
The main difference is diet...and I imagine it's true that there is a high correlation between people being active and also eating right. But diet is 90% of it.


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RogerTheShrubber
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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But diet is 90% of it.


Ive got a link in this thread that disputes that.



chrome_daddy
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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It’s 100% about diet.

Exercise makes a small portion of what you can do. It’s a good supplement, but diet is by far the factor.

Calories taken in can’t exceed calories burned or calories required to maintain your current body weight

100% this.

My wife (no pics) 53yo lost 30 pounds early this year after going on this diet her fellow nurse friends had tried. Took three-four months, learned portion control and what foods to avoid. She's been off the official "diet" for 6 months and hasn't gained anything back.

Point is, she goes to the gym 4-5 times a week and works out hard. She's been doing this for years. She had slowly gained this weight over the past 10 years. She did not change her exercise frequency or workouts. It was strictly the food she's eating and portion control.


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SoFla Tideroller
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
Most of the OT thinks those chicks need a sammich and have the arse of a 12 year old boy.


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BluegrassBelle
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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You, like most here miss the point.

Outdoor physical activity is the main difference. Colorado has the most active population. Colorado 83.8



Now how many states, especially in the South (outside of coastal areas) have the same access to outdoor activities?

Areas like Denver get something like 300 days of sunshine and only have two months (July/August) where they average over 81 degrees on the high end. In winter, they're primed for outdoor activities because of the terrain and legitimate access to good green space even in urban areas.

I'd probably be outside most of the time too if I had that kind of climate to be outside in.


NOSTRODAMUS
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
I think we’re already there. 1 of every 4 people I see is fat as hell.


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NIH
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
You don’t have to spend all day outside to lose weight. People who complain about heat the most tend to be fat.


Caraway Rye
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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Ive got a link in this thread that disputes that.



You cannot gain weight if you eat less calories than you use

There is nothing that disputes this simple fact of the world

Eat less food and you wont be a fat frick

Its that simple

You lock all these fatties in a concentration camp where they belong for two years on a strict portion and tell me its not about calories


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Duke
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
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You don’t have to spend all day outside to lose weight.


Sure but it makes it a hell of a lot easier when you can be active outside.


NIH
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
You can’t be active in the South?


Duke
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re: 25% of Americans projected to be severely obese by 2030...
I didnt say that.

I said its easier when you can drive 10 minutes to a trailhead and hike a 14er, as an example.


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