Comments on: Raise Your Hand if You Think This is Realistic http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deena http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-221833 Deena Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:07:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-221833 Jenna- I hear that. I'm through worrying about my BMI- those are far m ore important numbers to concern myself with. Jenna- I hear that. I’m through worrying about my BMI- those are far m ore important numbers to concern myself with.

]]> By: All Women Stalker http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-221490 All Women Stalker Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:10:37 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-221490 I think that you should work on losing fat and gaining muscle. Rather than focus on reaching a certain weight and BMI. If you feel good in your body, and you have no health problems (bad cholesterol and all that) then screw what all those charts have to say! Everyone is different. -Denise I think that you should work on losing fat and gaining muscle. Rather than focus on reaching a certain weight and BMI. If you feel good in your body, and you have no health problems (bad cholesterol and all that) then screw what all those charts have to say! Everyone is different.

-Denise

]]> By: JayKay http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-221212 JayKay Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:15:15 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-221212 I'm 5'6"...according to what's "healthy", I should weight between 117 and 154 lbs. The last time I weighed anywhere close to either of those numbers, I was in college doing competitive gymnastics and diving and not really eating. That was 11 years ago. Now, I work out 4-6 days a week and can easily take on more than one 1-hour class per day...yet, I weigh close to 190. I'd say I probably have about 15-20 lbs to lose, but I am nowhere near morbidly obese like my doctor tells me I am. Hell, I'm a size 10 at most stores! My doc goes by the charts. I think the charts are a bunch of bull. I’m 5’6″…according to what’s “healthy”, I should weight between 117 and 154 lbs. The last time I weighed anywhere close to either of those numbers, I was in college doing competitive gymnastics and diving and not really eating. That was 11 years ago. Now, I work out 4-6 days a week and can easily take on more than one 1-hour class per day…yet, I weigh close to 190. I’d say I probably have about 15-20 lbs to lose, but I am nowhere near morbidly obese like my doctor tells me I am. Hell, I’m a size 10 at most stores!

My doc goes by the charts. I think the charts are a bunch of bull.

]]> By: Jenna http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-221104 Jenna Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:51:14 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-221104 I'm 5'1". 25 years ago, I had a 22" waist, wore a size 4-6 - and felt bad about my size because the scale read all of <b>117</b>. Since then, I've decided that my blood sugar and blood pressure are the only numbers I'm going to worry about. I’m 5’1″. 25 years ago, I had a 22″ waist, wore a size 4-6 – and felt bad about my size because the scale read all of 117.

Since then, I’ve decided that my blood sugar and blood pressure are the only numbers I’m going to worry about.

]]> By: Carrie http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-221060 Carrie Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37:34 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-221060 Hi there Francesca! It's Carrie--the one with the Jack Lemmon boyfriend? Anyhoodle-Here I am at 3:32 a.m. in all my sleeplessness and I feel I must comment on this. I read your blog everyday and while I don't always comment, somethings just cannot be ignored. BMI stands for Boring Malevolent Idiodicy (did I spell that right?) Anyway, I had a gatric bypass 1 1/2 years ago and went from 460 pounds at 5'8" to 189.7 as of this morning (pre-shower). I am still considered obese. WHAT THE HECK? I am of good german stock. Big-boned (I swear!) and am TALL. My bones are sticking out every which way, skin looking like a melted candle and clavicle bones that could cut through steak, but I digress. BMI is BULLS***. On a side note, I am SOOOO making a T-Shirt. No one steal that! Hi there Francesca!

It’s Carrie–the one with the Jack Lemmon boyfriend? Anyhoodle-Here I am at 3:32 a.m. in all my sleeplessness and I feel I must comment on this. I read your blog everyday and while I don’t always comment, somethings just cannot be ignored.

BMI stands for Boring Malevolent Idiodicy (did I spell that right?)

Anyway, I had a gatric bypass 1 1/2 years ago and went from 460 pounds at 5’8″ to 189.7 as of this morning (pre-shower).

I am still considered obese. WHAT THE HECK?

I am of good german stock. Big-boned (I swear!) and am TALL. My bones are sticking out every which way, skin looking like a melted candle and clavicle bones that could cut through steak, but I digress.

BMI is BULLS***.

On a side note, I am SOOOO making a T-Shirt. No one steal that!

]]> By: Evie http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-220736 Evie Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:25:14 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-220736 Margo, that's so awesome! Glad your trainer gets that fitness and health are about SO MUCH MORE than some arbitrary number that doesn't fit your body shape or composition. I went to the doctor a few months ago for a checkup, and was talking to a nurse about my basic stats, including weight. She gives me the big eyebrow raise at my BMI reading, and asks how much exercise I get. I tell her I run three days a week, lift two or three days, and hike or climb on the weekends. Oh, and I bike to and from work. She's speechless for a few seconds, then asks why I came in. Here's the real kicker: I tell her I have exercise-induced asthma. I've been running for a few years, but can't seem to get my endurance to a point I'm happy with, so I want to discuss different treatment options. Her eyebrows about twitched off her forehead, then she said I made her feel guilty for not exercising more herself! Margo, that’s so awesome! Glad your trainer gets that fitness and health are about SO MUCH MORE than some arbitrary number that doesn’t fit your body shape or composition.

I went to the doctor a few months ago for a checkup, and was talking to a nurse about my basic stats, including weight. She gives me the big eyebrow raise at my BMI reading, and asks how much exercise I get. I tell her I run three days a week, lift two or three days, and hike or climb on the weekends. Oh, and I bike to and from work. She’s speechless for a few seconds, then asks why I came in. Here’s the real kicker: I tell her I have exercise-induced asthma. I’ve been running for a few years, but can’t seem to get my endurance to a point I’m happy with, so I want to discuss different treatment options. Her eyebrows about twitched off her forehead, then she said I made her feel guilty for not exercising more herself!

]]> By: Margo http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-220636 Margo Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:25:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-220636 When I started at my new gym, I had the compulsory intro session with a trainer, and I went in with all my HAES material ready to smack down (politely) any comment that made me uncomfortable. Honestly, I was dreading it (which is weird as I have always had great personal trainers in the past). We got on to BMI, and the big muscle-bound trainer dude? Started trashing it before I had a chance to. Told me in no uncertain terms that, on an individual level, it was of no use to him or me in terms of health maintenance. When I started at my new gym, I had the compulsory intro session with a trainer, and I went in with all my HAES material ready to smack down (politely) any comment that made me uncomfortable. Honestly, I was dreading it (which is weird as I have always had great personal trainers in the past). We got on to BMI, and the big muscle-bound trainer dude? Started trashing it before I had a chance to. Told me in no uncertain terms that, on an individual level, it was of no use to him or me in terms of health maintenance.

]]> By: thecanuckian http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-220610 thecanuckian Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:28:24 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-220610 Both hands down. I've weighed exactly the same weight regardless of how much I exercise and I'm still in the overweight-obese section of it. And I mean it has been the same from my heaviest (or most fat, I guess) to when I was going to the gym 5 days a week. Strangely, I dropped when I cut down on the gym. This is also why I hate scales and don't own them. Both hands down. I’ve weighed exactly the same weight regardless of how much I exercise and I’m still in the overweight-obese section of it. And I mean it has been the same from my heaviest (or most fat, I guess) to when I was going to the gym 5 days a week. Strangely, I dropped when I cut down on the gym. This is also why I hate scales and don’t own them.

]]> By: theDiva http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-220564 theDiva Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:22:24 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-220564 Hand not raised. I really wonder about those charts. I am 5'3 1/2. Back when I was working out 5x a week (in my 30s) , I had a 23" waist, wore a size 4 - and weighed nearly 140. Technically, I was obese! Made no sense. Hand not raised. I really wonder about those charts. I am 5’3 1/2. Back when I was working out 5x a week (in my 30s) , I had a 23″ waist, wore a size 4 – and weighed nearly 140. Technically, I was obese! Made no sense.

]]> By: class factotum http://manolobig.com/2009/11/27/raise-your-hand-if-you-think-this-is-realistic/comment-page-1/#comment-220561 class factotum Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:13:48 +0000 http://manolobig.com/?p=3461#comment-220561 PS And Annie? I don't think you understand the kind of hunger I am talking about with respect to losing and staying at a weight below what your body wants to be. I am not talking about a "Oh, I am hungry and ready for lunch!" hunger. I am talking about bone-gnawing starving auto-cannibalism hunger. That kind. PS And Annie? I don’t think you understand the kind of hunger I am talking about with respect to losing and staying at a weight below what your body wants to be. I am not talking about a “Oh, I am hungry and ready for lunch!” hunger. I am talking about bone-gnawing starving auto-cannibalism hunger. That kind.

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