Group: Lose Weight or Lose Fat

Created: 2012/01/23, Members: 254, Messages: 127

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si70
si70
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Joined: 2009/06/23
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2013/07/04, 12:39 PM
hello all how much should i rely on the BMI stats because by that i am morbidly obese  at 5'9 300 hundred pounds 42 yr of age
BeauBody38
BeauBody38
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2015/01/01, 12:24 AM
You need to lose weight. You're obese and it's dangerous for your health. You are prone to diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancers.
Sidume
Sidume
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Joined: 2004/01/28
United States
2016/03/29, 09:39 AM
My apologies for sounding wishy-washy, but it depends.

If you a highly muscular your BMI is going to be quite high.  Athletes in general (especially football players and wrestlers) tend to have very high BMI's.  But if you are not competing at a professional level, you probably want to get that a lot lower.  It's a general guideline and useful for most people, but not everyone.

That said, 300 is probably far too much for 5'9".  You might want to reasses the usefullness of BMI applying to you after you drop down to 230 or so.