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superbloke
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edwardcatflap
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| It's problematic. Only worked with a mixture of metric and imperial and didn't work at all with Korea as the country. I scored Latvia |
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Dodge7
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| this thing is way off. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Apparently, I'm fatter than 83% of my age group. I very much doubt that I am.
The trouble with the BMI is it has never taken into account muscle. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| Apparently, I'm fatter than 83% of my age group. I very much doubt that I am. |
If you come from South Africa you might be ok, if you come from the US I'd start saving for that walnut veneer 'Goliath Casket' right now!  |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
Apparently, I'm fatter than 83% of my age group. I very much doubt that I am.
The trouble with the BMI is it has never taken into account muscle. |
Try out the ones which also take into consideration the waistline. That should give you a better idea...
But I have my own test...Try to do 80 pushups in less than 2 minutes. If you can't do that, you could probably lose a few pounds. Don't blame me if you get a heart attack trying. |
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: La Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| "You are most like a man from Suriname". |
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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:12 am Post subject: |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Dodge7 wrote: |
| this thing is way off. |
How so?
I got Poland.
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| so 3 of the top 4 fattie nationalities in the world are south pacific islanders?LOL i guess all that fish and papaya and coconut milk really puts on the kilos? |
I think it has more to do with spam, actually. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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I got Demnark. I'm thinner than 80% of women my age in the USA (is that difficult, if you live outside of the main cities?) and have a higher BMI than 51% of women my age in the world.
I could stand to lose 3 pounds, but not bad. I'm visiting home next week and bringing back some trousers and dresses, which will likely be a size too tight, which will be good motivation for the last 1.5 kg. I'll be my pre-Korea size again!
EDIT for typo.
Last edited by NYC_Gal 2.0 on Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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kneezah~
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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wow~ that did wonders for my self-esteem. after living in korea for 3+ years and constantly being called fat, i've serious developed a complex about my body. i work out regularly and wouldn't be considered fat back home... however, i'm taller and bigger than most korean women. this leads to being pointed at and called a fattie by the locals.
according to the site i have a bmi 78% lower than those in my country and 63% below the national average (including korea). i'm from "central african republic." so i guess i'm not as bad off as i've come to believe. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Seems I'd fit right in in Bangladesh! |
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Yukoner
Joined: 14 May 2012
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| If I lose 1 pound I will be below average for my country (Canada) but at the moment I am above average haha. I fit in with Belarus apparently. |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
Apparently, I'm fatter than 83% of my age group. I very much doubt that I am.
The trouble with the BMI is it has never taken into account muscle. |
Try out the ones which also take into consideration the waistline. That should give you a better idea...
But I have my own test...Try to do 80 pushups in less than 2 minutes. If you can't do that, you could probably lose a few pounds. Don't blame me if you get a heart attack trying. |
So a push up test determines if you need to lose weight? I've seen people that look like a praying mantis that can't do 10 push ups in a minute. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| warmachinenkorea wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| transmogrifier wrote: |
Apparently, I'm fatter than 83% of my age group. I very much doubt that I am.
The trouble with the BMI is it has never taken into account muscle. |
Try out the ones which also take into consideration the waistline. That should give you a better idea...
But I have my own test...Try to do 80 pushups in less than 2 minutes. If you can't do that, you could probably lose a few pounds. Don't blame me if you get a heart attack trying. |
So a push up test determines if you need to lose weight? I've seen people that look like a praying mantis that can't do 10 push ups in a minute. |
Not paying attention, eh? |
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