Why am I so skinny and weird?

Robert Schuh wrote:
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> How tall are you, what do you weigh and
> how big is your waist? That will give us a
> better idea as to where you are.

Imo, those numbers won't really give you much of "a better idea as to
where" the OP is physique-wise and certainly offers no gauge to the
weirdness aspect.

Again, physique-wise, those numbers offer no true benefit due to the
great variance even on the professional level of bodybuilding. See a
Brian Buchanan versus a Tom Platz or Branch Warren. The first example
is someone with a wasp waist that would make even your "Mr. Phoenix
best condition" appear large in the gut by comparison. Platz and
Warren, while packing an equal amount of muscle, both possess a
broad-hipped and significantly larger answer to the "how big is your
waist?" question. Apples and oranges. Or, as is usually the case,
Benjamin Disraeli's words apply, "There are three kinds of lies: lies,
damned lies and
statistics."

And, yeah, the OP wasn't/isn't who the OP identified himself, afaik.
That should matter - especially in your case, 'bert, as you've
consistently bawled for that information. I would assume you'd want the
real name to, duh, actually be /the poster's/ real name.

Anywho, the numbers Schuh requested would basically be good old trivia,
while a picture would speak volumes. Then again I recall the - what
were they called? - thirty-second before and after pics?

--
Curt

Carl Robson wrote
> There was a phone in on the radio about this medical/government
> obsession with obescity+the rise in eating disorders.
> One caller talked about her 16 year old who is a body builder. Not a
> gramme of visible excess fat on the lad, 5' 8" and about 16st the Doctor
> told him to lose 2stone because his DMI said he was obese and there is
> no arguing with BMI (not taking into account muscle mass using the basic
> heigh-weight calculation method). How about that for bollocks. Tell a
> super lean person to lose weight. That has got to be a fantastic way to
> incourage unhealthy eating.

Indeed! The BMI is a pile of steaming sh*t. They need to take bodyfat
percentage measurements instead.