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This just got scary fascinating. Go visit this site, and then come back for the rest of this post.
If those calculations are to be believed, as I sit here, I am as follows (which will only make sense if you actually went to the site):
Weight 240 lbs Height 6ft 0in
Waist 42 in (The site says to measure waist size one inch above the navel, rather than pants size (36, which is also not the actual measurement of waist. That comes in at 39 inches. A rant is forthcoming, as I have had to return here and edit a previously uplifting post. Damnit)
Sex Male
Age 3Xyrs
Body-Mass Index (BMI) 32.6kg/m2
Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) 58.3%
Body Fat 23.4%
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) 2244kcals/day
Surface Area 2.35m2
Willoughby Athlete Weight 196lbs
Willoughby Athlete Waist 33in
Near as I can figure, this was me April 10
Weight 288 lbs
Height 6ft 0in
Waist 50 in (based on approximate weight loss. It is estimated that 6-8 lbs of weight loss = 1 inch. Now I know why the baseball jerseys I’ve been buying for years are measured at 52 inches. Who knew?)
Sex Male
Age 3Xyrs
Body-Mass Index (BMI) 39.1kg/m2
Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) 69.4%
Body Fat 29.7 %
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) 2544kcals/day
Surface Area 2.57m2
When I say I’ve lost 50 lbs, I’m talking about 2006, although the current cycle will put me deep into the 230s. I weighed myself in January at a friends’ place, and I was 293 and change. I’m still classified as overweight by this metric, and I do not dispute this judgement at all. I’ll even go so far as to say still fat. But my body fat % is the lowest it’s been in years, and everything I can dig up says that that’s just fine.
A friend said today that he assumed the extra weight was just “muscle and rage” and he’s not far off the mark. And also, 50 pounds of fat. The last time I lost 50 pounds, it was not fat. Observe as we set the wayback machine to the Winter of 1990-91.
October: Everything is mostly awesome with my world. I do not drink, I am a vegetarian, and I ride a bicycle everywhere.
Weight 196 lbs
Height 5ft 11in
Waist 28 in
Sex Male
Age XXyrs
Body-Mass Index (BMI) 27.4 kg/m2
Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) 39.4%
Body Fat 0.9%
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) 2065 kcals/day
Surface Area 2.11m2
Willoughby Athlete Weight 188lbs
Willoughby Athlete Waist 32.5in
March: Everything sucks, but I’m off the streets and working again
Weight 140 lbs
Height 6ft 1in
Waist 28 in
Sex Male
Age XXyrs
Body-Mass Index (BMI) 19.6 kg/m2
Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) 39.4%
Body Fat 4.5%
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) 1708 kcals/day
Surface Area 1.78 m2
Willoughby Athlete Weight 188l bs
Willoughby Athlete Waist 32.5in
This also marks the approximate time I stopped selling my blood for food money, although I did do it for extra cash now and then for another month. Until, that is, the day I passed out in a Taco Bell from Heat Prostration (long story, but it’s a primary reason I had to leave Phoenix). By October of that year, I was back up to about 170, and slowly got to 190 over the next year or so. I’m also drinking during that period (somewhat heavily, although it is occasional at best) and renew my love affair with the Big Mac. It ends (like all my relationships >pity party for Bhagwan<) 3 years later (220-ish pounds), but that's a story for another time (even longer story). Yes, I am slighty taller than I was when I was a serious athlete. Much to my dismay, Over the last few years I have gone from 6 and "a high enough fraction of that inch to claim it at all times" to "yep, 6'0 on a good day, with the occasional dip to "5'11 and enough of a fraction to still feel really manly about being 6 foot tall." so the comparisons betweeint he 5'11 me now and the 5'11 me then really only have 16 years of burgers and beer in between. The body fat calculation for the punk is lower than I thought it would be (I had myself pegged at 2 or 3% at the time), but every pound I could strip off either myself or the bike was that much more speed I could generate. I really went nowhere in those days without carrying food with me, or making sure food was there at the end of the journey. In our enlightened 21st century, we now know this to be a REALLY FRIGGIN' BAD IDEA, but in 1990, we were "in excellent shape." The physical ranges my body has gone through since leaving High School (150-160, 5'10") is truly staggering. The only thing in the world that would tempt me to hit a reunion would be the shock and awe I could engender amongst the folks I haven not seen in forever. Although I wouldn't mind beating the living shit out of a few of my classmates from those years. I'm pretty sure I could take them. Although I now have a solid goal in mind. I was toying with taking off another 50 lbs and being like Puck, but the Bicentennial with a 32 inch waist is for me. August 3 I buy another bike. (ed, never happened, LIfe and an incidental dumping got in the way)