In thinking that a disproportionate number of MNers are overweight/obese?

[anotherfatty]

...according to recent threads and that this is probably because we spend too much time in front of a computer stuffing our faces and not enough time getting off our fat backsides and exercising!

appear to be I mean

Why ?

How many size 16s are under 25 bmi? She isn't saying size 16 is massively huge, just that it is normally above healthy weight.

More and more people are overweight and obese, making the average weight increase as a result, therefore the average weight will be unhealthy.

Do people just Xenia as instinct now ?

Me too cheesesarnie. I have a very slight frame though (am of part Asian descent) and anytime I have put on weight it all goes round my face/neck adn I get a pot belly!

Is 5foot5 really the average height for women in the UK?

Well I've not called myself Slim Jim have I????

Yes I am fat, yes I eat too much and exercise too little. Yes I spend far too much time on MN.

But I am still fecking funny, I can still run fast enough to beat my 4 yr old in a race, can run long enough to play football with her and can jump high enough to jump over the dog.

I just look shite in a pair of leggings and t-shirt - but then doesn't everyone....

"(18 BMI which is normal and can look pretty good too)" No Xenia, that is arse. That is the bmi of that model who died

a bmi of 18 is not something desirable

My BMI is less than 18.

Well hopefully Mercy you know how to look after yourself unlike that model.

I think making out 18 desirable is a mistake as there are so many problems associated with very low weight.

I am a size 14/16 and my BMI is 24
so that's that theory out of the window

How tall are you Harpsi? (Genuinely interested in all of this btw, not stirring or bitchy)

I think the number is probably fairly representative of the population, not disproportionate at all.

Anyway, MN is a witty place, and it's a well known fact that fat people have better senses of humour, as we're so used to laughing at ourselves .

According to the Wii fit my dp, who is very big built, 6' and about half a stone overweight has a BMI of 36 or something and is obese, as are most of the England Rugby team...BMI is a load of rubbish.

5' 6"
I have big tits and a big bum
people come in different sizes and shapes
the BMI was worked out by my GP by the way at my last pill check

ooooooooooooh int'restin harpsi i will take back my comment then.

To be fair I was basing it entirely on ME

I was pretty surprised too
I think BMI is a bizarre system tbh.
I am certainly carryig a little extra weight

Oh no. Does MN cause obesity then? ANd I thought it was sitting on my arse all day at work.

However, I will go to the gym first thing in the morning... and I'm thinking about eating a very naughty curry tonight.

I don't know what I weigh.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm curry

I don't know what I weigh either
haven't had scales in the house for a very long time

Considering a bloody lot of us have had children in the last few years it's pretty obvious many of us with have a bit of podge.

I think it's the wine more than the green&blacks tbh, you wait and see how many peopel are pissed tonight

I'll put my hand up and say overweight. 5'4" and almost 12 stone. And a long time since I had babies so can't blame it on that. Infact I'm heavier than at the end of both my pregnancies

Actually, I always get bigger when my Dc's are a few months old.

Well, I can't help it that I finish off their dinner as well as eat with the family, can I?

can't even use that excuse! Mine are older and eat everything! Think it's cos I don't have to run around after them so much - well I do, but it's in the car rather than up and down stairs IYSWIM.

People don't realise how difficult it can be to be skinny. I am really tall and really thin and people are always saying, Oi, are you a supermodel or what? It gets sooo boring and upsetting.