Where are you on the global fat scale?

[RICHARD]

Which schools are you referring to? I keep hearing about this, yet the kids come home tired from Gym, recess, etc constantly. They have more PE than I had while I was in school...the good old days aint. The school lunch menu is far better than it ever was while I was a child, so that one isn't going to fly as a "systemic problem" either.

As to the legislative side, does there NEED to be legislation in that regard? Use your head. All things in moderation. Even when money's tight we somehow manage to put balanced meals on the table.

It takes desire to take care of yourself, and no amount of political pandering can create that.

As to my weight? I hover around 200 pounds, give or take depending on what time of the year it is,I'm under 6', and can still do enough pushups to pass the army physical fitness test. They can take their BMI scale and....well.......

I remember hearing that the best 'push up' was the push up a person does when they move away from the dinner table.

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I do like the sites where you can get an average 'snapshot' of what is supposed to be normal, but, there are a bunch of things that can impact your health/lifestyle.

When I go to see the DR. I do a bi monthy cholesterol test. While a BMI index or internet test can give you a baseline
idea of your physical health, nothing beats a good once over by a doc.

[chocolatepuppy]

BMI 25! Down from 29.6 in January. But then I have lost 30# since then.

[Karen]

I tried to do it, but it wouldn't let me put America, or United States of America in the country field, so I needed to lie and chose Sweden instead. But these online things never account for variations in a person's bone structure or body shape, they would judge my friend Heather and I, for example, by the same standards because we are the same height, but I am big-boned, and she is very fine-boned. If we were both skeletons, her ribcage would fit inside mine and not even touch the edges, and my collarbone is probably about 4 inches wider than hers. I weigh more than I should, and need to lose weight I know, but height and age don't account for nearly enough!

[Freckles]

For me, it didn't like USA, but did accept United States.

[mrspunkysmom]

I tried to do it, but it wouldn't let me put America, or United States of America in the country field, so I needed to lie and chose Sweden instead. But these online things never account for variations in a person's bone structure or body shape, they would judge my friend Heather and I, for example, by the same standards because we are the same height, but I am big-boned, and she is very fine-boned. If we were both skeletons, her ribcage would fit inside mine and not even touch the edges, and my collarbone is probably about 4 inches wider than hers. I weigh more than I should, and need to lose weight I know, but height and age don't account for nearly enough!

Just try typing in U or Un and United States will show up with a few others.

We are alike in that we are big boned with larger skeletal frames. Even when HWP I had to buy larger blouses so that they would fit my shoulders. Or couldn't wear bangles since they wouldn't fit over my slender hands.

One odd thing: my hands are still slender from all those years of piano practice.