Re: Classic 2 1/4 Pound Diet Got Peary to the Pole

From: Bob (this one) (Bob_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:36:23 -0500

Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote:

> "Mirek Fídler" wrote:
>
>>OK, this is better:)
>>
>>Anyway, you still owe us your height.
>>
>>I am sorry about being so investigative, but perhaps if we start to give
>>fair answers to fair question, we can get somewhere.
>>
>>Mirek
>>
>>"Bob (this one)" <Bob@nospam.com> píse v diskusním príspevku
>>news:10s0h1cg0735a24@corp.supernews.com...
>>Mirek Fídler wrote:
>
>>>I guess this response is similiar to Chung's word games. You ask for
>>>number and get several paragraphs but no number.
>>
>>Mirek, forgive me, but I feel no need to respond to every whim of
>>"John." He's merely a belligerent sockpuppet for Chung.

If "john" were sincerely asking for the sake of gathering information,
I'd comply with his request, as I do when others sincerely ask
questions. But when the "question" is part of a battle plan and a
component of an attack, then I don't feel constrained to play by those
rules.

I'm heavily muscled and have been all my life. I have a 17-inch neck
and have always had it that large since my early twenties and growth
stopped, gaining or losing no more than 1/2 inch with weight
fluctuations over the years. I have a large chest, 45 inches or so and
heavy, muscular legs with a 26 inch thigh. Large arms. Relatively
small waist at 34-35 inches. Large calves.

Calculated today, my BMI is 27.6 This is from the site I clicked to
calculate it:
"BMI is a reliable indicator of total body fat, which is related to
the risk of disease and death. The score is valid for both men and
women but it does have some limits. The limits are:
     * It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a
muscular build."

>>I weigh 176
>>pounds this morning and I'm happy with that weight.
>
> He may need to be taller than 6'3" in order to be at an "ideal" body
> weight of 176 lbs.

That's a BMI of 22 or less. Too rigid a position about it. Everybody
but Chung looks at it this way:

BMI Categories:
     * Underweight = <18.5
     * Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
     * Overweight = 25-29.9
     * Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

And therein resides the reason why I regard BMI to be a flawed
criterion. That's what I weighed playing football in high school.
Running track in college. Playing baseball. And being one of the most
consistently fast runners in all the sports. No jiggly flab.

So if this BMI calculation says I'm overweight, that's fine. Given the
obvious flaws in the premises for the calculations, I don't use it as
a basis for my functioning. I don't really need the numbers to tell me
when I'm out of condition. My kinesthetic sense takes care of that.

Now, what has this to do with whether the 2PD is reasonable or not?
The question is addressed to you, Mirek. I'm not trying to be hostile
here, just establishing the subject.

Chung has said so many things of seriously doubtful veracity that
whether I'm fat or thin, tall or short or green or blue makes no
difference to the subject.

He says that he "guesstimates" that 90,000 people are doing it and
that if anyone failed, he'd know about it. He says it has a 100%
success rate.

So what color is your car? And does it affect the verity of the 2PD?

Bob

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