[QUOTE=tophcfa;2442018]Dam loosing those two inches. I have always been 6’1” and I went to see a joint replacement doctor a couple days ago and measured a tick above 5’11”. I complained to him than my spinal cord must be depressing. He laughed and said that might account for about 1/4 inch, but the other 1 3/4 inches is because both of my hips and knees are completely bone on bone. Apparent loosing all the cartridge that used to cushion both my knees and hips made the difference, and if I have all the joints replaced I will be about 6’ 3/4” again. This getting old thing sucks! As far as the BMI thing goes, I just went away for a few days with three of my best long time friends. According to the BMI index, two of them are obese, I am borderline overweight, and the other is in the sweet spot of the BMI scale. Unfortunately, my buddy that has the supposedly perfect BMI score had a stroke during our trip and we had to call 911 to get him rushed to a Neurological Intensive care unit. Fortunately, it doesn’t appear he suffered any significant long term damage and big time kudos to the Maine Medical Center in Portland. So I wouldn’t recommend focusing too much on the whole BMI thing.[/
I wouldn’t recommend focusing too much on the whole BMI Thing.
It’s only guide. If I got beer belly can’t see my toes then yes I would be more worried about diet, cardio, laying off happy juice, cigarette's/wacky weed, and other things that got me fat. Nothing can be fixed over night when took years to get where they are. The skinny guy may of had unlining problem or family history problem that went unnoticed till done something out of ordinary?
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