Posted by johngl
I’ve come up with a new formula for determining ideal weight. Forget all that crap about BMIs, spare tires, apples and pear shapes, and every other thing you heard or read about weight vs height calculations. It simply leads to phrases like “I have big bones”.
My arse!
There are two things that should tell a man he has gone over the edge:
1. If you have to have to tip yourself forward to see your gentlemanly bits (or heaven forbid, look in a mirror to see them), you’re too damn fat. Don’t even try and rationalize it away.
2. Your body weight in pounds probably shouldn’t exceed your height in centimeters.
The latter works out for me at 78 inches in height x 2.54 (cm per inch) = 198.12.
Currently, I weight 230. Oops. And as for point one, let’s just say the boys are starting to play a bit of hide and seek.
When I was doing some competitive bicycling, riding between 275 and 300 miles per week — which isn’t a lot by today’s standards — my Panasonic DX-2000 (the bicycle I’m on in the photo above) and I together, including tools and a tire patch kit, weighed in at 205. In those days, I weighed about 170, give or take a few.
With all of that in mind, along with a string of health issues that have cropped up (uric acid buildup, kidney stones, B12 deficiency, etc) it has come time to do something.
Time for liposuction and a tummy tuck! Oh, and put in some artificial ab muscles while you’re rooting about in there!
