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Strike For The South
10-22-2009, 04:59
*Blatant jacking*

250lbs or 114 kilos

Zain
10-22-2009, 05:00
158 lbs

Hooahguy
10-22-2009, 05:04
180.
in freshmen year i forced myself down to 150 but it wasnt healthy. my normal weight back then was 175.

CountArach
10-22-2009, 05:05
Roughly 65kg, so about 145lb.

A Very Super Market
10-22-2009, 05:07
60 kg

ajaxfetish
10-22-2009, 05:09
Not enough. I've never really gotten much above 120 lbs (~55 kg). I've got a high metabolism, and I don't work out much or have a great appetite. Not that I'm a light eater, but food doesn't ever stick. I've also got tremendously low body-fat, which is a real pain in winter, and makes sitting on wooden benches start hurting pretty quick.

Ajax

Hooahguy
10-22-2009, 05:10
Not enough. I've never really gotten much above 120 lbs (~55 kg). I've got a high metabolism, and I don't work out much or have a great appetite. Not that I'm a light eater, but food doesn't ever stick. I've also got tremendously low body-fat, which is a real pain in winter, and makes sitting on wooden benches start hurting pretty quick.

Ajax
want some of my excess fat?

Zain
10-22-2009, 05:12
want some of my excess fat?

Early congrats on your 6,000th post Hooah :2thumbsup:

Aemilius Paulus
10-22-2009, 05:14
Still waiting for a "How much [sic] is your Johnson?" or the likes of it thread... Where is Devastatin Dave when you need him?!?

Hooahguy
10-22-2009, 05:16
Early congrats on your 6,000th post Hooah :2thumbsup:
thanks man. well, really i need this post to get close to the big 6k. i have no shame. :read:

AP: i dare you to make a thread like that, and lets see how fast its locked. ill give you a balloon if you do.

pevergreen
10-22-2009, 05:20
60kg. Normally 55, so I feel a bit round right now.

naut
10-22-2009, 05:21
Roughly 65kg, so about 145lb.
Same here. Was at 70kg during the football (soccer) season. But, now I'm too lazy to eat and gym.

Zain
10-22-2009, 05:27
Still waiting for a "How much [sic] is your Johnson?" or the likes of it thread... Where is Devastatin Dave when you need him?!?

We would have some liars for sure :help:

drone
10-22-2009, 05:43
205 lbs. Should probably drop about 10 of those.

seireikhaan
10-22-2009, 05:47
205 lbs. Still workin' on it.

Samurai Waki
10-22-2009, 05:53
160 lbs.

Beefy187
10-22-2009, 06:11
74 kg....
I feel fat.

rajpoot
10-22-2009, 07:44
68 Kg.....been trying to gain, but simply can't...

Fragony
10-22-2009, 07:48
80 kilo's, me so slender

pevergreen
10-22-2009, 08:01
74 kg....
I feel fat.

:jawdrop:

Did you gain weight since you left?

You were skinny as! You looked like you needed to gain weight.

Ser Clegane
10-22-2009, 08:01
80 kg here as well

Husar
10-22-2009, 09:49
Between 70 and 75 most likely, I don't measure often but last time it was 74 IIRC.

Hax
10-22-2009, 10:41
Between 50 kg/110 lbs and 55 kg/121 lbs. I don't know exactly.

Ramses II CP
10-22-2009, 11:52
185 (and 5' 10" since weight alone isn't very useful)

:egypt:

Louis VI the Fat
10-22-2009, 13:06
1.83 M. 73 kilo.


That's several feet and thumbs high, and the equivalent of a bag with many heavy stones. Or something like that.

Husar
10-22-2009, 14:07
1.83 M. 73 kilo.


That's several feet and thumbs high, and the equivalent of a bag with many heavy stones. Or something like that.

73 kilo camels/donkeys/pizzas/bicycles? :inquisitive: ~;)

Agree about the rest though.

Zain
10-22-2009, 14:12
*Blatant jacking*

250lbs or 114 kilos

You would make a thread about weight

After I make a thread about height

~:pat:

TinCow
10-22-2009, 14:16
I vary between 170-180 lbs (I'm 6'0") and have been at that weight for the last 10 years. Whenever I go over 180, I drop my calorie intake until I get back down to 170, then resume normal eating. Since I eat a relatively healthy diet, I only have to do the low-calorie diet for about 1 month per year to keep me stable.

Andres
10-22-2009, 14:50
Usually between 72 and 75 kg for 176 cm.

Used to weigh 97 kg about four years ago, which was way too much. Lost 25 kg in 6 months back then.

I'm now at 78 kg, so I'm currently forcing myself to exercise more and eat less. Should be back to 74 kg within a month.

Vladimir
10-22-2009, 14:52
178, and falling. :sweatdrop:

Sigurd
10-22-2009, 15:54
235 lbs. (107 Kg)

I have been slacking on the training and have gained a few extra. I should have been around 209 lbs (95 Kg)

Furunculus
10-22-2009, 16:23
82.2kg

or 181 pounds in yank.

Csargo
10-22-2009, 16:26
328 pounds. :sweatdrop:

Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
10-22-2009, 18:54
235 lbs. (107 Kg)

I have been slacking on the training and have gained a few extra. I should have been around 209 lbs (95 Kg)

Yeesh, you Norwegians and your giant frames.

140 (ish), 5'9", BMI 21.

I used to be leaner, but it's winter and my foot is bad.

Ice
10-22-2009, 19:47
135-140 lbs

Viking
10-22-2009, 21:23
~65 kg, which I suppose is ~143 pounds. I had I not been sitting this much, I'd probably been able to gain some more weight (I don't get how inactive people gain weight. It is really beyond my understanding at the moment).

Rhyfelwyr
10-22-2009, 21:58
I've lost a lot of weight since I went on my new fitness regime:

https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1716/supermorbidlyobeseman.jpg (https://img32.imageshack.us/i/supermorbidlyobeseman.jpg/)

Lemur
10-22-2009, 22:12
211 pounds, which means I'm at least 15 pounds over where I should be. By way of comparison, the last time I was in fantastic shape (you know, rippling muscles and all of that jazz) I was 185 or so. And when I was super-duper underweight I was about 170.

Weird thing is, when I consult the BMI, it correctly states that I'm slightly overweight. But to be underweight? I'd have to be 150 pounds. That would be deep into anorexia territory. So I'm forced to wonder about the lower end of the Body/Mass Index.

tibilicus
10-22-2009, 22:38
Some where between 175 lbs and 180lbs at the minute, about average body fat, and around average height.

ICantSpellDawg
10-22-2009, 22:46
I'm at 155-160 lbs, but I'm dieting to get back to 150. Should happen within a week and a half. I've cut lunch down to 2 rice cakes, a tomato, a can of tuna a lemon, an apple, some peanut butter.

Small dinner as well maybe chili, rice and a few vegetables. limited or no deserts during the work week. Nice big 2 egg, pastrami, tomato american cheese sandwich in the morning. Maybe 1 or 2 nice sized dinners a week.

run 2 mils per day MTWF with a 1 mile ending walk. 3 mile walk on sundays. 20 pull ups, 50 pushups, 25 situps per day keeps the lady happy.

Sigurd
10-22-2009, 23:45
~65 kg, which I suppose is ~143 pounds. Had I not been sitting this much, I'd probably been able to gain some more weight (I don't get how inactive people gain weight. It is really beyond my understanding at the moment).

Big muscles in activity demands lots of energy. We get this energy from food. When the body needs energy we get hungry. After a while you get used to this high energy intake. When you suddenly stop using this energy - it will be stored. Even though muscle usually deteriorates when not active, the fat will build up faster and hence you gain weight.
When you can be used as a human car jack - you'll know what I am talking about. :beam:

Hooahguy
10-23-2009, 00:04
I'm at 155-160 lbs, but I'm dieting to get back to 150. Should happen within a week and a half. I've cut lunch down to 2 rice cakes, a tomato, a can of tuna a lemon, an apple, some peanut butter.

Small dinner as well maybe chili, rice and a few vegetables. limited or no deserts during the work week. Nice big 2 egg, pastrami, tomato american cheese sandwich in the morning. Maybe 1 or 2 nice sized dinners a week.

run 2 mils per day MTWF with a 1 mile ending walk. 3 mile walk on sundays. 20 pull ups, 50 pushups, 25 situps per day keeps the lady happy.
i found that weight that i lost quickly i also gained back very fast. better to work to it slowly. i need to lose about 10 pounds, so i run 3.5-4 miles at least 3 times a week, and i eat small-medium breakfasts (i know its bad, but i literally have no time to eat a good one except on sundays) a large lunch and medium-small dinner (sometimes large if we have a really good dinner). then i go for my run a few hours after dinner.
what i learned, especially during the holidays when i was literally eating a huge meal twice a day, eat however much you want- but only once that day. ive already dropped 2 of the 10 i need to lose and im keeping it off.

Caius
10-23-2009, 00:08
74 kg....
I feel fat.
Same here.

Chaotix
10-23-2009, 01:21
120 lbs.

I was once mistaken for a twig. :clown:

||Lz3||
10-23-2009, 03:46
Same here.


Exactly the same... =/

I'm like 4-5 kg over my ideal weight. (I'm still in acceptable standards). I'm 1.77m

Centurion1
10-23-2009, 04:10
psh, 204 pounds of muscle. Perfectly healthy and far over my recommended weight.

gained like 15 pounds of muscle working out for football this summer.

I'm six two and a half by the way.

yeah that's right fear me

seriously the bmi doesnt tell you everything..... i am in what i like to think of as peak condition and im over the recommended weight and considered overweight.

i mean for god sakes i run the mile in 6:13 (best time at this weight so far). And i run like 3-5 miles a day. I wouldnt say im fat. When im not studying, partying or playing video games or eating or being with you lads im working out.

i will say however that now that i have lost a little body fat (i have very low percentages) that swim team is actually a little harder to maintain. guess theres something to the whole like nfl hall of famer running backs cant swim because they are too jacked.

Csargo
10-23-2009, 04:12
I'm around 200lbs give or take.

KukriKhan
10-23-2009, 04:45
220lbs on a 6'2" frame doing "medium" daily activity. A little less than 100 kG for the euro contingent.

25 of those pounds are beer-weight. I probably ought to think about maybe someday kind of sort of thinking about possibly exploring the options of dropping those 25.

Maybe. Someday.

Best shape I was ever in was 195 (88.4 kG), all-muscle, twenty years ago. The nurse over to the Senior Center says I oughtta go back to that time, weight-wise. But, heck... she's a drunkard too, like me. I seen her over to the No-tell Motel, tho' she don' know it.

Veho Nex
10-23-2009, 08:09
290 on 6'5"

So too dang much...

Hosakawa Tito
10-23-2009, 10:59
230lbs on a 5'10" frame. Been on a weight lifting/running program since the first of the year and have dropped 15lbs. Would like to get down to my old "best shape of my life weight" of 205lbs. back in um...1979.:sweatdrop: so I'm up against slowed metabolism, Mean old Mr. Gravity, and Father Time
Once you grow one of these Budweiser tumors they are a :daisy: to get rid of. I never fit that BMI scale in my life, but back in the day I could broad-jump out of a 55 gal. drum with no hands, so I think that BMI scale is for scarecrows or sumptin. I plan on being the healthiest fat man on the planet. or die trying

I ain't fat, I'm big-boned.:laugh4:

Fragony
10-23-2009, 12:35
Do I need to point out that some of you are a bit on the heavy side?

ICantSpellDawg
10-23-2009, 14:27
Do I need to point out that some of you are a bit on the heavy side?


Definitely bigger than I would have assumed. Weight is getting harder to keep off as I get older. Used to wear ar 288-30 pant size, now I go between a 30 and a 32. I used to have to keep the button opened on my 30's until I got more serious about running.

We should start an athletic club for the Org. When we play video games for unbelievable hours on end, while Empire is loading a turn or a battle drop on the ground and do a few pushups and sit ups. You should have time for 25 or so. Also - the Iron gym is a must. I found one for 12 bucks - no doorpost mount necessary. Bang out pull ups every day

Fragony
10-23-2009, 14:49
Had to stop kickboxing because of my knees, it hurts, but I am still in good shape. My school is on the 14th floor, and I really hate elevators. Twice a day hehe.

Furunculus
10-23-2009, 15:02
Do I need to point out that some of you are a bit on the heavy side?
always been a 34" waist up until 18 months ago, then i started to prefer 36" trousers.

however, after re-discovering mountain biking i am back to 34". :sweatdrop:

Strike For The South
10-23-2009, 15:07
My Bmi is considerd Dangerously obeese.

I only consider it mild.

Besides I know guys who can run a 5 min mile whom have BMIs over 40. It takes into account nothing but Weight and Height.

Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
10-23-2009, 19:09
always been a 34" waist up until 18 months ago, then i started to prefer 36" trousers.

however, after re-discovering mountain biking i am back to 34". :sweatdrop:

I wear a 32, but I'm really more a 31. My low weight has to do with my weak upper body though. I've picked up about 10lb of extra weaight I'll lose in the spring, then hopefully gain back as muscle in my shoulders. Back in my first year of Uni I suffered an inexplicable shoulder injury that took about two years to be (mostly) sorted, it has left me week down my left side and (most disturbing) took an inch and a half off my chest measurement.

A Very Super Market
10-23-2009, 19:16
BMI is a bit useless for athletes. Muscles weighing more than fat is pretty much common knowledge, right?

Strike For The South
10-23-2009, 19:46
BMI is a bit useless for athletes. Muscles weighing more than fat is pretty much common knowledge, right?

Yes, but it's not true

Lemur
10-23-2009, 21:29
Yes, but it's not true
Incorrect. Muscle is denser than fat, as any casual observation in a butcher's shop would tell you. Denser = weighs more for the equivalent volume.

Average density of mammalian skeletal muscle (http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/B191#R23): 1.06g/cm³

Average density of adispose tissue (fat (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00410.x)): 0.9g/cm³

Weebeast
10-24-2009, 04:21
I can float by just being fat. I have to move my legs and arms otherwise.

Centurion1
10-25-2009, 01:37
BMI is really bs. I just hate when i plug in my numbers and it calls me fat

KukriKhan
10-25-2009, 04:29
BMI is really bs. I just hate when i plug in my numbers and it calls me fat

I know how you feel. But I don't mind so much when I get that result. I figure that at my age, you 18 to 35's ought to be fighting the good fight like I did.

Now I plan to get fatter and lazier, like my ancestors (and yours'), and let you young fellas do the heavy lifting for a change. I admit: me and my generation have pretty much made a ballox of it - kind like our forebearers... but you guys are smart. We spent heavily on your education and self-esteem. So step up. And leave me to my dithering, and gluttony, and whatever other sin I can commit in these waning years.

With respect. :bow:

Hosakawa Tito
10-25-2009, 10:44
Originally Posted by Centurion1 https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/images/guild/buttons/viewpost.gif (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=2362668#post2362668)
BMI is really bs. I just hate when i plug in my numbers and it calls me fat



I know how you feel. But I don't mind so much when I get that result. I figure that at my age, you 18 to 35's ought to be fighting the good fight like I did.

Now I plan to get fatter and lazier, like my ancestors (and yours'), and let you young fellas do the heavy lifting for a change. I admit: me and my generation have pretty much made a ballox of it - kind like our forebearers... but you guys are smart. We spent heavily on your education and self-esteem. So step up. And leave me to my dithering, and gluttony, and whatever other sin I can commit in these waning years.

With respect. :bow:

Unless you're into competitive body building I don't see the need to worry over a silly BMI number.
I'm more concerned with the practical applications of my health, job & play performance, strength & stamina, and how I feel.

They have this poster down at the physical therapy office where I've been getting help rehabbing a torn rotator cuff. https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/hoppy84/old20lady20stretching.jpg

Good inspiration. :2thumbsup:

Kralizec
10-25-2009, 20:03
Around 75 kg, I think. Somewhat low for someone of my height.

Centurion1
10-25-2009, 20:38
No but the thing that annoys me is im a potential college recruited outside linebacker and this stupid little test keeps telling me im fat............

Nut im in good shape and thats what matters to me.

Strike For The South
10-26-2009, 03:11
Incorrect. Muscle is denser than fat, as any casual observation in a butcher's shop would tell you. Denser = weighs more for the equivalent volume.

Average density of mammalian skeletal muscle (http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/B191#R23): 1.06 g/cm³

Average density of adispose tissue (fat (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00410.x)): 0.9g/cm³

density does not equal weight. It equals space taken up.

Lemur
10-26-2009, 04:31
density does not equal weight. It equals space taken up.
Strike, let's go over the basics:

"space taken up" = volume
"weight" = density as pulled by gravity

pevergreen
10-26-2009, 07:07
:shrug:

You're talking to an american...

Whoops. :grin2:

Sigurd
10-26-2009, 08:54
Strike, let's go over the basics:

"space taken up" = volume
"weight" = density as pulled by gravity

Yep the Lemur is right. It is a myth that fat weighs more than muscle.

If you were to put a pound of fat alongside a pound of muscle, you'll notice that the blob of fat is much larger than the pound of muscle (red meat).

Philippus Flavius Homovallumus
10-26-2009, 09:00
density does not equal weight. It equals space taken up.

No, it equals the amount of mass in a given space. More mass equals more weight.

Furunculus
10-26-2009, 10:44
82.2kg

or 181 pounds in yank.
oops, i was nearly ten kilos off.

i am in fact 89.5kg, or 197 pounds in yank.

i was nearly 93 kilos about six months back, so something good is happening. :beam:

Strike For The South
10-26-2009, 15:04
Strike, let's go over the basics:

"space taken up" = volume
"weight" = density as pulled by gravity

I don't beilive you nor any link you will provide.

Prussian to the Iron
10-26-2009, 15:54
I was at around 185 last year, started working out more and now i'm at 170. with my height, it's a nice proportion.



140 (ish), 5'9", BMI 21.

I used to be leaner, but it's winter and my foot is bad.

damnet, you.....people who are 30 pounds less than me at 2 inches higher!!

i have a big frame as well though. i'm kinda built like a tank...... only a peaceful tank. that shoots hugs and flowers. but only for girls. with guys i'm Truckasaurus Rex rawr!!!


Strike, let's go over the basics:

"space taken up" = volume
"weight" = density as pulled by gravity


:shrug:

You're talking to an american...

Whoops. :grin2:

im american...and i dont even get the argument :beam:


Yep the Lemur is right. It is a myth that fat weighs more than muscle.

If you were to put a pound of fat alongside a pound of muscle, you'll notice that the blob of fat is much larger than the pound of muscle (red meat).

i was always taught that muscle weighed more than fat. why would anyone say otherwise?

Lemur
10-26-2009, 16:18
It is true that a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. However, the equivalent volume of muscle will weigh far more than the equivalent volume of fat.

Has everybody in here successfully passed their middle-school science classes? 'Cause if memory serves, that's when they talk about density, volume and weight.

Prussian to the Iron
10-26-2009, 16:21
well....in 8th grade i literally didnt do any work just so i could piss off the teacher......and then ended up bringing a "22" grade up to a "93" in 3 weeks.

so i didnt really learn anything. same but a little not as bad for 7th grade.


It is true that a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. However, the equivalent volume of muscle will weigh far more than the equivalent volume of fat.

oh i understood the first time. i think you misunderstood me: I meant that I agreed with what you had said and that i was wondering where someone would get information to the contrary from.


lemur could you delete my 2 extra posts? i integrated them all already. thanks

G. Septimus
10-26-2009, 16:33
~51 kg
-so what, I'm an Indonesian + I ain't fat nor Muscley like some Western guys in the .org

Prussian to the Iron
10-26-2009, 16:38
I would think with 21 BMI you would be fairly muscled.

Craterus
10-27-2009, 17:08
Somewhere between 120lbs and 125lbs.

Strike For The South
10-27-2009, 17:14
It is true that a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. However, the equivalent volume of muscle will weigh far more than the equivalent volume of fat.

Has everybody in here successfully passed their middle-school science classes? 'Cause if memory serves, that's when they talk about density, volume and weight.

Which is true, that's someone will look smaller at 200lbs and 10%BF than someone with the same weight at 20%

You're simply operating on a higer level than I am.

Vuk
10-27-2009, 17:17
285 lb/129.273 kg
That is fat me. :P
Normal me used to me about 235 lb.

woad&fangs
10-27-2009, 18:39
Only 128 pounds but I've gained 5 of those in the two months I've been at Uni.

Vuk
10-27-2009, 21:52
Only 128 pounds but I've gained 5 of those in the two months I've been at Uni.

How can you survive with that little in WI?! :P lol

Zain
10-28-2009, 21:00
I am 6'4" weigh 158 pounds and my body fat percentage is 8%.

No running, eat whatever I want, fast metabolism.

Youth is great! :beam:

Peasant Phill
10-29-2009, 14:22
I'm 71kg for 1m75.

Yep I'm your awe inspiring adonis of perfect balance and beauty. If only I had a decent face to go with this cathedral of a body.

HoreTore
10-29-2009, 14:47
Around 70 kg's, and my height is 1.71.

No fat whatsoever though. Skin, bone, muscle and organs, that's all....

EDIT: Oh, and BMI is for population statistics. It has no accuracy whatsoever when applied to an individual. Please, stop using it on an individual level. For the sake of everyone.

Kralizec
10-29-2009, 18:06
It is true that a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. However, the equivalent volume of muscle will weigh far more than the equivalent volume of fat.

Has everybody in here successfully passed their middle-school science classes? 'Cause if memory serves, that's when they talk about density, volume and weight.

An old trick question for kids over here is: What's heavier, a kilogram of lead or a kilogram of feathers?
...
Of course, Americans wouldn´t know because they don´t understand the metric system.

Prussian to the Iron
10-29-2009, 18:10
An old trick question for kids over here is: What's heavier, a kilogram of lead or a kilogram of feathers?
...
Of course, Americans wouldn´t know because they don´t understand the metric system.

they say the same thing here, only in pounds. of course they are the same weight, just not size.

drone
10-29-2009, 18:27
they say the same thing here, only in pounds. of course they are the same weight, just not size.

If we want to get all technical about it, 1kg of lead and 1kg of feathers have the same mass. Pounds is a unit of force, not mass. Weight is a unit of gravitational force on acting on a mass. 1kg of lead on top of Mt. Everest will actually weigh less than 1kg of feathers at sea level. :yes: So the American version of the trick question is more correct. :smug:

Prussian to the Iron
10-29-2009, 18:49
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Lemur
10-29-2009, 18:55
Gravity diminishes with distance from the center of the attracting object. So a pound of X at 25,000 feet will weigh less than a pound of X at sea level. Not a lot, but it would be measurable.

And if we want to get really technical about it, centrifugal force reduces escape velocity, which is why we launch our rockets from as close to the equator as possible. But does that centrifugal force reduce weight? In other words, does a pound in Panama weigh the same as a pound in Antarctica?

I don't think so, but I can't prove it.

Owen Glyndwr
10-29-2009, 19:05
Last time I weighed myself I was about 120 lbs (5'10") which is about 30 lbs less than I should be ideally. However that was before I moved into college, so who knows what could have happened in the last 8 weeks! Here's hoping the freshman 15 isn't a myth:2thumbsup:

Prussian to the Iron
10-29-2009, 19:06
my brain hurts

drone
10-29-2009, 19:18
Gravity diminishes with distance from the center of the attracting object. So a poundmass of X at 25,000 feet will weigh less than a poundmass of X at sea level. Not a lot, but it would be measurable.
Fixed that for you. ~;)

And if we want to get really technical about it, centrifugal force reduces escape velocity, which is why we launch our rockets from as close to the equator as possible. But does that centrifugal force reduce weight? In other words, does a pound in Panama weigh the same as a pound in Antarctica?

I don't think so, but I can't prove it.

I hadn't thought about that. If weight is strictly a function of gravitational force, then no. But I would imagine that if you put 1kg of lead on a (force)scale at sea level in NYC, it would weigh X lbs, and the same 1kg of lead at sea level in Rio would measure X-Y lbs, where Y is a small number.

Lemur
10-30-2009, 18:42
If weight is strictly a function of gravitational force, then no. But I would imagine that if you put 1kg of lead on a (force)scale at sea level in NYC, it would weigh X lbs, and the same 1kg of lead at sea level in Rio would measure X-Y lbs, where Y is a small number.
Seems that you would imagine correctly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_versus_weight#Types_of_scales_and_what_they_measure).


Technically, whenever someone stands on a balance-beam-type scale at a doctor’s office, they are truly having their mass measured. This is because balances (“dual-pan” mass comparators) compare the weight of the mass on the platform with that of the sliding counterweights on the beams; gravity serves only as the force-generating mechanism that allows the needle to diverge from the “balanced” (null) point. Balances can be moved from Earth’s equator to the poles without spuriously indicating that objects gain over 0.3% more weight; they are immune to the gravity-countering centrifugal force due to Earth’s rotation about its axis. Conversely, whenever someone steps onto spring-based or digital load cell-based scales (single-pan devices), they are technically having their weight (force due to strength of gravity) measured. On force-measuring instruments such as these, variations in the strength of gravity affect the reading.

So the centrifugal force of Earth's rotation really does affect how much mass weighs. Just very, very slightly. Good to know.

Louis VI the Fat
10-30-2009, 20:16
All of which then begs the next question: am I taller at the North Pole or at the equator? At sea level or on top of Everest?

Whacker
10-30-2009, 20:26
All of which then begs the next question: am I taller at the North Pole or at the equator? At sea level or on top of Everest?

You'd be tallest at the top of Mt. Everest situated over the equator. You're experiencing the most rotational velocity at that point, thus stretching your scrawny french frame out a bit more.

:balloon2:

Ibrahim
10-31-2009, 04:03
5'11'' tall, but 140-150 Lbs.

Beirut
10-31-2009, 15:49
Height: 5`11"
Weight: 190 lbs

Poverty keeps me fit. :2thumbsup:

Prussian to the Iron
11-01-2009, 01:35
5'11'' tall, but 140-150 Lbs.

that seems like the perfect weight for our height


Height: 5`11"
Weight: 190 lbs

Poverty keeps me fit. :2thumbsup:

hehe, 20 pounds under you at same height :2thumbsup:

A Very Super Market
11-01-2009, 01:58
Remember, Beirut vaporizes trees for a living.

Prussian to the Iron
11-01-2009, 02:45
Wait he's not....no he couldn't.......

Beirut, you wouldn't happen to have retractable bone claws in your hands do you?

Sigurd
11-01-2009, 18:28
Wait he's not....no he couldn't.......

Beirut, you wouldn't happen to have retractable bone claws in your hands do you?
Inconceivable!!

A skeleton of Adamantium would weigh more than 200 pounds on its own.

Vuk
11-01-2009, 18:36
Height: 5`11"
Weight: 190 lbs

Poverty keeps me fit. :2thumbsup:

lol Beirut, my brother is 6' 3'' and weighs that much. He is total skin and bones too. You cannot be THAT skinny.

Prussian to the Iron
11-01-2009, 22:18
actually, 5' 9" and 190 is a bit bulky; he is a lumberjack (or so says AVSM). not skinny at all.

Vuk
11-01-2009, 22:23
actually, 5' 9" and 190 is a bit bulky; he is a lumberjack (or so says AVSM). not skinny at all.

I know it is bulky, that is why I said he has nothing to worry about.

Quintus.JC
11-01-2009, 22:29
180 cm and 90kg. High school has turned me from a football player into a rugby player.

Prussian to the Iron
11-01-2009, 22:38
I know it is bulky, that is why I said he has nothing to worry about.

lol Beirut, my brother is 6' 3'' and weighs that much. He is total skin and bones too. You cannot be THAT skinny.

????? where did you say that?

Vuk
11-01-2009, 22:43
????? where did you say that?

I said he should not worry because he is not as skinny as he thought. oy nvm.

Beirut
11-01-2009, 22:56
actually, 5' 9" and 190 is a bit bulky; he is a lumberjack (or so says AVSM). not skinny at all.

I'm 5'11", not 5'9". And I'm not bulky. I could stand to lose 5LBS or so, but other than that, it's prime rib, baby. :sunny:

(At least as prime rib as a 45 year-old Canadian meathead can be.)

Prussian to the Iron
11-02-2009, 00:13
I'm 5'11", not 5'9". And I'm not bulky. I could stand to lose 5LBS or so, but other than that, it's prime rib, baby. :sunny:

(At least as prime rib as a 45 year-old Canadian meathead can be.)


whoops! i put ou 2 inches shorter. sorry! :sweatdrop:

by bulky, i meant large as in muscly large. if i wanted to say you were large as in fat, but not really fat, i would have said chubby or something similar (no offense meant to anyone who might take offense to that)

Lemur
11-02-2009, 00:30
And let us not forget that Beirut is denser than muscle or fat. He's concentrated goodness.

Ibrahim
11-02-2009, 02:12
And let us not forget that Beirut is denser than muscle or fat. He's concentrated goodness.

no, he's concentrated win.

Thermal
03-21-2010, 00:48
Or did you weigh last time you checked :mellow:


(BE SCARED, BE VERY SCARED)


I'm 120 pounds.

Subotan
03-21-2010, 01:07
I'm skinny. We don't have scales in our house though, so I honestly have no idea how much I weigh. Last time I checked, I was about 35kg, but I think I was about 12.

Centurion1
03-21-2010, 01:18
im 6'1 and 207 pounds. im not fat though i wear a size 33-34 waist on pants usually.

Weightlifting, though i plan on cutting weight now.

Thermal
03-21-2010, 03:02
To save me making another thread, which is a more worthy quote for this month? :grin:


'I am eagerly awaiting the results. My best shot is the poll with only two options, myself and "None of the above". I'm only behind by 4 or so.'

-Pevergreen, Candidate for Quote of March


'It doesn't make it more tempting to go swimming knowing that people don't clean their crotches before diving in. It's time to consider shower guards to ensure that people gets completely undressed.'

-Horetore, Candidate for Quote Of March

Secura
03-21-2010, 03:20
I'm skinny. We don't have scales in our house though, so I honestly have no idea how much I weigh. Last time I checked, I was about 35kg, but I think I was about 12.

I was gonna say, I doubt you're five and a half stone now! :P

My BMI is 19.2, so I'm just about a healthy weight.

Scienter
03-21-2010, 03:36
I'm where I should be, or a little underweight, depending on who you talk to (my mom). I try to eat healthy since diabetes and high cholesterol run in my family.

Strike For The South
03-21-2010, 05:13
237

At my heaviest I was 260 but college has drained my fianances and my ability to concentrate soley on lifting

Hooahguy
03-21-2010, 05:24
237

At my heaviest I was 260 but college has drained my fianances and my ability to concentrate soley on lifting

how tall are you?

drone
03-21-2010, 05:31
I'm a little overweight, I could stand to lose 10-15 lbs. I'm sure my knees would appreciate it when I play soccer.

Strike For The South
03-21-2010, 05:37
how tall are you?

6' .

Hooahguy
03-21-2010, 05:39
so technically you are obese?

Strike For The South
03-21-2010, 05:42
so technically you are obese?

SFW.

(It's the 3r definition on urban dic to save you some time)

Ibrahim
03-21-2010, 07:08
Im 5' 11.5", and weigh 160 Lbs. not bad for a twenty year old I guess. :clown:

Before CSU, I was only 130-140 Lbs; I guess all the exercises in the awesome scenery add weight and muscle mass :beam:

that, and Im no longer rotting in the humidity and am better fed.

Peasant Phill
03-21-2010, 07:51
I'm 73kg for 1m80. I've been 10kg more in my time as a student.

I could lose some more if i really wanted to but I'm healthy as it is.

Megas Methuselah
03-21-2010, 08:30
My BMI is 19.2, so I'm just about a healthy weight.

You girls are always so secretive about your weight, age, past, face-without-makeup, natural hair colour, panty colour, etc. It's quite annoying, to say the least.

Fragony
03-21-2010, 09:18
I weight 80 kilo and I am 1.85m tall, I am blessed, no matter how much i eat I don't get fat.

Galain_Ironhide
03-21-2010, 14:45
I weight 80 kilo and I am 1.85m tall, I am blessed, no matter how much i eat I don't get fat.

Yep its a blessing all right. I'm 73kg and about 1.75m. And I've gained about 10kg in about 10 years thanks to my beloved partner. Hope the trend doesn't continue.

tibilicus
03-21-2010, 18:34
I'm 5'10 and about 190lbs, maybe a little over.

Last time I checked I had a 33-34" waist as well so I don't consider myself particularly fat, I would like the contribute most of my weight to lifting but I haven't measured my body fat recently. I'm guessing it would be around 15% though, give or take 1%.

Rhyfelwyr
03-21-2010, 18:56
Last time I checked, maybe a month or two ago, I was 145lbs/66kg, and 5'10.5"/1.79m tall.

Puts me in the normal range for BMI, but people keep telling me I look pretty skinny and unhealthy. :shrug:

Cute Wolf
03-21-2010, 18:59
about 95-100 kg, but with 181 cm height, and muscular body...

Lemur
03-21-2010, 19:16
I'm a little overweight, I could stand to lose 10-15 lbs.
Right there with you. I'm about ten over where I should be, but I'm 6'2", so I hide it well.

Centurion1
03-21-2010, 19:28
dont listen to bmi. it doesnt work individually. it says im fat and i wear a 33 waist right now. rhy you are a very low weight, eat more haggus.

A Very Super Market
03-21-2010, 20:38
BMI doesn't work the best. Muscle is denser than fat, and BMI is solely based on weight. So well-muscled individuals clearly in the best of shape are categorized as "overweight".

As for my very average self, my BMI is within normal boundaries.

Lemur
03-21-2010, 21:22
I ignore BMI completely, since, as several have pointed out, it's a crude tool at best. Instead, my measurement is "how much did I weigh the last time I was in great shape?" And I proceed from that. For instance, at 6'2", when I was way underweight, I was about 165 pounds. But that was me looking like some sort of heroin chic hollow-faced boy. Not the weight I should be.

By way of contrast, when I was working out all of the time and hideously strong, I was about 185 pounds to 190 pounds. So clearly that's my fit weight. Now, as a sedentary consultant/writer type, I've let myself get up to about 210 pounds. So if I assume that a normal weight for me would be roughly ten pounds over my fighting weight, and I'm ten pounds over that ...

God, I'm boring myself with this talk. Never mind.

Secura
03-21-2010, 21:25
Well, I wasn't about to say my real weight, but stating my BMI was good enough... it's not like I'm muscular or anything. xD

Kagemusha
03-21-2010, 23:55
few kg´s under 100 kg

Centurion1
03-22-2010, 00:42
i figure secura is about 5ft 4'' so she probably weighs like 115-120. not a bad weight all around.

:clown: yes i did the math.

Secura
03-22-2010, 00:53
Not far off, Pythagoras! xD

Thermal
03-22-2010, 01:30
dont listen to bmi. it doesnt work individually. it says im fat and i wear a 33 waist right now. rhy you are a very low weight, eat more haggus.

I agree, it is only a rough guideline, I think looking down and seeing your body will give you some indication of your weight. :wink2:

Hooahguy
03-22-2010, 02:32
I'm a little overweight, I could stand to lose 10-15 lbs. I'm sure my knees would appreciate it when I play soccer.

yea, same here. when i was wrestling, i dropped to 150, and i was really skinny. my natural weight is like at 175-180, im 190 now.

drone
03-22-2010, 02:53
I'm 6', 205 lbs. In my college days, I was about 170, but fairly malnourished. Once I got into the real world, I went up to 190, but in pretty good shape. I gained the extra 15 lbs when I met the little woman, she likes cooking and regular meals, and I just can't shake the weight back off. I've managed to hold off gaining more, and still fit in 34" waist pants, but it's not ideal.

Megas Methuselah
03-22-2010, 06:38
i figure secura is about 5ft 4'' so she probably weighs like 115-120. not a bad weight all around.

:clown: yes i did the math.

You're freaky...


Not far off, Pythagoras! xD

... and you're short.

:laugh4:

Whacker
03-22-2010, 07:15
I ignore BMI completely, since, as several have pointed out, it's a crude tool at best. Instead, my measurement is "how much did I weigh the last time I was in great shape?" And I proceed from that. For instance, at 6'2", when I was way underweight, I was about 165 pounds. But that was me looking like some sort of heroin chic hollow-faced boy. Not the weight I should be.

By way of contrast, when I was working out all of the time and hideously strong, I was about 185 pounds to 190 pounds. So clearly that's my fit weight. Now, as a sedentary consultant/writer type, I've let myself get up to about 210 pounds. So if I assume that a normal weight for me would be roughly ten pounds over my fighting weight, and I'm ten pounds over that ...

God, I'm boring myself with this talk. Never mind.

Fighting weight these days is in the order of 20-30 lbs under your normal healthy weight, based on what my friends and coaches at the gym who fight do/tell me. The most I have ever cut was 10 lbs for a meet back in Dec, and I felt like poop. I am not cutting any for this weekend. No clue how the hell they do it and still feel reasonably good.

If you're 6'2" then you should be walking around about 185 or so. I'm 5'10" and 185-190 right now, I should be about 170-175. The worst I ever was, was 235 lbs about 3 yrs ago. BMI is not the best index to use, but it IS a reasonably valid mechanism for gauging where one should be.

Lemur
03-22-2010, 13:50
BMI is not the best index to use, but it IS a reasonably valid mechanism for gauging where one should be.
I would disagree. At 6'2" when I was 165 pounds I was noticeably underweight. People would comment on it, and not in a positive way. According to that ridiculous BMI index, I would need to be 145 pounds to qualify as underweight. I can assure you that if I got under 160 pounds I would look like a concentration camp survivor.

So phooey on the BMI. I know what I weigh when I'm fit, and that's good enough for me.

Kagemusha
03-22-2010, 15:01
I dont know about those BMI indexes, but i stand at 187 cm and weigh around 96-98 kilos depending a day and im quite sure my bonestructure could carry more muscle without me getting too slow. For example my fathers brother being my godfather also, a robust farmer, was the same height i am and weighed about 120kilos while working physical labour every day.BTW Lemur when did you become the twinbrother of Tincow?:laugh4:

Jolt
03-22-2010, 15:11
1.70 meters tall.
67 kg fat.

Meaning I'm elegant.

Thermal
03-22-2010, 18:23
I just realized, SFTS is double my weight yet only a few inches taller...


:laugh4:

Strike For The South
03-22-2010, 18:25
I just realized, SFTS is double my weight yet only a few inches taller...


:laugh4:

NOW GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY

Thermal
03-22-2010, 18:30
NOW GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY

All I have is earphones, will that do? :shrug:

Centurion1
03-22-2010, 22:58
All I have is earphones, will that do?

see you should forget music and sell your earphones for food to beef up a little.

Csargo
03-22-2010, 23:24
My weight is around 200 lbs. and my height is 6' 3"

Thermal
03-22-2010, 23:44
see you should forget music and sell your earphones for food to beef up a little.

Thing is I do eat alot, trying to put on weight to a point where I add up how many calories I've consumed (ive had days of 6000 calories intakes and no noticeable difference at all), I always have massive portions so I don't get it.

The only thing I can think of (other than metabolic rate? :shrug: ) is that I do alot of walking, fair amount of exercise.

Subotan
03-23-2010, 01:02
Your waistband is a better measure of your fatness as an individual.

That said, I found it funny how all the fat people in the school "bullied" me because I was skinny.

Centurion1
03-23-2010, 01:25
That said, I found it funny how all the fat people in the school "bullied" me because I was skinny.

It bothers me when fat people are **** because they know people aren't going to call them on being tubs of lard. and fat girls who think they are sexy are the most annoying possibly gross thing. Meaning like fat trailer trash, halter tops on a 250 pound girl............... just appalling.

Thermal
03-23-2010, 01:27
It bothers me when fat people are **** because they know people aren't going to call them on being tubs of lard. and fat girls who think they are sexy are the most annoying possibly gross thing. Meaning like fat trailer trash, halter tops on a 250 pound girl............... just appalling.

3rd candidate for quote of march :laugh4:

Centurion1
03-23-2010, 01:28
YES! lol.

drone
03-23-2010, 03:17
Spandex is a privilege, not a right. :yes:

Cute Wolf
03-23-2010, 05:15
It bothers me when fat people are **** because they know people aren't going to call them on being tubs of lard. and fat girls who think they are sexy are the most annoying possibly gross thing. Meaning like fat trailer trash, halter tops on a 250 pound girl............... just appalling.

And seeing them wearing tanktops or tight revealing blouses will made any normal men want to puke... Seriously, they are far better if using properly covering clothings, such as long blouse without any revealing qualities and long skirt...

pevergreen
03-23-2010, 08:52
1.70 meters tall.
67 kg fat.

Meaning I'm elegant.

I am your weight, plus or minus a few kilos. I'm also taller than you.

Yet i look fattish. Kinda.

edit: 176cm, 68kg. And i'm short as...

Even my parents call me fat...

(fyi theres no muscle there)

Raz
03-23-2010, 09:49
As much as I'd like to say that I'm where I should be (thus accepting who I am), I know that I am properly underweight - Not incredibly so, but definitely not a "superbly healthy" weight.

Rhyfelwyr
03-23-2010, 18:41
rhy you are a very low weight, eat more haggus.

I was going to resurrect my old thread on this, but I can't find it...

Anyway, I have tried eating more for the last couple of months, but I weighed myself again today and I got the exact same result, 145lbs. I now have sandwiches at lunch instead of just bread, and a proper meal at dinner instead of just sandwiches, but I haven't changed weight at all. ~:confused:

The only difference I think I have noticed is that I don't have a swollen belly. That's the best way I can describe what it was like, it felt solid and definitely wasn't fat. It was like a minor version of those African kids you see with the giant bellies. But I've no idea why it was like that in the first place so I don't know what to make of this. :shrug:

Lemur
03-23-2010, 22:31
I was going to resurrect my old thread on this, but I can't find it...
Epic thread merge FTW!

drone
03-23-2010, 22:34
Poof!

Like your new avatar, Lemur. Has a certain prosimian look to it. :yes:

Thermal
03-24-2010, 01:16
Epic thread merge FTW!

Wow, I created an identical thread to SFTS, I'm proud today. :wink2:

Yes nice Avi Lemur, you mods get some awesome looking randomers.