Quote Originally Posted by Waldinger
Yep, the BMI says that LaDanian Tomlinson(a great American Football player) is Obese but he can probably run a 40 yard dash in 4.3 seconds. On topic, people do have different metabolisms. I can eat like a pig and still maintain my 5'8'', 120 pound girlish figure.(O the joys of being 16 ) Most other people can't do that. So some people are genetically more prone to obesity but they can still avoid it by burning more calories than they take in. It is the same thing as cancer. Your genes can give you a high or low likelyhood of getting cancer but smoking a pack of cigarettes per day isn't going to do you any favors.
A fellow 16 year old who doesn't put on much weight, eh?

It's great, innit? I eat tonnes of crap, but typically remain around the 150lb mark, and am nearly 6ft tall. Oh, the joys of having a good metabolism. I survive on nothing but junk.