Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[jhanic]

Seen a flat this morning and it needs quite a bit of work doing to it but in my opinion its perfect. Going to send in an aplication on monday

Good luck, Tom!

John

[carlosdetweiller]

I think the Body Mass Index or BMI should be renamed the Bullshit Mass Index!!!!!!!!!!

I get the same sentiment expressed to me by my patients regularly! The BMI is a useful tool when applied across large populations of people but you have to be careful when applying it to a SINGLE person because there are other factors to consider. Probably a better tool, for a single patient, is to calculate per cent body fat. Weight lifters, body builders and other well conditioned athletes with high muscle mass may have a high BMI (and therefore fall into the overweight or obese category) but have a relatively low per cent body fat.

When in doubt, ask for a per cent body fat calculation. The problem with this, though, is that they are more difficult to calculate than a BMI. There are several methods to determine per cent body fat but the most widely used is measuring skin fold thickness with calipers at three different locations on the body and plugging the results into a formula. Just be sure that the technician is skilled in the procedure and does it correctly. Small errors can result in flawed results.

A big part of the misconceptions, at least in America and IMO, is that the population, as a whole, is overweight and obese. We are so used to seeing lots of obese people walking around that the moderately overweight person begins to look normal to us. In a waiting room full of 250-300 pound patients (and sometimes higher!) the 200 pound guy starts to look relatively thin. In reality he is also overweight, just less so. Convincing him of that becomes more and more difficult.

[Patrick]

Congrats on the exercise and weight loss, Terry! (And you other guys, too.)

Good luck with the flat, Tom.

I'm in Anaheim with my two sons. Heading across the street to Disneyland now! Have a good day, everyone!

[Bethany]

All I am going to contribute to this is, "Thank God 'round' is a shape!"

[alkanto]

I am freezing. My roommate and I were just in a parade on campus, and it is about 20 degrees outside...I think I need a hot shower.

[blavigne]

All I am going to contribute to this is, "Thank God 'round' is a shape!"

agree

[Ari_Racing]

My team won 2-0 against our enemies!!!! What an awesome weekend I am having!

[Pasiuk57]

I know what you mean
My favorite team is Bayern Munchen 5-1 winners today...
3 goals for Gomez...
They need to finish the season with 4 more wins....

[thegreattim]

What is "reputation" as it applies to this message board? Is it new? How did I just get some? And most importantly, of what use is it?

Any answers to these probably very n00b questions are, as always, appreciated.

[Ben Staad]

What is "reputation" as it applies to this message board? Is it new? How did I just get some? And most importantly, of what use is it?

Any answers to these probably very n00b questions are, as always, appreciated.

I can only answer one of those questions...You can give someone reputation "points?" by clicking on the star underneath the avatar. Someone must have liked one of your post's and bumped up your rep.

[Randall Flagg]

Members may provide positive or negative feedback for another (anyone but themselves) member's post by clicking on the Star (Sheriff's Badge) icon under the persons Avatar. Positive reputation can be anonymous as long as no comment is made in the pop-up box. Negative feedback requires a comment, and thus discloses the sender's name to the recipient.
It is currently a test. If too many problems occur, we will disable the option.

P.S. I am going to give you positive "rep" for your post.

[jhanic]

I don't see any "star" under the avatars.

<edit> I just noticed it.

John

[pathoftheturtle]

I'm thinking about starting a thread titled "Damn, I sure am gettin' old."

Doesn't really seem so long ago that Charles married Diana. *sigh*

[Tito_Villa]

Boredddd at work and it is so loverly and sunny outside

[thegreattim]

P.S. I am going to give you positive "rep" for your post.

Hey, thanks!

[Randall Flagg]

Easter morning. The wife makes it easy on the kids.

[Ari_Racing]

LOL!!! Awesome!!

[blavigne]

That is cool!! The kids have a blast I am sure!

[jhanic]

We usually do something similar for our grandkids, but it's raining like crazy here. We'll probably hide the eggs in the house.

John

[biomieg]

Looking great, Jerome. It seems like you and your wife are always going 'the whole nine yards' (and then some) on special days like today, Halloween, Christmas etc.

[herbertwest]

it looks like WILLY WONKA !

[Ric]

It's an EGG-stravaganza!

See what I did there? Yea? No?

[Ricky]

Hmm...candy in those eggs?

[Brice]

That is a LOT of eggs.

[beam*seeker]

Brings back fond memories. Mostly I wanna know what's in those eggs? Cuz I never really cared for boiled eggs, but I like the plastic ones with good stuff inside. Like some malted milk balls covered with chocolate or some jelly beans.