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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

python3 -c 'print((210/2.2046)/ ((6*12+3)*0.0254) / ((6*12+3)*0.0254))'

26.248200308550967

You don't actually have a weight problem any more. You have won and it is time to find a new hobby.

Congratulations!

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protein and veg's avatar

True. I think he just has a caffeine problem now! :D

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

It's not a problem. I can stop any time.

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

I don't know what those strange numbers mean, but since I'm back up to 215... I'm still at almost 29!

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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

eh? 6'3" is 1.905m, 215lbs is 97.522kg, 97.522/1.905/1.905 = 26.872

I suppose you could say that was 'almost 29', but it's a weird way to phrase it.

Or are you using some sort of 'freedom BMI' that I'm not familiar with, or have I cocked something up?

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

I'm 6'1, not 6'3.

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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

Oops,

python3 -c 'print((215/2.2046)/ ((6*12+1)*0.0254) / ((6*12+1)*0.0254))'

28.365830494557038

Still not *much* of a problem any more. And still congratulations, just a little premature, it turns out.

Going forwards, I would suggest that your new hobbies should be (a) keeping it off (b) working out what on earth is going on, and (c) trying to work out what's wrong with your carb metabolism and fixing that too, followed by (d) saving the world from the apocalypse of ill health currently overwhelming it.

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

Seeing as these are pretty much my existing hobbies, I won't have to change much!

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JaziTricks's avatar

he's translating your numbers to metric. then calculating BMI the way metric way it was designed for (weight / height squared iirc)

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John Lawrence Aspden's avatar

He knows perfectly well what I am doing. Do not be fooled by his helpless little old lady act.

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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

Having lived in Asia for a few years, where every girl will tell you "Wow you're so tall how tall are you?" I quickly memorized that I'm 1.85m tall. I hence use "weight in lbs / 2.2 / 1.85 / 1.85" which is much easier.

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JaziTricks's avatar

hahaha so this is how they calculate metrics in the strange places

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