`If you think I am a Tengu...`

[Tengu]

First line of an old Japanese poem...

Well, actualy I am not.

Having a conversation with my flying friend. He wanted to know how heavy I am.

I weighed myself, it turns out I am 115kg.

But thats too much; he says to lose 30kg before he can take me up.

Which is crazy...I am no lightweight but that is over a quarter of my weight...if I lost that much I would be a skeleton.

Do you think I should go on a diet?

 

[Itzal]

115kg is a lot, but to drop to 85kg is a big reduction. I think flying wise there is a weight limit of 95kg or something in certain aircraft, as there is with parachuting.

Tengu is very close to the Tongan word for penis. Just saying

 

[shaggystu]

.....if I lost that much I would be a skeleton......

i think skeleton might be pushing it just a tad tengu, how tall are you? about 5'6"?

.....Do you think I should go on a diet?

no.

cheers

stuart

 

[Tengu]

Im 5`8"

And Im pretty broad across the shoulders and hips. I am not a small person.

Im wondering if he got kg mixed up with lb.

 

[Itzal]

Im 85kg and thats 13.5 st or something, I am 5'10". If your 115kg at 5'8" thats heavy, but depends on build also.

 

[rik_uk3]

how tall are you?

 

[Robbi]

how tall are you?

see post 4

 

[bushwacker bob]

I am 5'7" and male. I weigh 63.5kg. Maybe you should.

 

[Dannytsg]

I'm 6'2 and 100kg. Losing that much weight is seriously hard work as it would be both physical exercise and a very good diet. All the best if you do though

 

[nuggets]

what type of plane does he have ??

 

[Itzal]

I am 5'7" and male. I weigh 63.5kg. Maybe you should.

You need to eat!!!!!!!!

 

[Retired Member southey]

OI shaun, clear your PM inbox

 

[georann]

You need to eat!!!!!!!!

Try being 5'11'' and 60kg

 

[Itzal]

Try being 5'11'' and 60kg

Your on your way to dying at that weight........ FACT!

 

[georann]

Your on your way to dying at that weight........ FACT!

Thats not even technically underweight, its the bottom end of normal. In my defence Im quite an athletic 18 year old (I swim a lot) so thats perfectly normal and healthy. The best bit is I can eat as much as I like and it never seems to pile on!

 

[Itzal]

Thats not even technically underweight, its the bottom end of normal. In my defence Im quite an athletic 18 year old (I swim a lot) so thats perfectly normal and healthy. The best bit is I can eat as much as I like and it never seems to pile on!

The BMI scale is nonsense, you will see in 10 years when its hard work to stay thin.

 

[georann]

Haha I hope I dont see those days soon! I love food too much!

 

[nuggets]

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/


pfff

 

[neoaliphant]

i think I was 63kg was I was in primary school!

im 6'2", 120kg and the local health centre nurse said i should go down to ideally 107, but to a minimum of 95kg,anything less would be unhealthy. it varies on person, your health centre should tell you as they will calculate other factors, and those BMI charts are blatantly wrong. especially as they dont have a bushcrafter section on them to take in to account axe/bowdrill muscles.

 

[neoaliphant]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index#Limitations_and_shortcomings