Harsh, but fair.

Seriously!

Looking to sell?

With or without clamp? If it's clamp style, what size?

I need either a 31.8 or clampless. I have a clamp.

81°A, as we speak, and the day is getting on. Mornings and evenings are to be lived for in the hot season. Like Spring all over again, twice a day. Once the body acclimates, it's just exquisite.

Hey now - don't make me look up state obesity rankings on you.

I just did, you guys are ~4% less obese than Tennessee. Both of you have a lot of country fried steaks to eat before you can match Mississippi.

Damn, at my height to be considered "obese" I'd have to be 250 pounds. Just 70 pounds to go, wish me luck.

Or you people could eat a [MENTION=25227]Velo Vol[/MENTION] lunch consisting of three platefuls of that thing [MENTION=2795]Trsnrtr[/MENTION] took a picture of, and elevate yourself to first place in one day.

What's "4% less obese"? Looking at BMI, MN hovers around 25 and TN is hovering under 30 - that's a significant difference.

Goals - we set them. ;)

I have a Mirage clamp-on. Hard telling when I'd be able to get to it tho

2014 adult obesity statistics. You guys were around 24% for total adult population considered obese, TN was around 28%.

I still wanna do a ride to Stonehenge in his honour. The American mini Stonehenge most likely.

I think I would place more stock in where the average resident sits w/r/t obesity rather than how many actually cross the line (mostly because VA is tied with TN in this regard - fatties ;)).

edit: though the main takeaway is that we are a damned fat country (other than CO and HI, it seems).

All the healthy people move to places where they can do outdoorsy stuff year round. Shocker!

;)

So this new job I'm taking... I guess the company is expanding quickly and isn't fully prepared for all these new hires. I accepted the offer last Friday in writing. I got the link to a background check on Monday, gave them all the info they need the same day. I did the pee test on Tuesday.

They still haven't confirmed everything, and I'm supposed to start on 5/16, which means I really need to give notice by tomorrow to my current employer. I could just do it before the new guys confirm I've been cleared, but that makes me nervous.

My friend that also got hired hasn't even gotten an email with the offer in writing and hasn't started the background process, so he's probably going to miss that start date unless he gives 1 week notice which is poor form.

The good news is, in a rapidly growing company they will hopefully have a lot of even better open doors for hardworking intelligent people. We shall see.

Hmmm . . . regarding obesity statistics, how does everybody feel about basing them on the BMI calculation? I don't know for sure, but I don't think BMI really takes bone-structure or the weight of muscle vs. fat into account, does it?

You leave yourself wide open, you realize this, don't you? :D

It doesn't, but I think when you're looking at national statistics it is a pretty close approximation.

On an individual level, sure, you may find that a bodybuilder with 4% bodyfat is "overweight" based on that scale, but just go to your local Walmart. There aren't that many bodybuilders out there.

Indeed!

I was talking about my friend they hired. He's very smart!

Correct. For populations, BMI is a useful tool. For individuals, it's the wrong tool.

"True" obesity stats would have to rely on body fat percentage, and getting an accurate number for that requires a bit more work/cost to medical providers than stepping on a scale and knowing your height.

Besides sticker shock, obesity shock in the most glaring thing about my visits north.

Are you saying I'm fat?