Fat Cachers!

[+briansnat]

Weight does not always mean health.

 

yes, absolutely, it's not just about fat, or BMI for that matter, it's about fitness, stamina, and being in shape.

 

That's the key. I stay active by skiing and snowshoeing in the winter and playing softball and soccer in the warmer months and I hike 20-30 miles a week year round. Actually most people were shocked when I told them my weight. I'm 6 feet tall and I guess I carry it well. Still, I have a goal of getting down to around 190 - 200 lbs because being active and carrying that extra weight is just not good for the joints. My knees have just started acting up over the past few months and I'm sure that the weight is to blame. There aren't a lot of 240 lb soccer players out there for good reason.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Is 6'1" @ 180 considered too skinny?

Yes, for me it would be to skinny. I am 6'1" and went from 210 down to 180 and didn't like it at all. I felt too weak and didn't feel like I had enough bulk, I didn't feel strong. Currently, I'm back to 210 but thats too much so I'm going to try and level off at 195.

I'm 6'2". Doctor said I've shrunk with age, and will only list me at 6' 1-1/2". I don't believe her! I think I've gained weight geocaching. In New Jersey, the caches tend be be at the end of short hikes. I used to do 8-10 mile hikes. I started geocaching at 180# (after a sixty mile backpack on the AT in Shenandoah). That was down from 200# After nine months of geocaching, I'm back up to 200#. Oh, well. Of course, winter is bad for that anyway. We'll see what happens with the summer.

[+AuntieWeasel]

I used to date a guy who was 6'7" and 150 pounds. I could floss with him.

[+Harry Dolphin]

for those of you that do want to calculate your body mass index (BMI, which adjusts for weight, height, gender, age), here are some links, or you can google "body mass index" to find a BMI calculator or BMI website that you like best

BMI is about the most nonsensical thing that I've ever heard of. It makes absolutely no sense. It assumes that all people are the same, which they are not. "One Size Fits All" never does.

You try buying clothes off the rack with XXL hat size (and, no, I am not a fathead. ), 37" sleeves, and a 38" waist (which fits between 180# and 200#).

Sorry to rant, but I get very tired of moronic ideas like BMI.

(Ranting mode off.)

[Stony2008]

160 sorry.

 

hey the chicks still dig me

Edited April 19, 2005 by Stony2008

[+tls11823]

At 6'0" and varying between 230 and 240, I never thought I'd say this, but, "I'm too skinny for this list." Caching has made me more fit but the weight isn't dropping. I'll blame genetics rather than my lack of will power.

 

And the only chick that matters still digs me after almost 21 years.

[uber_bike_geek]

hmmm... I'm about 5'6 or 5'7 and somewhere in the 115 lb. range...

I should go on a seefood diet... ya see food, ya eat it

I think my problem isn't that I don't get out enough, it's that I get out TOO much!

I eat 3500-4500 calories a day, my daytime resting heart rate is about 54 BPM, nighttime is about 50 BPM...

Did I mention that if I don't eat at least 2500 calories in a day I'll start losing weight?

 

Yeah, um, I'll shut up now

 

::hides behind toothpick::

 

No comment about the chicks digging me part...

 

Happy Caching

Jeff

[+One of the Texas Vikings]

I'm not too heavy. My problem is too short...

For my weight I should be 14 feet talll !!!!

[+M&DofKJE]

OK, I'll comment on that general health. As said I (dad) am at 6' and 300. I could definitely lose a pound or two (or 50+) but I referee kids basketball and have no problems refereeing 7 games straight (never even breathe heavy), going on long hiking caches, even in Florida heat; I run upstairs, have a resting heart rate of 60, and my cholesterol is nice and low. I just can't burn off any of this extra fat!

[Deego]

I am 6ft 3" and 212lbs (96kgs) . Could do with loosing a little bit

[+mikeylou]

I'm no "big dude," but I am a "big chick."

 

Hopefully, with some more caching (placing and finding,) I will be less of a big chick and more of a big cacher at the end of this summer.

Me too. I tried to get into caching last summer, as I was spending too much time in front of my computer playing FFXI. My work schedule changed, and so I didn't get into it until a month ago.

 

I'm hoping the exercise will pay off and then I can start going after caches with tougher terrain.

[+Mopar]

Interestingly enough, there was a story today about the CDC and being overweight:

CDC: Dangers of being overweight overstated

 

Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC.

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated today that packing on too many pounds accounts for 25,814 deaths a year in the United States. As recently as January, the CDC came up with an estimate 14 times higher: 365,000 deaths.

 

The new analysis found that obesity — being extremely overweight — is indisputably lethal. But like several recent smaller studies, it found that people who are modestly overweight actually have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight.

 

Biostatistician Mary Grace Kovar, a consultant for the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center in Washington, said "normal" may be set too low for today's population.

full story

[+Corp Of Discovery]

6' 3" or 4" here, I've been known to hit 275. Don't know my current weight tho...

[+M&DofKJE]

But like several recent smaller studies, it found that people who are modestly overweight actually have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight.

full story

I thought everyone had an equal risk of death.... Edited April 20, 2005 by M&DofKJE

[+Marky]

I was an obese 335 on Feb 15th and started to eat healthy, then I started to try to get active and THEN I DISCOVERED GEOCACHING. I'm down to 299 and love my new outdoor, active hobby. I am in withdrawals this weekend since I could not go caching yesterday. My long term goal (1-3 lbs per week, so it's gonna take a while) is to get down to a trim 199. So you'll be seeing less of me on the GC Trails but I'll be out there more and more.

1 to 2 pounds a week is an excellent rate, plus (in my opinion), the slower you go, the less likely you are to rebound back up. Have fun outside and goodluck!

 

--Marky

[+fishingfools]

There is nothing wrong with being a large mammal!

[+Greymane]

I am about 285 right now. (Up from 270 when I left the Navy).

 

I plan to take that down a bit this summer, but the reading I have done lately shows that recent studies indicate that "obese" people (BMI > 30) are likely to reduce their lifespan by four months. FOUR MONTHS. That is four "in your Depends eating pudding" months. The studies also indicate that reducing your weight does not significantly increase lifespan. I found that very interesting. I am just glad I never took up smoking.

 

I have to say, believing I would never see 30 years old, I am very pleased to be 40 and feeling pretty good about my next 40 years.

[flir67]

6`0 and 285, and actively caching when I can

[+tBot]

Schmoe- we met at the Mingling w/ the Muggles event. I've lost about 14# since February- all since I purchased a GPSr and started traipsing through snow and mud to locate the caches! Of course, karate twice a week and mucking out stalls and riding horses on Saturday and Sunday helped, too! My goal is to just get into some sort of shape (other than round - I'll settle for a good hourglass) so that I can then stay in shape. And I'd love to find a manly man who likes women with curves! And who wants to help me find caches!

 

tbot

[+clearpath]

And I'd love to find a manly man who likes women with curves! And who wants to help me find caches!

 

tbot

You will ... a lot of guys like girls with curls (and curves). Finding a guy that likes to cache may be harder to come by ...

[mufasa1023]

There is nothing wrong with being a large mammal!

 

thanks jim......how is pere la chaise working out for you?

[+okpondlady/N5PNE]

Mark (N5PNE) and I (Okpondlady) kinda look like the Beef Trust. He is... about a comfortable 6X and I am a 3X.. I am tickled to finally find a man that is comfortable with himself enough to not hassle ME about my weight. He is closer to 400 than 300 and I am about 280.

[+bushwackin' schmo]

FAT CACHERS UNITE!

[+fishingfools]

There is nothing wrong with being a large mammal!

 

thanks jim......how is pere la chaise working out for you?

I am the Lizard king!!!!

[+nfa]

I'm a charter member of a new multi-disciplinary group:

Federated Union of Cachers and Kiteflyers, Obese, Fat, and Fun

 

We're still working on a new/better acronym for our t-shirts

 

nfa-jamie

Edited April 22, 2005 by NFA

[+clearpath]

I'm a charter member of a new multi-disciplinary group:

Federated Union of Cachers and Kiteflyers, Obese, Fat, and Fun

 

We're still working on a new/better acronym for our t-shirts

 

nfa-jamie

ROTFLMAO!!! Thats pretty good ... what to do with the letter 'K'? knothole, knuckleheads, knockwurst, knights, kibitzer... ah, kiteflyers is as good as any!

[+Q2XL]

I used to date a guy who was 6'7" and 150 pounds. I could floss with him.

Someone pass the Windex....I need to clean the Diet Dew off my monitor!

 

 

LMAO!!!

[+superhoser]

i am 300 lbs and geocaching has gotten me out of the house alot more so hopefully the weight will come down............... hey i just weighed my self and i am 290 now so this is working.

[+reveritt]

6'-2" tall and weigh 260. Geocaching is part of my exercise program--trying to drop a few pounds.

[bogleman]

What difference does it make fat or thin as long as you are having fun. I bet this thread even started out as a joke.

[+Mr.BadExample]

Used to be, not anymore. Hiking helped me out.

[+Savoy 6]

I was in a competition- If your were over 40 or 200lbs (or both) your class was-

CLYDESDALE. I guess I R 1

[+BrianM1a]

Just remember one thing

 

Beauty is only skin deep......... but ugly goes straight to the bone

[+monimoni]

I used to date a guy who was 6'7" and 150 pounds. I could floss with him.

Someone pass the Windex....I need to clean the Diet Dew off my monitor!

 

 

LMAO!!!

yeah, my "good angel" tells me to never make fun of people's physical attributes, but I gotta admit, LOL....

 

Bad Auntie! Wicked Auntie!

(....do it again, weasel, do it again.....)

[skillett]

I'm no "big dude," but I am a "big chick."

 

Ewe's not fat, Ewe's just fluffy.

[+NightPilot]

How much is 275lbs? Or 90lbs?

 

22 stone, and 7.2 stone.

[+The Frantic Cachers]

Have to chime in here...

 

I'm 5'9 and about a year and half ago I was 264. Started dieting and caching more.

Caching got me more on an exercise kick. I really don't cache much, about 83 finds since I started, but it did encourage me to get healthier. I lost appox. 80 pounds in about 7 months. I have held it off and maintained it though the winter and now with the warmer weather I hope to reach my goal weight by sept. If not, I gotta be pleased where I am at.

 

Thanks for the tread to give me a chance to brag

[+bigdog999]

Guess I have to weigh in on this one. I was 360 in February, but was down to 330 before I started this hobby. Now I'm down to 320 and dropping. Diet and exercise is the way.

[+Ladycacher]

I am 140...and 5'9. My husband is 220..but 6'4.

[+briansnat]

Guess I have to weigh in on this one. I was 360 in February, but was down to 330 before I started this hobby. Now I'm down to 320 and dropping. Diet and exercise is the way.

If you keep this up you'll have to change your geo-name to "Notsobigdog999 .

[+sTeamTraen]

Hey briansnat, cool avatar. I still have that album somewhere in a box... "written by Bill Nelson, produced by Bill Nelson, guitars and vocals by Bill Nelson".

 

PS: If you still like British-based groups with Asiatic-looking bass players, check out Feeder.

Edited April 26, 2005 by sTeamTraen

[+fairly_odd_family]

Chicks dig big dudes.

Depends on how tall you are. 275 at 6'2"= nice. 275 at 5'5" = a bit more man that I need.

Is 6'1" @ 180 considered too skinny?

Nah that sounds about right. My man is 205 and 6ft, solid yet snuggly.

[+Mad Cat]

Heck mad cat is 6'4 305 lbs, in perfect health, eating at least 1 meal a day at the local Golden Coral, or waffle house. I rather geo cache than mow my lawn.

[+BigFurryMonster]

Anyone feel like using the metric system here? It's a worldwide, standardized system, and it really works, you know!

 

I'm getting tired of people telling me they are 6 degrees and 4 minutes (or whatever) tall. And then they weigh 305 LoBSters..!

 

BFM - 1m87, 86 kg.