I’ve been wondering myself, as I haven’t heard from the editor in a long time. I’ll drop her a note.

My BMI is around 40 and I’m training for a 5K. In high school I swam 6 days a week and wore a size 14/16. They’d probably have loved that.

Can you let us know who this is when the issue is about to hit newsstands? I can understand not wanting to reveal to competitors, of course. But since it’s been over 3 months since the original request, I would assume it’s coming out soon. I would love to see it when it does. :)

Name MaMalicious (I did give my real name too)
Age 40
Height 5′4″
Weight 165
BMI (you can calculate it here) the calculator says I am ‘overweight’
Waist-to-hip ratio (you can calculate it here) .85 (the calculator suggests that I start exercising!)
Full body photo: please see attached
Email address: fae.goodman@gmail.com
Phone number: 502-345-3447
ALSO: Please feel free to write a little something about why you think you’re a healthy and/or fit person regardless of your BMI. For instance, do you run daily or do you have stellar cholesterol and blood pressure numbers? Tell us!

I’ve been rail-thin all my adult life, mostly due to the fact I have Crohn’s disease. About 4 years ago, I finally got into a drug study that got my Crohn’s under control, and now I am always the heaviest person at my doctor’s office. For me, this is a great victory…to quote my doctor, “heavier is healthier for you”. Now, when I have a flare, I don’t get so dehydrated and malnourished that I end up in the hospital. Size 14 feels like a miracle some days, and I love finally having curves. It makes me crazy when people talk about losing weight being directly tied to health, since clearly that is not the case for me.

In addition, gaining this weight has allowed me to finally feel strong, so strong in fact, that I’m an award-winning blocker for the Derby City Rollergirls here in Louisville. I’m attaching a few pictures of my in my uniforms. I skate or work out 12 hours a week, and I feel great in my body for the first time in my life.

well, u see, since all of these measurements are bull and say nothing about ur health (or worth as a human being), i assure you that a conflict between one bullshit measurement and another is not exactly shocking news.

i am reminded by a wonderful quote from The Office.

i think the same applies to comparisons between BMI and waist-hip ratio as measurements of health.

*****
Dwight: Very good. You have earned one Schrute buck.

Stanley: I don’t want it.

Dwight: Then you have been deducted 50 Schrute bucks.

Stanley: Make it a hundred.

Dwight: Wh…don’t you wanna earn Schrute bucks?

Stanley: No. In fact, I’ll give you a billion Stanley nickels if you never talk to me again.

Dwight: What’s the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks?

Stanley: The same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.

*****

i thought about using a pic from my wedding -
http://www.shmonster.com/pics/me.jpg
http://www.shmonster.com/pics/meAndAki.jpg

but that was a couple of years ago and i want it to be current. and to show some more leg ;)

well i still have some time…

p.s. i am reminded by that stupid fitting-in-to-your-wedding-dress thing…. gee, is it still impressive if the bride was and is “overweight”? hm. tho the groom just seems to be thinking “mm, yummy tummy” which is one of the resons i love that pic with him. :)

So I don’t feel like I fit into a ‘healthy BMI’ project, but it’s interesting to see who will, and it is a good idea!

Maybe I’ll send in a pic and find out. Could be interesting…