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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: El Diablo Blanco on February 07, 2012, 07:18:21 AM
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What the fuck! I signed up for the extended life insurance at my company. The insurance company required me to do a blood test and such.
I went to the lab, peed in a cup gave my blood etc...
I get a letter yesterday that I have been declined because I am obese. They based this on a BMI measurement.
I am 6'4" and right now weigh 301. At 280 I am lean with abs. Before you all jump in and call bullshit. I've been lifting for 20 years now and over the last couple years have been on test, GH and such.
What is funny is that even if I weighed 210 pounds the BMI considers it overweight. How many fucking guys at 6'4" weigh 210 pounds? This is bullshit.
Now I need to send an appeal letter and I'm going to attach a photo and say, listen fuckers, I'm not obese. Proof in the photo. What's funny is how the fuck can I be in the perfect range across all of the blood tests and be obese? Do they not look at the fact that my glucose, BP, Cholesterol, everything is in perfect range?
Here is the BMI. Such bullshit. SO at 6'4" means I need to weigh under 250 to not be obese, or basically be a stick.
•Underweight = <18.5
•Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
•Overweight = 25–29.9
•Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
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haha, oh brother, 280 with abs ::), post up a pic "big" guy so we can see what such a monster looks like!
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haha, oh brother, 280 with abs ::), post up a pic "big" guy so we can see what such a monster looks like!
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6'4" and 301lbs? Sounds like an in shape guy to me. What's the problem?
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Lose a few lbs and they'll deny you again, because as we all know, being a fatty is a pre-existing condition.
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A picture is worth more than a thousand words... Put up or shut up, punk! >:(
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yeah mon of steel, you know better than this :D
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Have your bodyfat professionally tested and send them proof. They just go by statistics and statistically they will have you down as a fat fuck, not a muscular fuck.
Guys with a lot of muscle mass and low bodyfat are often deemed obese by the standard benchmarks.
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Have your bodyfat professionally tested and send them proof. They just go by statistics and statistically they will have you down as a fat fuck, not a muscular fuck.
Guys with a lot of muscle mass and low bodyfat are often deemed obese by the standard benchmarks.
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You are on all those illegal performance enhancing drugs that cause you to get unaturally huge, and you want a life insurance carrier to approve you ?
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Have your bodyfat professionally tested and send them proof. They just go by statistics and statistically they will have you down as a fat fuck, not a muscular fuck.
Guys with a lot of muscle mass and low bodyfat are often deemed obese by the standard benchmarks.
That is what I have to do. But the BMI is bullshit that even 6'4" at 210 pounds is overweight. That is litteraly a toothpick.
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That is what I have to do. But the BMI is bullshit that even 6'4" at 210 pounds is overweight. That is litteraly a toothpick.
skinner than you, bitch
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You should tell them your stack cycle maybe the they will believe your all mass mountain of muscle
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I seem to recall Mon_of_steele (mon?) posting pics in the past but I don't recall the fallout.
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Sooooooooo, let me get this straight. You're 6'4", 301 lbs, take test, GH, etc? You sound like the apitomy of health. I can't for the life of me figure out why they would deny you.
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Sooooooooo, let me get this straight. You're 6'4", 301 lbs, take test, GH, etc? You sound like the apitomy of health. I can't for the life of me figure out why they would deny you.
The entire blood and piss test was all in normal range. It was the BMI they rejected me on. Doesn't make sense that if someone was truly obese that they would fall into the perfect range across all tests.
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I seem to recall Mon_of_steele (mon?) posting pics in the past but I don't recall the fallout.
I did post a photo last year when I was bored in a hotel in DC. The fallout was actually positive. I was refered to as an ARM DON, more specifically tricep don. Like I said I've been lifting for 20 years now. I'm not some 21 year old.
I weighed about 250 when I played football in college. I'm just a big guy in general with a thick skeletal structure. Even without any mucle and fat and I don't I could ever be under 200.
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Even without any mucle and fat and I don't I could ever be under 200.
Tom?Is that you?
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Tom?Is that you?
Hahaha, I was thinking that. But Tom Prince was something like 5'9". I am 1/2 foot taller.
I bet QuakerOats is cursing Ron why he is banned and can't post here. LOL
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Stop lying... you are 6'0" 301lbs. You are a walking heart attack.
Health insurance is a huge scam, but I tend to agree with them regarding you.
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Stop lying... you are 6'0" 301lbs. You are a walking heart attack.
Health insurance is a huge scam, but I tend to agree with them regarding you.
He said 6'4" not 6'0". That's a big difference when you're talking about weighing 301lbs.
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I'm just a little twink and even I ran into a similar issue back when I got my term life policy about 7 years ago. I was in good shape (5-10, 205 lbs) and I actually had to lose about 15 lbs just to qualify for the BASIC rate. To qualify for PREFERRED, I would've had to get down to like 175 before they'd write the policy. They actually send a person to your house with a little kit to determine your qualifying status.
So even if you're just a wannabe bodybuilder or a groupie who works out and eats a lot, you're fucked.
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The height/weight charts used by those insurance companies are made with ectomorphs in mind. If you are endomorph or mesomorph you're obese or otherwise too big to be covered by their policies. :-\
Remember runner Jim Fix? He looked like the picture of health. Died of a heart attack; the autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx
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LOL, i always wanted to jack off in the pee cup and give the nurse a shot of nut , just to see her expression when i hand it to her
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The height/weight charts used by those insurance companies are made with ectomorphs in mind. If you are endomorph or mesomorph you're obese or otherwise too big to be covered by their policies. :-\
Remember runner Jim Fix? He looked like the picture of health. Died of a heart attack; the autopsy revealed that atherosclerosis had blocked one coronary artery 95%, a second 85%, and a third 70%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx
For every runner that dies from a heart attack there millions of heart attacks that are prevented from engaging in cardio type exercise like running. You cannot find a doctor that won't state that for the majority of people cardio exercise is good for your heart. Many heart attacks happen during sleep. To we extrapolate that sleeping is a risk to your heart? Jim Fix wan't in that good of shape to begin with and he had a terrible family history. He never looked like the picture of health.
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I'll have my buddies in Washington approve you right now, lets your rig 'big boy' ::)
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Be sure to point out the GH and test use when you appeal. I am sure that will help make your case that you are a healthy individual with many years left to live and a low insurance risk. ;D
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280 with abs? Haha, even if you are 6'4'' that would be Pro size ::)
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(http://www.stayfitbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ripped-bodybuilder-fatmuscle.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3996732409_431771b505.jpg)
(http://weightgainaftermarriage.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/steroid-bodybuilder00322.jpg)
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What the fuck! I signed up for the extended life insurance at my company. The insurance company required me to do a blood test and such.
I went to the lab, peed in a cup gave my blood etc...
I get a letter yesterday that I have been declined because I am obese. They based this on a BMI measurement.
I am 6'4" and right now weigh 301. At 280 I am lean with abs. Before you all jump in and call bullshit. I've been lifting for 20 years now and over the last couple years have been on test, GH and such.
What is funny is that even if I weighed 210 pounds the BMI considers it overweight. How many fucking guys at 6'4" weigh 210 pounds? This is bullshit.
Now I need to send an appeal letter and I'm going to attach a photo and say, listen fuckers, I'm not obese. Proof in the photo. What's funny is how the fuck can I be in the perfect range across all of the blood tests and be obese? Do they not look at the fact that my glucose, BP, Cholesterol, everything is in perfect range?
Here is the BMI. Such bullshit. SO at 6'4" means I need to weigh under 250 to not be obese, or basically be a stick.
•Underweight = <18.5
•Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
•Overweight = 25–29.9
•Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater
You're gonna lose weight now.
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You're gonna lose weight now.
It sucks no matter what. They are using BM!. I would have to stop eating, stop lifting, stop everything, and I would be lucky to get to 250 and I'd still be considered obese by those fucker.
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280 with abs? Haha, even if you are 6'4'' that would be Pro size ::)
How many pros are 6'4"? Really that tall? not many. GUnther was 6'2" and he cpmpeted at over 300. So right there he is about 30-40 pounds more muscle than me at a shorter height. So I am not pro size.
Look at the NFL. Lots of tall tight ends who weigh up there at the same weight range.
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you are obese, its not healthy for the human body to weight 300lbs in the long term regardless of the composition, hope this helps
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you are obese, its not healthy for the human body to weight 300lbs in the long term regardless of the composition, hope this helps
Your mom's obese. HTH
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I'm thinking you shorter guys 5'6"-5"10" can't seem to grasp how much easier it is to weigh in the high 200's without being fat or a "pro size"
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The heart only recognizes weight. Even if you were 6% bodyfat, your organs would think your obese.
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The heart only recognizes weight. Even if you were 6% bodyfat, your organs would think your obese.
x2. The human heart does not like to work in a body is 300+lbs. :-[
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haha, oh brother, 280 with abs ::), post up a pic "big" guy so we can see what such a monster looks like!
ha, I am with you on this one, this 280 pounder with abs needs to post a pic....What a fucken tool, thinks just cause he admits to test and gh everyone will believe him, fucken loser :-[
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my wii keeps saying obese. i am 6'2 250 lbs /=
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(http://www.stayfitbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ripped-bodybuilder-fatmuscle.jpg)wtf... kovacs!!!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3996732409_431771b505.jpg)
(http://weightgainaftermarriage.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/steroid-bodybuilder00322.jpg)
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ha, I am with you on this one, this 280 pounder with abs needs to post a pic....What a fucken tool, thinks just cause he admits to test and gh everyone will believe him, fucken loser :-[
Bitter much? How tall are you?
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Life insurance. What a racket. When I die you'll give me money? Where do I sign? ::)
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Yo fatso, are you still uninsured?
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Yo fatso, are you still uninsured?
I sent in an appeal notice and attached a dated photo from yesterday.
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Cool.
I thought they threw those "Height & Weight" charts out back in the early 90's.
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I took the rejection letter to my HR person. She was amazed. Said to just send them a photo and they will change their mind. I think she wants me to hit it
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I took the rejection letter to my HR person. She was amazed. Said to just send them a photo and they will change their mind. I think she wants me to hit it
Are you sure it wasn't your blood test or blood pressure if you on all those peds?