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Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:51:32 -0500
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Again I have myself confused with math :)

Reading Cordain (THE PALEO DIET) and got to the BMI (body
mass index) and just had to play with the figures.  The
basic premise is to take your weight in kilograms (divide
your weight in pounds by 2.2) and divide it by your height
in meters (your height in inches times 0.0254).  This gives
you a figure and 25 is a rounded top for being normal in
this ratio.

So of course I had to try it LOL but I wanted to see what he
thought I *should* weigh.  So I let x = the optimal weight
and got this equation: {BTW, I am 5'7" or 67" or 1.7 meters)
x/1.7 = 25 so x = 25(1.7) = 42.5(2.2) = 93 pounds(????!!!!)
So I've lost 4" to osteo; tried again by my original height
x/1.8 = 25 so x = 25(1.8) = 99 pounds  (aargh!)
Last time I weighed that was in grade school.  At 180 I wear
a size 16-18; at 100 pounds I would look like Twiggy
(remember her?)

Have I figured wrong or what??  Thanks!
--
   Elisi Tsayonah, AniWodi, ghigau,
   St Francis River Band of Cherokee

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