last night Luna, our friend's 7/8 black lab puppy came over to hang out. let it be known that william does not appreciate luna's company and frankly i think he hates her
also, since cross season is rapidly approaching, i have decided that everyone in our house should focus on being just a little healthier. "everyone" includes dallas, me, AND william. we have decided to work on the weakest link first thus we started with the fat furball. a good place to start when working on weight loss is BMI. for those of you who don't know, BMI stands for body mass index and gives a good reference for the average person. it is measured by a simple calculation and comes down to kg/m(2). here are william's measurements:
16.5 lbs/2.2 (lbs/kg) = 7.5 kg
18" (head to base of tail): 39.37 in/m = 0.457 m
m(2) = 0.2089
william's BMI: 35.9
you might be saying.... WOW! he's a cat and he still has a bmi number! that should be good, right?
WRONG! according to the ACSM guidelines for health here is a break down of the categories:
also, since cross season is rapidly approaching, i have decided that everyone in our house should focus on being just a little healthier. "everyone" includes dallas, me, AND william. we have decided to work on the weakest link first thus we started with the fat furball. a good place to start when working on weight loss is BMI. for those of you who don't know, BMI stands for body mass index and gives a good reference for the average person. it is measured by a simple calculation and comes down to kg/m(2). here are william's measurements:
16.5 lbs/2.2 (lbs/kg) = 7.5 kg
18" (head to base of tail): 39.37 in/m = 0.457 m
m(2) = 0.2089
william's BMI: 35.9
you might be saying.... WOW! he's a cat and he still has a bmi number! that should be good, right?
WRONG! according to the ACSM guidelines for health here is a break down of the categories:
- underweight (BMI: below 19.5)
- normal weight (BMI:18.5 - 24.9)
- overweight (BMI: 25.0 to 29.9)
- obese (BMI: 30.0 & above)
thus we have classified william as obese and in severe need of help
2 comments:
I beg to differ with you here. William is a cat with a small head and therefore his body appears to be abnormally large. When calculating Williams BMI you must weight the BMI calculation by taking into account the smaller than normal cranial volume. This involves measuring the circumference of his head and large mid-section, and then creating an inverse……Oh hell I give up…William you are OBEASE Dude. Sorry I cannot cover for you anymore. No more late night mice burritos and beer.
This is freakin hillarious!!!
- Kim
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