*The median wrist circumference of those who commented (n=51) is 6 inches. That was also the most common answer (30% of you reported 6 inches; another 20% reported 5.75 inches).
*91% of you have a wrist circumference of 6.5 inches or less.
*This NIH website tells you how to calculate your body frame size based on your height and wrist circumference.
*I still haven't started taking calcium, even though I keep a bottle on my desk.
*I have all kinds of fancy vitamins on my desk, but most of the time I take a Flintstones with Iron and the Omega-3 fish oils. I love those damned Flintstones (who doesn't?). Huge horsepill multivitamin? Not so much.
*BR is a former professional athlete. He started college at age 23 after an injury forced him to quit competing.
*BR refuses to take vitamins, even though he has the WORST DIET KNOWN TO MAN.
*I ran track in high school, and I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I used to PRAY that it would start raining and the meets would be cancelled before my event (3200 meters). I'm a faster runner now than I was in high school, and I enjoy it a lot more.
*BR wasn't a runner before he met me. When we met, I was training for the Twin Cities Marathon. Now, 6 years later, he's running the Boston Marathon (and I'M NOT, have I mentioned my BITTERNESS yet?). Again with the COPYCATTING and the COMPETITIVENESS.
*My request for your wrist circumferences elicited the highest number of comments ever on this blog (59). Man, you guys are awesome. Don't worry Paula, I won't be asking for your ASS circumference next. I mean, if you want to give it to me, I'll totally post it, but I'm certainly not going to ASK. That's just RUDE.
Bonus fun fact! I'm out of the office today for a Dork Convention (CPA thing)! GAH! I'll catch up with you cats shortly, pinky swear!
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Vitamins and calcium, yuck. I, too, have a bottle of calcium in my bathroom that doesn't get opened as it should. Why?? We are intelligent women (AND capable of swallowing a pill), this doesn't make sense.
How can you be at a Dork Convention? Aren't you supposed to have Lasik today? Or is that "Friday Week" (an expression I've never liked)?
Either way, good luck!
I have a hard enough time with the prenatals, much less every day vitamins.
Have fun being a dork!
Dork Fest 2K8!!
What KIND of professional athlete was B-AH? Details, details.
This wrist circumference thing seriously makes me so happy. I am officially Large Framed according to the Government. And the thing is that I never even both telling people that I am big boned because everyone KNOWS what THAT is code for.
Also, my parents forced me to be on the soccer team in middle and high school and I used to pray for rain EVERY DAY, not just on game day, because practice sucked too.
That kind of sucks. I thought that being over 6' would automatically mean "large frame". But for men there's basically no height component, so I'm just "medium".
The reason that sucks is that I probably have to take an even lower value from the BMI charts.
I'm with Tilly, I need details on BR!
Oh, BR. What kind of injury did he sustain that would keep him from a successful professional career as The World's Strongest Man?
I'll bet that's how he spends his weekends, throwing kegs over fences and pulling 18-wheelers with a rope tied around his waist, mourning for the old days.
here is another request to know what BR did as a professional athlete.....
I am medium-boned. I don't know why, but that makes me happy.
On my way into work the other day there was a discussion about Omega-3 fish oil supplements on the radio. I've always know that Omega-3s were good for you, but this said that, among other things, it would reduce anxiety by 80% - which made me want to pull the car into the nearest Target down a bottle. I know you aren't a fussypants, so I'm assuming anxiety isn't the reason you are taking these, but have you noticed a difference in other areas of your health?
I'm also dieing to know what BR did as a professional athlete.
Hmm, I missed that post. That's a bummer.
I just measured and mine is 6.75"! I'm 5'10" but good grief. Amazon woman, sheesh.
This reminds me to give (Alex) and take my Omega-3's that I ALWAYS forget.
I am officially large boned. I'm torn between being pleased and feeling like that's code for something unflattering. You just can't say it without sounding like you protest too much.
I can't even be bothered to take a regular vitamin although they are right next to the vitamins I make my kid take every damned morning. Why? I have no idea. Like swallowing a pill is going to push me over the edge into the "way too late for work" zone?
Evidently I'm small boned, which means I have even less excuse for my ass circumference - which I won't be sharing, thanks for not asking.
So I'm guessing there is a spreadsheet somewhere with all the wrist measurements. Or at least that is totally the kind of thing that I would do...
I'm small framed? This surprises me.
NIH says i'm small framed. i'm suspicious.
We take Flintstone's gummy vitamins and they ROCK! Am headed to do the wrist circumference thing right now and fervently hoping that I am large framed.
Apparently I posted the same comment twice so I deleted it, in case you were wondering who the dork was that removed their comment. Perhaps I should be at that conference?
Oh, MAN, I totally missed the wrist measuring party! Mine was around 5.5 or 5 and 9/16ths. Maybe that means is was 17/32's! I'm going to pretend that means I'm big boned, OR that I need to eat a lot of ice cream (for the calcium) to support my delicate wrist bones.
This was my "homework" over the weekend (talk about Dork Fest 2K8) and, um, I'm small framed and totally completely confused. What the?
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