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Wow, for 6' my target weight is 167? I've lifted for years now and my lowest weight, when I was really doing the eating healthy thing and was getting lots of cardio (running, hiking, climbing mountains), was 180 and I looked pretty decent. I'm up just over 200 now and while I am carrying extra weight, my new target is around 185-190.

What are the assumptions as far as muscle mass with the BMI?

Funny part was in high school when I was running cross country I weighed in at 125 - 130 lbs... I really DID look like a starving kid (I was still 6' at the time). I see pictures of me then with my shirt off and my way too big head and it was pretty gross. Now that my body has caught up with my head I look a whole lot more normal, though sometimes a little too normal (friggen love handles)
 
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I'm fat. Evident by the diabeetus....

5'8" & pushing 190. I *was* 230 when I was in college. I look back at those pics and think wtf was I doing. Then I realized it was 12 packs and large pizzas.
 
Deeko said:
My scale tells me I'm fat every day 🙁 It's not very nice.
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lol yeah

For those that are on the edge of a category in the chart up top there are better ones out there that factor in your body size. A 6 foot male for example has a spread from 130-186 lbs on one I'm looking at. I think the problem I personally have with these threads is when someone comes in and asks if a 5'8 woman who weighs 200 lbs is obese. Of course she is. Why is that even a question? No point lying to us or yourself about any of this. Yeah I look better when I weight 25 more pounds but I'm not a big framed person and I feel better and am healthier without it.
 
Deeko said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1NdViQT0cI

Keep whistlin'.
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I am about 25 pounds overweight according to that chart. Funny thing is that my blood work is healthy and solid!

My brother in law who is an athlete/coach and is much more active than I am has worse blood work and his cholesterol levels were not good either.

Weird indeed.
 
I'm 5'8 @ 170-175 but I have an athletic build so it's quite difficult for me to drop to a more normal weight unless I stop lifting.
 
I'm fat. I was up to 200 in December. I've started eating correctly and drinking less, along with exercising regularly, and I've managed to lose 15 pounds in the last few weeks, so that's a start. According to the chart I should be 160, which is retarded. I was 165 late in high school and I looked like shit. 170-175 seems like a good target depending on muscle mass.
 
According to your chart, yes I am. I am 6'1" and 172.2 pounds. I think 170-175 is my sweet spot though, so not too fussed.

KT
 
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I'm underweight. Have been since about forever. I weigh and look about the same as I did as a senior in high school (just turned 30). Well, except my hairline keeps receeding, fuckin thing.
 
Cookie said:
I tried to explain this to 2 heavier female friends of mine the other day too. It didn't go over well.

But I understand, I used to think the same thing myself.

F 5'6" 127 pounds (used to be 188 pounds)
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Good job. I'm 5'11.5" guy, used to be 215, now down to ~160 with decent muscle to fat ratio. I do bodyweight exercises and bike quite a bit, past summer I got to 50 miles in a single day. The point is overall I am fit, and I look like it, definitely not like an Ethiopian kid. When I was 215 I looked in the mirror honest to god I thought the same thing, I thought I looked decent and that I only needed to lose 10, 20 pounds at the most, I thought if I lost any more I would look like a stick. And then I decided to get back in shape, and to my biggest surprise I started looking better and better and the weight kept dropping off, and off, and off, and did not stop until I hit 150lbs. 150 was a bit low I admit, I have since bounced back as I'm trying to build more muscle. However, I am by no means an Ethiopian kid. Once again, the point is if we exclude a tiny fraction of people who are into serious bodybuilding, most people have never been normal weight, so they do not know what it looks like, they think losing any more than 10 pounds would make them look unhealthy, and it just isn't true.
 
Fat? Nope...I'm just short for my weight.

To be proportionally correct, at this weight, I'd need to be 9 feet 7 inches tall... 😛

I am Boomer the Hut. Jabba was my little cousin.
 
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