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Message: <blockquote data-quote="otto" data-source="post: 319992" data-attributes="member: 2120">Those numbers are almost exactly where I'll be when I drop the rest of my fat.  I'm 321 (145.6 kg) at 5'11" (1.8 m) right now, the scale says 37% or 38% (*).  Using the higher number, puts me at  200 (90.7 kg) of lean mass and 121 (54.8 kg) of fat.  I know I'm overfat, but I used to think I had 140 lbs (63.9 kg) to go but reality seems to be closer to 71-90 (32.2-40.8kg)...  almost half.  For me that meant it seemed like an attainable goal.  Am I really the only one?Incidentally, I'm strong but I'm not a super-built behemoth under this extra stuff.(*) - Admittedly, I'm under the assumption these things aren't wildly inaccurate... +/-5% seems reasonable.  Also, I've had the wife do a caliper test and it was about the same.  It'd have to be off by 14% to get me to the 25 BMI without dropping muscle.  If anyone knows how accurate these things are, I'd be interested.Odly, I thought Vin Diesel was a little small... ripped, yes but a little small. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> As a counterpoint, The Rock is 6'5"  (1.95 m), 275 (124.7 kg) and his BMI is 32.6.  Well into the obese category.I'm not saying it's the case for everyone of people, but it is the case for some people... possibly enough to toss off the stats some, and the stats I've seen never take into account anything but total mass.One thing I'd like to see is bone density studies of the various countries.  I'd bet $5 on Americans having the highest.  Next best thing would be milk consumption per capita... supposedly building all those nice big healthy strong bones, right?I'm just saying there's one more variable people forget about... bone.  Most people assume if you're not bulging muscles all over, everything over the "norm" is fat.As always, South Park has the answer.  *The* fat kid is alwas the fattest kid in the class... when Cartman got dragged off to the funny farm, that became Butters. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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