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Razor X:

--- Quote from: wpruitt on August 11, 2007, 10:37:31 AM ---Would you say it is a good estimate for the guy with an average build?  Or at least a decent benchmark?

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Yes, it's a decent benchmark for the "average" person.  It's designed to be more accurate than just stepping on the scale.  Just bear in mind that if you're muscular you'll probably be outside of their normal range.

SLYinKC:
I agree that it's a general "ballpark" type benchmark.  I'm 5'11" and hover around the low 180's.  So this BMI index shows I'm in the "Healthy" range.  I've used other BMI indexes that showed that I was in the overweight range with anything over 25.  From my perspective, I know it's not the weight that I need to concentrate on, but the muscle and fitness.  But that's been the story of my life...

Razor X:

--- Quote from: SLYinKC on August 11, 2007, 12:52:30 PM ---I agree that it's a general "ballpark" type benchmark.  I'm 5'11" and hover around the low 180's.  So this BMI index shows I'm in the "Healthy" range.  I've used other BMI indexes that showed that I was in the overweight range with anything over 25.  From my perspective, I know it's not the weight that I need to concentrate on, but the muscle and fitness.  But that's been the story of my life...

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All of these measurements can be helpful tools, but none of them are the last word, IMO.  A few years ago the government revised its guidelines for what is considered to be a healthy weight -- making them stricter, so that someone who was at the high end of the healthy range before is now in the "overweight" category.   Just something to bear in mind when we hear about the soaring obesity rate; the way obesity is measured has changed.  That's not to suggest that there isn't a big obesity problem, however.

At the end of the day, I think all any of us can do is try to eat healthy and do some sort of exercise to stay fit and just do the best we can, whether or not we can achieve some magic number on the scale, BMI or any other means of measurement.

PBurke:
my doctor and i were talking about those FAT CHARTS one day and he laughed and told me to forget about those things. he said that if i got down to 160 like that chart says i should do. then i would look sickly. those charts just don't take into account for frame structure, muscle, etc. with the frame that genetics gave me, doc feels like 190ish would be about as low as i should go. but i am still looking for 210 for now. then i will start the next step(200). screw those blanket charts.

Razor X:

--- Quote from: PBurke on August 18, 2007, 06:01:12 AM ---my doctor and i were talking about those FAT CHARTS one day and he laughed and told me to forget about those things. he said that if i got down to 160 like that chart says i should do. then i would look sickly. those charts just don't take into account for frame structure, muscle, etc. with the frame that genetics gave me, doc feels like 190ish would be about as low as i should go. but i am still looking for 210 for now. then i will start the next step(200). screw those blanket charts.

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It's been a long time since I looked at any of those charts, but I agree with you.  The lowest weight I've ever gotten down to in my adult life is 156 lbs -- about 11 years ago.  I was there for a couple of weeks but I just could not maintain it.  I wasn't exercising at the time, and I now know that I probably lost a lot of muscle tone as well as fat.  I also think all that dieting really played havoc with my metabolism in the long run.

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