Obese? Really?

[Trek420]

That scale at Bike Expo sounds like a crock. I'm 2 inches shorter than you and weigh nearly the same... and I don't think ANYONE would call me "obese"!!!

I'd call you "just right"

Now I see the problem, I'm not overweight, I'm "underhieght"

I would like to loose weight, I'm arguably 20+ lbs over what my Dr reccomends but 50 over the charts.

My previous PCP (now retired) said to forget about the charts. If you're athletic they don't tell the whole story.

He told me that if I weighed the recommended 105'ish at 5'1" I'd loose muscle to achieve that goal. His opinion was he'd rather see me active and weighing more than sedentary and or weak and hit that number.

So while I just got a scale again after a long time without I go by how my clothes fit, how I feel and how I'm doing on the bike and not the scale. I've dropped 4 pants sizes cycling .... and stayed the same weight, it just turned to muscle.