spikeddem
Nov 23, 2008, 7:04 PM
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petsfed wrote: spikeddem wrote: bbowers wrote: Its funny, all I need to do is go back to bagels or cereal for breakfast, salad for lunch with chicken, and lean quisine for dinner. I can drop to 175 like nothing, granted my caloric intake is something around 1300 to 1500 a day. I have no fat on my arms, none on my legs, its all in my mid section. I dont want to be a twig again, my girl hates that... 175 is still about 20 lbs over the ideal weight for a male of a medium frame. If you've got a large frame, then it's possible that you're within the ideal weight, as the upper end is 175. (This is all according to Met Life.) Going down in bf% and overall weight doesn't mean you can't increase or maintain muscle mass. Well fuck. I've got a slender frame, under 12% body fat, and I weight 175. Met Life is full of shit.
Frame doesn't refer to being skinny, slender, fat, muscular or anything else. Additionally, there are many dubious methods of measuring body fat. It's quite possible you have an inaccurate bf%. Also, they're only applicable for people 25-59.
Most importantly, however, you're right. They're full of shit. As I kept doing some searching, it's a poor estimate of an "ideal" (which means lowest mortality rate, nothing else) weight.
(This post was edited by spikeddem on Nov 23, 2008, 7:05 PM)
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