So, did this book also miraculously tell you what a stranger's body fat figure is? I've known some 310+ guys in the 6'3-4" range and not only were they not morbidly obese, they'd grind you into hamburgher for thinking it Muscle weighs a lot more than fat. You get some guy that's been lifting weights, and especially if he's been taking steroids (bad idea), and you can get a 300+ pounder that has so little body fat he can't float!

That said, if Scuddie's weight is mostly fat then he is, indeed, obese but at least he's taking a good first step to change that!

When I was in the military (Air Force) they had a fat boy program for anybody who went over the weights recommended in some book. At 5'10 and 185 I wasn't even close to my limit, but I looked fatter (and was fatter) than another guy on my team who was always getting put on the fat boy program. Trouble was, he lifted weights and was into karate big time. He finally had to go to a specialist in LA (at his own expense) for a body fat measurement to get the fat police off his back.

Now, if you'd stood me next to this guy and asked anybody to pick the healthy guy and the fat guy, they wouldn't have hesitated to say he was strong and healthy and I was overweight -- but the dumb book couldn't tell that!

John