Athletic fat guys VS couch potato fat guys

mhlew
mhlew Posts: 377 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Recently for fun I had responded to the "guess the posters weight above you forum" and I am shocked no one has guessed my weight or even come close to it. In fact people have assumed I was as high as 120 pounds below my true weight and as close to 30 pounds below my true weight.

I am not tooting my own horn but I am honestly curious if that being involved in athletics growing up into high school and always have attended a gym, am I not as fat as I perceive myself to be? In no way am I justifying that I am happy with my weight, because I am not and I am trying harder then ever to lose it. But I think there is a difference between an athletic fat guy (what I consider my self to be) in comparison to a couch potato fat guy who is my same weight but has never lifted a weight in his life.

If anyone's curious I am 5'8" 285 lbs right now (and in my pic). Thoughts??

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  • hilts1969
    hilts1969 Posts: 465 Member
    Recently for fun I had responded to the "guess the posters weight above you forum" and I am shocked no one has guessed my weight or even come close to it. In fact people have assumed I was as high as 120 pounds below my true weight and as close to 30 pounds below my true weight.

    I am not tooting my own horn but I am honestly curious if that being involved in athletics growing up into high school and always have attended a gym, am I not as fat as I perceive myself to be? In no way am I justifying that I am happy with my weight, because I am not and I am trying harder then ever to lose it. But I think there is a difference between an athletic fat guy (what I consider my self to be) in comparison to a couch potato fat guy who is my same weight but has never lifted a weight in his life.

    If anyone's curious I am 5'8" 285 lbs right now (and in my pic). Thoughts??

    id say about 350llbs in your pic
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,078 Member
    I'm shorter by an inch and currently at about 200lbs right now. I'm kinda fat right now, but people still think I'm around 170-180lbs.

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  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    People are usually off by about 60lbs+ for me because of the way I am built. People aren't good at determining muscle weight.
  • mhlew
    mhlew Posts: 377 Member
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    Pic taken yesterday. Have a ton of work to do still
  • marissanik
    marissanik Posts: 344 Member
    I'm 155lbs, people are always shocked by that number and think I'm way less. All depends how you carry the weight, body's come in all shapes and sizes. I would be terrible at trying to guess somebody else's weight.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    It's tough to guess weight, and people on MFP tend to underestimate weight on that sort of thing because they're trying to be nice (I guess).
  • mhlew
    mhlew Posts: 377 Member
    Haha I did take the comments with a grain of salt. But just curious on people's thoughts. I do think I carry my weight better then a lot of people my same weight due to weightlifting and regular exercise
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  • mhlew
    mhlew Posts: 377 Member
    Me Biggs very true. Good feedback
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    You look around 250-260 to me taking your height into account.
  • hoecradle
    hoecradle Posts: 37 Member
    From the photo it looks like you have a large frame. You look to carry the weight better than most short people do.

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