I have to agree also. According to height/weight charts I'm obese. I don't post pictures of myself online but at 6 feet tall and 230 pounds, I know I'm overweight but I certainly don't look or feel obese. According to some of the charts, my goal weight is still too heavy and I know, since I was at that weight before, that I'm actually quite slender at 165 (I have a medium/average frame). I remember reading that most professional athletes measure at overweight or obese on the charts, because as the 2 previous posters mentioned, they don't account for muscle in the charts at all. If you are comfortable and healthy at 5 pounds over, stay there. The most important thing is that you are healthy.
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